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Dec. 29


vol. 52 no. 1 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Liability premium outlook improves as many physicians see lower rates - Tech-savvy med students fear life without EMRs -
Government & Medicine Running out of patches? Options for fixing the Medicare pay crisis - Health IT near top of Democrats' agenda for 2009 - Patient privacy at stake in Ohio abortion case - Health plans will guarantee coverage, if insurance is mandated -
Professional Issues Montana court OKs doctor-assisted suicide - Defensive medicine widespread among Massachusetts doctors - AAMC report says 30% med school enrollment hike is not enough - New partnership targets health care quality - Ethics Forum - Helping patients who are victims of abuse -
Business Model law banning silent PPOs could serve as draft for state legislatures - Helping students, residents find or sell a home - United subsidiary launches consumer Web site - Wikipedia often misses important drug facts - Practice Management - Check fine print before selling your practice - Practice Pointers - How to handle the transition to a new office manager -
Opinion Put the tobacco settlement money in smoking cessation - AMA Leader Commentary - AMA makes sharing prescribing data a matter of choice - Letters - Dr. Davis left us with an important lesson in rediscovering faith in God and others
Health & Science Allergic reaction: Food allergies increasing, especially among children - Malaria vaccine proving promising - Screening, tobacco control drive cancer declines - Exercise, weight control, adequate sleep found to reduce cancer risk - Shorter antibiotic course for latent TB increases compliance
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Dec. 22


vol. 51 no. 48 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories IOM urges more rest for residents in push to improve patient safety. - Ho ho woes: Wrap rage results in lacerations and bad tempers
Government & Medicine CMS proposes no-pay rules for 3 surgical errors - Federal court dismisses New Jersey suit over SCHIP limits
Professional Issues Illness interrupts (book excerpt: Life in the Balance) - State societies warn of primary care shortages - New Hampshire ban on sale of prescribing data upheld
Business Taking it to the bank: A new strategy for health plans - Usefulness of home monitoring devices studied - Most patients rely on word of mouth when picking a new doctor
Opinion A green approach to public health - Letters - Medical home designation carries threat of more scut work and others
Health & Science Research looks at new ways to ease pain of kids' shots - Geriatric Consult - Find the reason, then prevent the fall
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Dec. 15


vol. 51 no. 47 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories HHS sets rules for confidential medical error reporting system - Economy sends physicians to hospitals for help
Government & Medicine Courts in 2 states rule on reach of HIPAA in medical liability cases - Medical homes get boost in Louisiana Medicaid reform effort - Medicare e-prescribing: How to receive your 2% bonus
Professional Issues Many doctors say they offer OTC meds or other placebos - Illinois high court hears challenge to state medical liability cap
Business Preparing for disaster: How would your practice cope? - Google uses online queries to see where flu interest is peaking - Contract Language - Make sure your patient's consent is truly informed
Opinion AMA's Strategic Plan: 6 core committments for action - AMA Leader Commentary - Preparing for 2009: Lessons from a successful 2008 - Letters - Physician-assisted suicide will stir public mistrust of the profession and others
Health & Science Speaking the language of vaccines (ICAAC and IDSA joint meeting) - COPD awareness is growing, but information gap persists - Report calls for greater access to smoking-cessation programs - Research urged for medication overuse headaches
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Dec. 8


vol. 51 no. 46 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Doctors urge: Rescue primary care or work force shortage will mount - Senate gets early start on health reform plan
Government & Medicine Medicaid pay delays found to squeeze access - Health care fraud still a key target of federal False Claims Act - Obama taps former Senate chief Daschle to head HHS
Professional Issues Going high profile: Medical boards push transparency - Doctor, med society executive honored for decades of service - In the Courts - Supreme Court cases on medical issues rare, but crucial
Business Go tech go: Championing new health IT - Doctors want further scrutiny of Horizon for-profit conversion - Technically Speaking - Adopting e-prescribing with an EMR is challenging
Opinion The promise of the medical home - Letters - Arthroscopic surgery has a role, which is more common than skeptics allow
Health & Science Kidney stones linked to greater chance of CKD - More adults have prediabetes, with patients (and often physicians) unsure who's at risk
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Dec. 1


vol. 51 no. 45 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories AMA meeting: Delegates back medical home, want pay issues resolved - Statins, CRP test get boost from high-profile study
Government & Medicine Pushing past the placebo: Legislating for a new kind of clinical trials - Court rejects Medicare limits on Part B drug pay - Quick View - Cost seen as biggest obstacle to employer-offered insurance
Professional Issues Court to rule on drug labels as liability shield - Study favors use of national health ID numbers for patients - AMA meeting: Reforming SGR tops Association's Medicare agenda for 2009 - AMA meeting: Texting while driving, trans fats on hit list - AMA meeting: Disruptive behavior standard draws fire - AMA meeting: Doctors told to reveal financial stake in referrals - AMA meeting: Delegates weigh ethics committee's role - AMA meeting: Global warming has health toll, delegates warn - Ethics Forum - Finding the right approach to EPT
Business Laws bolster penalties for privacy breaches in California - Maryland doctors warn about Blues' pay cuts - Practice Management - Best approach to retaliation suit: Don't let it happen - Quick View - What bosses want: Accuracy with health insurance claims tops the list - Practice Pointers - Tough economic times call for vigilant business sense
Opinion Solving the uninsured crisis: Doctors' voices must be heard - AMA Leader Commentary - WMA shares common concerns of world's physicians - Letters - Thanksgiving should not mark the close of influenza vaccine season
Health & Science Reframing Framingham: New evidence prompts another look at cardiovascular risk algorithms - National survey will explore what it takes to age well in America
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Nov. 24


vol. 51 no. 44 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Obama win accelerates drive for health system reform - Health plans feel economic pain, brace for more
Government & Medicine Medicare finalizes 1.1% pay raise, bonus criteria - CMS criticized for lax enforcement of HIPAA security rules
Professional Issues AMA Immediate Past President Ron Davis, MD, succumbs to pancreatic cancer - Washington becomes 2nd state to allow physician-assisted suicide
Business Finding the right floor: How much should insurers spend on medical care? - Michigan medical society to launch health IT exchange - Developer offers concierge care to luxury condo buyers - Tourniquet designed for fingers and toes
Opinion PQRI's own quality problem - Letters - Conscience law enforcement protects those making a crucial moral decision and others
Health & Science Smoking heightens aortic rupture risk for women - XDR-TB prevention starts with TB treatment - Geriatric Consult - Polypharmacy raises risks of side effects, skipped pills
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Nov. 17


