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Government & Medicine 2008
- Running out of patches? Options for fixing the Medicare pay crisis - Dec. 29
- Health IT near top of Democrats' agenda for 2009 - Dec. 29
- Patient privacy at stake in Ohio abortion case - Dec. 29
- Health plans will guarantee coverage, if insurance is mandated - Dec. 29
- CMS proposes no-pay rules for 3 surgical errors - Dec. 22
- Federal court dismisses New Jersey suit over SCHIP limits - Dec. 22
- HHS sets rules for confidential medical error reporting system - Dec. 15
- Courts in 2 states rule on reach of HIPAA in medical liability cases - Dec. 15
- Medical homes get boost in Louisiana Medicaid reform effort - Dec. 15
- Medicare e-prescribing: How to receive your 2% bonus - Dec. 15
- Senate gets early start on health reform plan - Dec. 8
- Medicaid pay delays found to squeeze access - Dec. 8
- Health care fraud still a key target of