vol. 51 no. 43 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories AMA survey results: Medicare rated as poor performer during debut of pay-for-reporting - Med copter deaths intensify calls to enforce safety rules
Government & Medicine Rhode Island seeks Medicaid overhaul, cap on spending - Uninsured patients not driving ED overcrowding, study says
Professional Issues Drugmakers vow to disclose their payments to physicians - Doctors fight balance-billing ban on out-of-network costs
Business Bottom line blues (MGMA annual meeting) - Contract Language - Pay for referrals may be illegal as well as unethical
Opinion A necessary pause on ID theft rules - AMA Leader Commentary - Ronald M. Davis, MD: My colleague and my friend - Letters - Doctor-patient relationship goes both ways when judgment is at issue
Health & Science Steps to a nimble mind: Physical and mental exercise help keep the brain fit - FDA launches drug safety information Web site
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Nov. 10


vol. 51 no. 42 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Lack of interest derails Medicare B drug program - Doctors tally the economic value practices bring to communities
Government & Medicine Hospital can share P4P bonus with physicians, OIG says - Pennsylvania health system reform hits snag over coverage, liability help
Professional Issues Judging genetic risks: Physicians often caught between what patients want and what science offers - Med schools report record enrollments, more minorities - California law mandates discussing end-of-life options - In the Courts - Use of shared peer review findings is questioned
Business Selling the subsidy: Questions remain on hospital-physician IT collaboration - Technically Speaking - Merging practices find IT may not blend well
Opinion Parity at last: Mental health, physical health get equal coverage - Letters - When considering organ donation approaches, look to Spain, not Iran and others
Health & Science Intensive approaches advised for obese youth - The poorer the kids, the worse their health, study says
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Nov. 3


vol. 51 no. 41 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Caught unaware, doctors get delay in FTC enforcement of ID theft rules - Slow adoption of e-prescribing forces Medicare to try hard sell
Government & Medicine When incentives lack appeal: Medicaid reform meets confusion, skepticism
Professional Issues More hospitals start palliative care programs - Board settlement can't be used in Minnesota liability trial - Ethics Forum - Hospitalist, generalist: How they balance care
Business Medical travel doesn't have to be overseas - Pennsylvania ponders final comments on proposed insurance deal - Doctors' punch line: biopsies made easier - Practice Management - Survive the credit crisis by keeping on top of finances
Opinion Start a healthy conversation - AMA Leader Commentary - AMA initiatives fight inequities of claims processing - Letters - Tobacco is harmful, but attacks on freedom to smoke also pose a threat
Health & Science Familiar faces speak as patients (AAFP annual scientific assembly) - Written screening tests confuse some patients
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Oct. 27

vol. 51 no. 40 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Mental health coverage to see boost as long-sought parity law is enacted - With no AIDS vaccine in sight, what's next?
Government & Medicine Doctor faces tight congressional race in attempt to keep Maryland's Eastern Shore red - Court upholds San Francisco employer insurance mandate
Professional Issues The reflective essayist (book excerpt: The Uncertain Art) - Polls show Washington voters favor physician-assisted suicide
Business Guarding their treasure: Health plans try to hold on to financial reserves - Practice Pointers - 4 areas you can look to for lost profits
Opinion Flu vaccine: Walk the talk, get the shot - Letters - Drop third-party-payer contracts and be free from hassles and bondage and others
Health & Science Link between muscle disorders, statins probed - First signs of asthma often appear early in patient's life - C. difficile thriving even without antibiotic use
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Oct. 20

vol. 51 no. 39 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Trend of Medicaid pay increases is expected to end as states struggle - Elections seen as turning point for stem cell studies
Government & Medicine Illinois court rejects plan for expanding health coverage - New waiver continues Massachusetts health insurance pools - Quick View - Medicare premiums stable
Professional Issues 4 doctors awarded MacArthur genius grants - Medical student stress and burnout leave some with thoughts of suicide
Business Divided by duty: While a doctor serves the country, the practice must still serve patients - Contract Language - Check filing requirements when retaining PAs, NPs
Opinion Stake your claim for accurate reimbursement - AMA Leader Commentary - Where does your candidate stand on medicine's issues? - Letters - Activist veto of abortions will result if conscience laws enforced as proposed and others
Health & Science Accuracy of virtual colonoscopies validated - Chronic stress linked to more heart disease among police - NIH director leaving post at end of October
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Oct. 13

vol. 51 no. 38 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Doctors decry payment delays after Medicare overhauls carrier system - Flu shots plentiful, doctors urged to get as well as give
Government & Medicine Baucus previews uninsured debate for next Congress - Premiums for job-offered health insurance up 5% this year - Court dismisses Arkansas specialty hospital's lawsuit
Professional Issues Other nations, other answers: In search of a solution to the organ shortage - California court rejects how hospital applied privileges rule - In the Courts - Case pits anti-bias law against doctors' rights
Business Is your EMR legal? A document can look like a medical record, but not meet the legal definition. - Tenn. Blues reboots physician rating program - Technically Speaking - "Smart" technology moving to clinics, physician offices
Opinion Lawnwood ruling preserves medical staff role - Letters - Patients do benefit from DTC ads and others
Health & Science Data from drug trials often not published - Common osteoarthritis treatment questioned
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Oct. 6

vol. 51 no. 37 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors - Florida high court rejects curb on medical staff rights
Government & Medicine As elections near, AMA spotlights uninsured issue - Certificate-of-need law in Illinois slammed by feds, AMA - House EHR bill mixes Medicare physician bonuses with cuts
Professional Issues Trade group's "accreditation" could confuse medical tourists - Drug samples can mean fewer generic prescriptions for the uninsured - Quick View - Liability reform and better ob-gyn access - Ethics Forum - When it's OK to say: No new patients
Business Survey looks at impact of health risk assessments - Studies produce no consensus on Pa. Blues merger - Former CEO to pay United investors $30 million - Practice Management - Your bank may need a wellness check
Opinion Don't rush change to ICD-10 codes - AMA Leader Commentary - Litigation Center fights for AMA members -- and wins - Letters - Ban direct-to-consumer drug ads and others
Health & Science The never-ending story: Flu vaccine season goes year-round - Surgeon general urges more vigilance on dangerous clots
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Sept. 22/29

vol. 51 no. 36 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories HHS site invites public to compare mortality rates at 4,700 hospitals - Will New Jersey Blues filing prompt for-profit rush?
Government & Medicine Revised language in proposed HHS rule still bolsters abortion conscience laws - Employer health insurance mandate on Colorado ballot - Hospital loses latest fight over tax-exempt status
Professional Issues Courts examine peer review: Maintaining a proper sense of balance - Court OKs Health Net deal over out-of-network pay - Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of surgeries
Business Putting on the charm: Insurers try a new tack to sell themselves - Florida law takes on overpayment claims, assignment of benefits - Retail clinic targets Hispanic population, cultural differences - Doctor's magnetic invention raises cane - Practice Pointers - Staying attuned to employee needs can lower turnover
Opinion Tobacco control efforts: The case for persistence - Letters - Pharma pen, pad bans demean "boots on the ground" doctors and others
Health & Science Direct-to-consumer drug ads' effect seen as mixed despite billions spent - Salmonella outbreak appears over; investigation to continue - Scurvy rare, but cases still are popping up
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Sept. 15

vol. 51 no. 35 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Uninsured tally dips to 45.7 million, with more covered by government - HPV vaccine talk shifts from fanfare to fear
Government & Medicine Medicare greatly underestimated DME fraud, oversight agency says - Oct. 1 deadline looms for 3 Medicaid prescription security features - CMS delays enforcing limits on SCHIP funding - Doctors must accept arbitration in Missouri price-fixing case
Professional Issues Researchers urge pay for egg donors - 2,700 apply for Florida medical school's tuition-free offer - Report amplifies call for care in underserved areas
Business Goodwill hunting: What's your practice worth? - Insurers focus earnings discussion on the future - Contract Language - Separation plan needed when physician leaves practice
Opinion 5 years of tort reform: Lone Star success story - AMA Leader Commentary - Voice for the Uninsured campaign growing stronger - Letters - Standard "time out" alone not always enough to prevent surgical errors
Health & Science Muscles matter: Physicans advised to tell patients to build up strength - Marketing works: Promote smoking and people smoke - West Nile virus on downswing; good recovery rates found
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Sept. 8

vol. 51 no. 34 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Practices hit Medicare P4P quality targets, but bonuses still fall short - Texas liability reforms spur plunge in premiums and lawsuits
Government & Medicine CMS calls for transition to ICD-10 codes in 3 years - Physician ties to medical device firms probed
Professional Issues Time to get tough? States increasingly offer ways to opt out of vaccine mandates - Legal risk for prescribing painkillers is small, study says - In the Courts - Attempt to remove bullet leads to lawsuit
Business Parallel universe: Entering an online 3-D world - Surgical plates make a fashion statement - Technically Speaking - Before you buy, evaluate the vendor's responsiveness - Quick View - Paper perceived safer than e-records
Opinion Take the slow track on RAC program - Letters - Medical Justice: Our mutual privacy agreement will stand up when the patient is federally insured and others
Health & Science Tools of the trade: Urology museum exhibits scopes and catheters galore - Epilepsy care goal shifting to no seizures, not just fewer ones
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Sept. 1

vol. 51 no. 33 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Hispanics' lack of medical home goes beyond access, insurance - Debate flares: Can obese patients be healthy?
Government & Medicine Campaign case report: What Obama and McCain pledge to do about the health system - Georgia Medicaid program challenged in courts - Massachusetts law requires drug firm gift details, uniform billing codes
Professional Issues Nevada ruling may compound end-of-life care decisions - Work-hour limits found to create little respite for residents - Medical blog analysis fuels call for standards - Ethics Forum - Medical blogs: Who are they good for?
Business Virtual medicine: Companies using webcams for real-time patient encounters - Pennsylvania Blues merger could hinge on definition of market - Practice Management - Metal theft can disrupt physician office
Opinion More transparency for medical student debt - AMA Leader Commentary - Medicare is bad, but Medicaid has even more problems - Letters - APA: Decision to review industry funding came before outside attention
Health & Science Bruised and bleeding: Watching for von Willebrand disease - Long-term use of acid reflux drugs weighed - Link strengthened between sleep apnea and mortality risk
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Aug. 25

vol. 51 no. 32 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Final Medicare no-pay rule targets 10 hospital-acquired conditions - Tons of donated medical texts sent to war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq
Government & Medicine House Democrats silence Medicare alarm, but long-term funding still unresolved - Medicare buoyed by demo success after audits collect $700 million
Professional Issues Unexpected connections (book excerpt: The Light Within) - Most states said to have good rules on pain medicines - Academic leaders work to ease work force crisis
Business Who's behind the card? Plans sometimes administer, rather than insure - Practice Pointers - Office manager is struggling; now what? - Quick View - Biggest challenges facing groups
Opinion Vigilance key in fighting foodborne illness - Letters - Direct-to-patients ads, not free pens, are the real problem and others
Health & Science Survey captures snapshot of nation's health - Stepped-up efforts aim to thwart cheating on drug tests - Suicide hotline lets veterans -- and families -- dial for help
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Aug. 18

vol. 51 no. 31 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Alzheimer's drug trials surge, suggesting new pathways for care - New Joint Commission standard tells hospitals to squelch disruptive behaviors
Government & Medicine Medicare DME bidding program on hold - Ruling puts South Dakota abortion consent law into effect
Professional Issues California courts to sort out balance-billing issues - Psychiatrists scrutinize APA's revenues from drug industry - Quick View - Uninsured problem lowers U.S. health system's performance score
Business Greening your practice: Cutting costs while conserving energy - Medical schools, research groups to offer content for new online resource - Contract Language - Examine buy-in provisions of employment agreements
Opinion Making medicine more diverse - AMA Leader Commentary - House of Medicine's Medicare win aids doctors and patients - Letters - Nurses taking NBME exam want to boost skills, not act as physicians
Health & Science Rebuilding body and spirit: Center for the Intrepid puts nation's wounded military on the mend - House advances FDA authority over tobacco - Prediabetes guidelines' aim: Avoiding heart risk
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Aug. 11

vol. 51 no. 30 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Hospitals shine light on mistakes by publicly saying: "We're sorry" - High prices at the pump complicate health choices
Government & Medicine Disagreements slow progress on biogenerics legislation - Georgia doctors sue for access to United's contracts with state plan - SCHIP eligibility limits to take effect
Professional Issues Ethics consultants get doses of realism through simulations - Missouri court says midwives can continue to practice
Business Setting the pace: A case study of how the Indiana Health Information Exchange works - Blues plans settle rescission cases in California - Technically Speaking - Automation seen to aid informed consent
Opinion Victory on Medicare physician pay - Letters - Solution for health plan CEOs' outrageous pay: Let doctors decide the salaries and others
Health & Science Critics at odds with AAP on how to cut kids' heart disease risk - Combination therapy best for severe asthma, studies find
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Aug. 4

vol. 51 no. 29 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories E-prescribers see Medicare bonus, but late adopters will face pay cut - P4P found to have little impact on care quality
Government & Medicine Dead doctors' IDs used to bilk Medicare - Former Senate leaders join forces on health system reform - More New Jersey parents eligible for SCHIP
Professional Issues Kansas court enforces noncompete clause - Ethics panel may back universal coverage, ponders access as a "moral imperative" - Ethics Forum - Assessing self-neglect in older patients
Business Doctor's invention sprang from patient need - Former CareFirst CEO's severance package cut in half - Aetna tries paying patients to take their meds - Practice Management - Do you need an MBA, or are there alternatives?
Opinion Setting the standards for medical tourism - AMA Leader Commentary - Advocacy, facing the past, strengthens the profession - Letters - A salute to medical students who are choosing military service and others
Health & Science Don't quit on smokers: If at first they don't succeed... - Success seen with tailored diabetes education
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July 28

vol. 51 no. 28 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medicare 10.6% pay cut reversed as Congress overrides Bush veto - Drug industry: No more free pens, pads or mugs
Government & Medicine Supreme Court tightens scope of False Claims Act - House bill seeks to speed up adoption of health IT systems - Quick View - Despite tax debts, Medicare still pays
Professional Issues Med school for judges: A crash course in medical litigation - AMA apologizes for past inequality against black doctors - Massachusetts doctors challenge liability insurance analysis
Business Insurers are the new worried well (America's Health Insurance Plans annual meeting) - United settles lawsuits, warns of falling profits - Practice Pointers - A lockbox service can protect your practice's cash
Opinion Taking action toward prevention of elder mistreatment - Letters - A test is in order for nurses who want to expand their scope of practice
Health & Science Vaccine-autism link unsupported by science, but theory lives on - Lifestyle issues contribute to weight gain in teen girls - FDA requires black-box warnings for fluoroquinolones
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July 21

vol. 51 no. 27 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Health care access problems surge among insured Americans - Expect the thrill of victory, the agony of bad air at the Olympics
Government & Medicine Settlement proposed in Medicaid/Part D case - Suit aims to block Hawaii's plan to shift blind, elderly, disabled on Medicaid into managed care - 6 rules cutting Medicaid delayed until 2009 - Medicare launches personal health records for South Carolina residents
Professional Issues Doctors let TV series document their world - Exception to statute of limitations upheld in Georgia
Business Making the practice switch: One doctor became an employee, the other started his own office - Marshfield Clinic puts its EHR on the market - Report details how much insurers spend on care in California - Contract Language - Job hunting? Cast wide net, read contract
Opinion Rating insurers will help fix inefficient claims system - AMA Leader Commentary - Let's move from awareness to action on the uninsured - Letters - Direct-to-consumer ads are "a profit wolf dressed in an altruistic sheepskin" and others
Health & Science Genetic precision (ASCO annual meeting) - New tool evaluates "everyday" cognition - Quick View - More schooled, more active
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July 14

vol. 51 no. 26 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medicare double-delay: Senate fails to act, CMS holds physician claims - The end is near for CFC-propelled inhalers
Government & Medicine New Medicare hospice rules aim to boost physicians' role - Criminal HIPAA case targets employee, not clinic, for breach
Professional Issues Medicare's no-pay events: Coping with the complications - Teaching hospitals, residencies win reprieve on Medicaid cuts - California bill would mandate discussions of end-of-life options
Business Know your EMR needs (Towards the Electronic Patient Record conference) - States rapped for lax regulation of individual insurance market - Privacy framework for personal health records developed - Technically Speaking - One answer to EMR data entry: Hire a scribe to do it
Opinion Medicare's no-pay conditions: Not always preventable - Letters - Titles should convey clarity, but "doctor of nursing" will confuse public and others
Health & Science Technology aids MS detection, but diagnosis still challenging - Low vitamin D linked to increased risk of heart attack, death - Kids' combination vaccines cut number of required shots
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July 7

vol. 51 no. 25 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories AMA meeting: AMA grades health plans on how they handle claims - AMA meeting: Delegates decry CMS no-pay list as unrealistic and call for revision
Government & Medicine Medicare audit overreach? Doctors think so, but audits aren't going away - Colorado adopts doctor rating standards, health system reforms - CMS selects communities for Medicare EHR bonus pilot project - Quick View - The young and the uninsured
Professional Issues Massachusetts doctors sue, saying ranking program is flawed - AMA tool kit helps doctors measure, boost patient comprehension - Military sweetens the deal to entice medical students - AMA meeting: Physicians demand greater oversight of doctors of nursing - AMA meeting: Guidelines target safety of medical tourists - AMA meeting: Increasing use of Tasers prompts safety review - AMA meeting: Doctors oppose mandatory drug reporting laws - AMA meeting: Delegates explore on-call coverage, at-home genetic tests - AMA meeting: AMA OKs palliative sedation for terminally ill - AMA meeting: Delegates respond to rising student debt - AMA meeting: AMA clarifies plan on tax credits for insurance - AMA meeting: Resident work hours stir passionate debate - AMA meeting: Delegates seek to change law on organ donor incentives - Ethics Forum - An ethics consult can help build consensus
Business Ministries offer bill-sharing as insurance alternative - Aetna requires doctors to opt out of workers' compensation network - PHR vendors bypass patients, pitch to business - For-profit hospitals find ways to cut the bad debt they carry - Practice Management - A successful sabbatical can take years of planning - Practice Pointers - Assess benefits in hiring management firm
Opinion Removing health IT barriers - Letters - AOA president: DOs are responding to the need for more rural care and others
Health & Science New book aims to provide vaccine answers: AMNews interviews Martin Myers, MD - Infant pertussis outbreak emphasizes need to vaccinate health care workers - Centers offer ways to bridge language, cultural differences - Quick View - Summer is the time for Lyme
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June 23/30

vol. 51 no. 24 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Patients rarely use online ratings to pick physicians - FDA goes digital for faster "Dear Doctor" letters
Government & Medicine Senators split on plans to avert pay cuts - Most in Massachusetts met individual insurance mandate - Texas IPA's contract talks are price-fixing, appeals court rules
Professional Issues Therapeutic thought (book excerpt: The Cure Within) - Medical schools on target to reach enrollment goals - Minorities underrepresented in California doctor work force - IMGs, other visa holders in Michigan free to drive again
Business What's in their wallets? Health plan executives bring home the bucks
Opinion Childhood obesity: A glimmer of hope, but a long way to go - Letters - EHR sent this physician back to efficiency of handwritten records and others
Health & Science D.C. hospital starts all-inclusive HIV screening - Close tie between diabetes and sleep apnea
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June 16

vol. 51 no. 23 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medical testing board to introduce doctor of nursing certification - EMTALA flexibility proposed to relieve on-call shortages
Government & Medicine Group issues final definitions for health IT terminology - Illinois Medicaid paid physicians too slowly, state audit says - Minnesota adopts bill creating medical homes - Quick View - Study: Spending more on Medicare doesn't raise satisfaction
Professional Issues National safety effort targets perinatal injuries - New rule excludes medical graduates from federal loan deferment plan - FDA drug safety review to start with Medicare - Quick View - Barriers to prescribing opioids
Business Revitalizing dead space: Finding an innovative place for your practice - Aetna vows to continue settlement terms - More Americans find insurance pays for visits to retail clinics - Contract Language - How to put together a nurse practitioner contract
Opinion Liability shield in times of disaster - Letters - Health threat from climate change is not supported by the evidence and others
Health & Science Consolidating care (American College of Physicians annual meeting) - Experts: A1c testing could help detect undiagnosed diabetes - Pandemic debate now steered to allotting antivirals
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June 9

vol. 51 no. 22 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Organized medicine calls on court to block Nevada health plan merger - Formula for rationing care: Task forces plan for disaster
Government & Medicine California doctors sue to block Medicaid cuts - Law prohibits employer and insurer genetic discrimination - Help at hand for poor patients' Medicare prescription drug costs
Professional Issues Gearing up for a graying generation: Training more doctors in geriatrics skills - AMA encourages future physicians - Blues HMO ordered to pay hospital pathologists
Business Twilight of the beeper: Today's technology offers other ways of keeping connected - Google enters personal health record market - Connecticut puts restrictions on silent PPOs - Technically Speaking - "Vaccine against libel" could have some side effects
Opinion More oversight needed on direct-to-consumer ads - Letters - Tobacco use places a quarter of adult population within addictive disorder and others
Health & Science Lyme treatment accord ends antitrust probe - As fit as a 5th grader? Adults can take challenge
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June 2

vol. 51 no. 21 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Higher Medicare pay earmarked for practices in medical home trial - Healthy People 2020: National agenda shifts to risks, roots of disease
Government & Medicine Individual health insurance: Are mandates ready for prime time? - Florida passes bill to boost private health coverage for uninsured - Louisiana Senate passes liability protections for disaster responders
Professional Issues Cap on noneconomic damages is unconstitutional, Georgia judge says - Shortage of general surgeons is straining some facilities - Ethics Forum - Obese patients benefit from supportive environment
Business Social networking etiquette: Making virtual acquaintances - E-prescribing campaign aims at patients to reach doctors - 2 California insurers agree to cover members with rescinded policies - Practice Management - Some physicians charge deposits to curb no-shows
Opinion Enforcing the Blues settlement - AMA Leader Commentary - Scope of practice: Need for continuing dialogue - Letters - Single-payer support doesn't fit with what's known to dissatisfy doctors and others
Health & Science The art of warning: Eye-catching images portray public health dangers - State health reform efforts may help resolve disparity issues - Flu summit addresses new challenges - Experts debate value of assessing health literacy
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May 26

vol. 51 no. 20 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Doctors still can try for bonuses as Medicare expands quality reporting - Med schools asked to shun drug firm freebies
Government & Medicine Newest doctor on the Hill hopes to boost focus on the uninsured - White House asks for Medicare bill by mid-June
Professional Issues Tinkering with patents: Decisions muddy the waters on legal rights - Study: Med schools can boost rural physician supply
Business Misfortune telling: Folding together data to forecast your patients' health futures - Hospitals underrate malicious intent in data breaches
Opinion Closing the gap on childhood immunization - Letters - EHRs must be made irresistible, but for now are clearly inadequate and others
Health & Science Officials ponder drop in mammograms as 1.1 million fewer women are screened - Tainted foreign drugs trigger FDA scrutiny from Congress
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May 19

vol. 51 no. 19 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Health plans say they'll risk losing members to protect profit margins - After 13 years, Congress OKs genetic bias ban
Government & Medicine EMR deadline does not compute: Falling short of 2014 goals - Quick View - Medicare health plan pay headed up
Professional Issues Heart surgeon pioneer wins highest civilian honor - AMA to help monitor Blues settlement - Hospitalized kids found at risk for drug errors
Business Relative risk: Keeping financial enterprise all in the family - Ohio hospital pays patients for bills from competing facilities
Opinion Improvements on patient safety rules - AMA Leader Commentary - Addressing the epidemic of video game overuse - Letters - Physicians should be more realistic on national health insurance -- they have already experienced Medicare and others
Health & Science Seeking the best path (American College of Cardiology scientific session) - Address mental health needs of returning troops, study says
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May 12

vol. 51 no. 18 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23 - Doctor disciplinary actions down for 3rd year
Government & Medicine Rulings limit patients' ability to sue device firms, drugmakers - CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list
Professional Issues Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide - Harvard offers discount on med school tuition - In the Courts - Transplant surgeon faces criminal charge for donor's quick death
Business Calculate your ideal patient load: How to strike the correct balance - Kentucky measure calls for clearer contracts for doctors, plans - Smokers' suspensions spotlight incentive plans
Opinion Readying for the senior surge - Letters - 5 things needed to make EMRs practical
Health & Science Studies suggest drugmaker skewed clinical trial reports - Author equates alternative treatments with placebo effect
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May 5

vol. 51 no. 17 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Baby boomer time bomb: Too many aging patients, too few geriatricians - Lawyers' misconduct triggers new liability trials
Government & Medicine MedPAC advises raising primary care pay - GAO: CMS violated law with SCHIP eligibility directive - State-by-state analysis ties lack of insurance to earlier death - AMA urges more safeguards in federal patient safety rules - Quick View - Practice trends influencing charity care
Professional Issues Public pleas for organs fuel ethical qualms - Physicians examine the role of annual checkups in prevention - Texas court finds board exceeded its authority and podiatrists' scope - Quick View - Part-time doctors - Ethics Forum - Ambiguously ill pose challenge for doctors
Business EMR success stories: Practices that are thriving after the changeover - Colorado moves to regulate tiered networks - Contract Language - Use your practice contract to ease into retirement
Opinion Ohio lifts the veil on insurer contracts - AMA Leader Commentary - Convenient care clinics merit a closer look by physicians - Letters - Number doesn't tell whole story of how psychiatrists view health plans and others
Health & Science Starving for perfection: The changing face of anorexia - Hip, knee replacement surgery rates skyrocket over 7 years - Quest for new antibiotics leads to novel sources - Food safety falls short of national goals
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April 28

vol. 51 no. 16 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Part D standards aim to encourage e-prescribing - U.S. report finds sluggish increases in quality of care
Government & Medicine House panel OKs bill to delay Medicaid cuts - Medicare disease-management pilot faces closure over costs - New York awards $105 million in health IT projects
Professional Issues Foiling a fake (book excerpt: Charlatan) - Hospital told to check bylaws on exclusive deals
Business Boomer loyalty: Insurers draw on a little help from their friends to market pre-Medicare coverage - Walgreens enters work-site clinic market - Doctor-staffed retail clinics to open - Walk-ins welcome, but only if they're healthy
Opinion House call on Congress - Letters - There is a strong case to be made for postpartum depression screening and others
Health & Science Post-outbreak study: Mumps immunity waning - Alzheimer's rates expected to climb among minority elderly
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April 21

vol. 51 no. 15 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Insurers reach accord on P4P principles; standards still to be worked out - Advanced-practice nurses seek wider scope in 24 states
Government & Medicine Physicians press lawmakers to stop Medicare pay cuts - More physicians backing national coverage -- study - Court blocks broad subpoena of patient records - Stolen laptop compromises privacy of NIH study subjects
Professional Issues Patients generally pleased with hospital care - Minnesota physician can sue doctors critical of courtroom testimony - Schools urged to police financial ties - Quick View - Resident work-hour violations are up
Business Crimeproof your practice: How to improve office safety - Online feedback site adds doctor category - United has dropped some doctors in retainer practices - Practice Pointers - Simple steps can maximize efficient use of office space
Opinion Legal muscle in the doctor's corner - Letters - To get more empathy, focus more on character of med school applicants and others
Health & Science Health risks heating up? Global warming could affect patient symptoms - Flu cases on the downswing - Dementia doesn't always signal Alzheimer's
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April 14

vol. 51 no. 14 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Latest Medicare projections renew alarm on long-term sustainability - Ohio mandates clarity in health plan contracts
Government & Medicine Federal court rejects challenge of abortion-refusal law - Pennsylvania House bill expands subsidized plans, phases out liability fund - ACOG may redo abortion conscience policy
Professional Issues Fighting spirit: AMNews interviews Ron Davis, MD - Similar drug-name pairs nearly double 2004 tally - Quick View - Reportable events often go unreported - In the Courts - Expert who changed mind claims immunity, but plaintiffs still sue
Business Motivating the mediocre: Getting the maximum out of someone who's giving you the minimum - Online tool allows Minnesota patients to weigh cost, perks - Most states working toward implementing e-health programs
Opinion Breathing room on Medicare payment - Letters - ADA: There can be even more collaboration between dentists and physicians and others
Health & Science Plans sought to curb teen girls' high STD rate - WHO finds global rise in drug-resistant TB - Quick View - Who gets the pneumococcal vaccine?
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April 7

vol. 51 no. 13 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medicare pay bill: Raises to replace cuts through 2009 - FDA pledges better communication on drug safety: AMNews interviews Andrew von Eschenbach, MD
Government & Medicine Employer mandates hit legal snag, states continue to search for options - Florida Supreme Court lifts past peer review confidentiality - Uniform IT definitions proposed to promote understanding - Massachusetts hikes premiums for state-subsidized health plans by 10%
Professional Issues Resident Match breaks records for applicants and couples - Missouri Supreme Court: Doctors can sue if hospitals ignore bylaws in privileging issues - Ethics Forum - Ask questions before working at retail clinics
Business Selling the bitter EMR pill (HIMSS meeting) - Aetna launches personalized health search engine - United panned in survey of hospital execs - Contract Language - Review medical office lease before signing
Opinion Keeping an eye on United - AMA Leader Commentary - Consider e-prescribing as one step in climb to health IT - Letters - Amid debate on prostate cancer care, one physician relates his experience
Health & Science Sweetener scrutiny: Are sugar substitutes a helpful tool or an ineffective crutch? - Vaccine court's ruling adds to confusion over autism link - Ibuprofen may lessen benefit of daily aspirin
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March 24/31

vol. 51 no. 12 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Physicians face Medicaid's April 1 deadline for tamper-proof Rx pads - New Web site on imaging safety draws criticism
Government & Medicine House passes mental health parity bill - Colorado Senate OKs increase, changes to state's liability cap
Professional Issues Is their integrity on the line when doctors pitch products? - Students lose empathy for patients during medical school
Business Getting paid for prevention: Physicians facing coding challenges - Subpoenas issued to insurers in New York rate-setting probe - Practice Pointers - How to manage without micromanaging
Opinion Question for patients: What's in your medicine chest? - AMA Leader Commentary - Looking for service opportunities? Focus on global health - Letters - Predominance of hospitalists has quality assurance implications and others
Health & Science States battle obesity epidemic with new laws - Sleep times drop during workweek - Heparin recall has doctors watching supply - Poor awareness of cardiac, stroke symptoms can delay care
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March 17

vol. 51 no. 11 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories MedPAC report adds momentum to push for 2009 Medicare pay hike - Insurers feel backlash over policy cancellations
Government & Medicine Medicare quality reporting called a promising start - Senate hearing questions doctors' ties to medical device makers - Physicians can become entangled in DME fraud
Professional Issues Older physicians trim hours in lieu of retiring - CMS metric may prompt excessive antibiotic use - California medical students to get court-ordered tuition refunds - Quick View - To err is human, to report is hard
Business Rumor control: How to battle online misinformation - United-Sierra merger in Nevada approved -- with conditions - Google lifts veil on its personal health record - Aetna will continue paying for colonoscopy anesthesia -- for now
Opinion Making the case for caps in tort reform - Letters - Address patient safety with pay levels that cover time needed for good care and others
Health & Science Dangerous diversions: Specter of prescription drug abuse creates tough balancing act for doctors - FDA plans to ease rules for reprinting off-label use info - Flu vaccine recommended for all kids, teens - Tool offers improved method for calculating fracture risks
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March 10

vol. 51 no. 10 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Rules aim for better patient safety through confidential error reports - Insurer finds EMRs won't pay off for its doctors
Government & Medicine Health reform update: Transparency hot, state mandates not - California reverses course, adopts 10% physician Medicaid pay cut - House passes partial forgiveness for medical student loans
Professional Issues Jinx of the J-1 visa: IMGs finding other paths to residency - Michigan patient safety study gets HHS approval to resume - More schools teaching spirituality in medicine - Depressed residents make more drug errors - In the Courts - Informed consent at heart of New York lawsuit
Business Politics in practice: How to keep it professional when staff gets partisan - Illinois bill says stores can't have both clinics and tobacco - Contract Language - Essential provisions of retainer contracts
Opinion Cuomo's reasonable investigation into health plan pricing - Letters - Insurers are using an overly broad definition of "preexisting condition" and others
Health & Science "Watchful waiting" may be best approach for prostate cancer - New effort enlists businesses to correct health care disparities - Meningococcal bug develops quinolone resistance
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March 3

vol. 51 no. 9 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories New York takes on United over tactics as industry arbiter of physician pay - Bush eyes EMRs, P4P to slow Medicare spending
Government & Medicine HIT budget plan criticized as insufficient - Lawsuit hits medical access post-Katrina - Washington state doctors, physical therapists battle over referrals
Professional Issues AMA analysis reaffirms: Tort reforms work - Program helps Hispanic IMGs qualify for U.S. residencies - Medical identity theft is often an "inside job" - More heart transplants done, better outcomes - Ethics Forum - How to handle a prejudiced patient
Business Are you recession-proof? How the credit crunch affects medicine - Blues stops asking doctors for rescission help - Web site helps doctors find office mates
Opinion Growing pains for UnitedHealth Group - AMA Leader Commentary - Close-up look at carrying and caring for wounded warriors - Letters - How high is the stack of rules and regulations that apply to physicians? and others
Health & Science Tooth or consequences: The costs of poor dental fitness - Study says table salt may not have as much iodine as labeled - Flu activity up; vaccine not as protective as hoped - Data on glycemic control differ in 2 trials
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Feb. 25

vol. 51 no. 8 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Wal-Mart partners with hospitals to rapidly expand in-store clinics - Medicare Advantage sales tactics draw fire as Senate panel investigates
Government & Medicine Parity, genetic privacy bills face snags - Survey: Patients harmed by anemia drug policy
Professional Issues Finding one's place (book excerpt: Intern: A Doctor's Initiation) - Dual-doctor family in progress: Son follows mom to med school - Medical staff members help end problems at California hospital
Business Charting your patients' insurance: It's all in a simple grid - California regulatory actions shadow United's pursuit of Sierra - Analysts focus on insurers' health outlays
Opinion Matters of the heart - Letters - Less work for ethics committees as consensus replaced controversies and others
Health & Science Down syndrome is the target of ambitious NIH research initiatives - Diabetes trial stops treatment arm in wake of death risk - Alcohol hand rubs not enough to curb hospital infections
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Feb. 18

vol. 51 no. 7 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Bush budget cuts hospital funding but silent on Medicare doctor pay - Study questions impact of quality report cards
Government & Medicine Health system reform stumbles in California - OIG approves hospital plans to share cost savings with doctors - Senate to act on Indian Health Service funding - Wellness programs cannot discriminate based on health
Professional Issues Georgia Blues plan sued under any-willing-provider law - Going to extremes: Doctoring desert runners - IOM panel seeks program to evaluate research, guidelines - Michigan law bars some IMGs from driving
Business Picking the right process: Deciding the best way to submit claims - UnitedHealth faces stiff fines in California - Practice Pointers - Closing your practice: What to do and when to do it
Opinion Path to better relations between medical staffs and hospitals - AMA Leader Commentary - Carrying the torch for physicians and patients: What are the key ingredients of leadership? - Letters - Consumer-directed health care just the latest risk-shifting scheme and others
Health & Science Beyond the baby blues: A spectrum of postdelivery conditions - Study focuses on publication bias in journals - Doctors take another look at safety of hormone therapy
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Feb. 11

vol. 51 no. 6 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Can the Massachusetts Blues revive capitation? New twist includes quality bonus - Adults proving a tough target for shingles shot
Government & Medicine State of the Union message: Bush seeks insurance tax deduction - Massachusetts health system reform feeling the pinch
Professional Issues Bulletproof bylaws: Maintaining the right to protect doctors -- and patients - New plan would require D.C. drug detailers to be licensed - California appeals court rules against insurer's rescission practices
Business Making room for faith: Handling religious expression at the office - Massachusetts society evaluates health plans' doctor-rating programs - Quick clinics and health kiosks are taking off at airports
Opinion AMA campaigns for the uninsured - Letters - It's understandable that a practice would drop a litigious patient and others
Health & Science Break it down: Drop guns, wear condoms - Targeting infection seen as prevention, treatment for schizophrenia
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Feb. 4

vol. 51 no. 5 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Senate Finance panel developing 18-month Medicare pay package - Study's solution to no-shows: overbooking
Government & Medicine AMA takes uninsured campaign nationwide - Court gives temporary OK to San Francisco "pay or play" law - Georgia exempts general surgery centers from CON rules
Professional Issues Court allows suit against doctor over drug effects - HHS shuts down Michigan patient safety study - ED wait times increasing, even for AMIs, other emergent cases - Ethics Forum - Research in hospice possible, even helpful
Business Is Txting 4 U? Doctors let fingers to the talking - Aetna to stop paying for anesthesiologists during colonoscopies - Contract Language - Take care when firing a patient
Opinion Stronger action needed against tobacco - AMA Leader Commentary - AMPAC: A voice for America's patients and physicians - Letters - If FSMB wants better care, it should raise doctor morale and lower hassles
Health & Science Vaccines get a boost: Global market increases profitability of making vaccine - FDA warns against OTC cold meds for kids younger than 2 - Promising trial on statin add-in falls flat; studies continue - ACLU stresses public health's role in pandemics
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Jan. 28

vol. 51 no. 4 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Health spending outlay tops $2 trillion, but spending growth on doctors declines - Insurers' online forums invite patients to vent
Government & Medicine Many physicians will still be hit by AMT - HHS: Specialty hospitals violated Medicare rule - CMS denials of state Medicaid expansions fuel confusion
Professional Issues Willing, but waiting: Hospital ethics committees - Economists' study says paying for organs would cut wait lists - Doctors use placebos but don't tell patients - Study ties hospitalist care to shorter patient stays - Quick View - Who stays in-state after training?
Business Private plans, public money: Insurers target federal funds - Massachusetts sets new rules for health clinics in retail stores - Practice Pointers - Analyze payer mix before deciding how to change it - Quick View - Rural practice: Perceptions and experience
Opinion The health literacy deficit - Letters - Medicine is not well served when it is blurred with religion and others
Health & Science Some autism cases linked to genetic mutation - Rapid MRSA test gets FDA OK - FDA issues MedWatch alert on pain risks of bisphosphonates
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Jan. 21

vol. 51 no. 3 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Time tight in Medicare fight to defend some pay provisions, block add-ons - Diabetes guidelines: Screen more people earlier
Government & Medicine 2008 NIH budget nearly flat -- again - Suit opposes Medicare denials of off-label, non-compendia drugs - Bill aims to improve health literacy - Quick View - Big firms less receptive to health reforms
Professional Issues California court rules against insurer over policy cancellations - Call these doctors by their calling - New ACOG position on abortion refusal drawing fire - Flood of new medical schools filling accreditation pipeline
Business Giving credit to get what's due: How doctors can help patients pay the bill - Maryland to issue report cards on PPO plans - Health plan looks to doctors to steer patients' imaging business
Opinion Looking beyond the Medicare pay patch - AMA Leader Commentary - Extinguishing inequities in health care - Letters - Reliance on primary care may explain early cancer diagnosis in rural areas
Health & Science Scratching the surface: The challenges of treating itching - Pact aims to ensure safety of Chinese drug imports
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Jan. 14

vol. 51 no. 2 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medicare to require physicians to use new ID numbers on March 1 - Enrollment drop has United vowing to be nicer
Government & Medicine It's doctor vs. doctor in race to represent Florida in U.S. House - Pennsylvania liability fund may be used to cover uninsured - New Jersey court sends blow to doctor-owned surgery centers - Quick View - High medical costs signal underlying problems
Professional Issues Pfizer donates "Great Moments in Medicine" art series to Michigan medical school - California law extends whistle-blower protections - California medical schools tailor programs for diverse populations - Med schools adjusting to millennial students - Aerospace medicine gearing up for tourists in space
Business Physicians fight Aetna over caps on out-of-network pay - Neurosurgeon automates answering service - Leapfrog Group updates P4P Web site - Contract Language - Don't just sign whatever the EMR vendor provides - Quick View - Where patients get their information
Opinion Time to pinch off the salt - Letters - Balance billing will come too late for this doctor but may save others
Health & Science Extending flu shot season not simple - Questioning kids' over-the-counter cold medicines: AMNews interviews Joshua Sharfstein, MD, MPH - New approaches aimed at healing wounds - Women with coronary calcium found at risk for heart attack
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Jan. 7

vol. 51 no. 1 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Congress OKs temporary reprieve on Medicare pay cut, renews SCHIP - High case rates make D.C. the nation's HIV/AIDS capital
Government & Medicine Seen from the extremes: Uninsureds' effect on medicine - Congress considers mandate for Medicare e-prescribing
Professional Issues CT scans implicated in 2% of cancers - Doctor to oversee hospital experience - No pay for "never event" errors becoming standard - Ethics Forum - Tell patients about gifts? Or just say no?
Business Click to play: YouTube and similar sites have more doctors getting ready for their close-ups - Former United CEO settles in case charging stock backdating - Quick View - Regional exchanges slow to get going
Opinion Spreading the risk - AMA Leader Commentary - Embrace your team: Small efforts can yield big results - Letters - "Primary care physicians do not have a corner on the market of altruism"
Health & Science More to know about COPD: Disputing the myths about an underdiagnosed disease - Health experts seek more awareness about Chagas
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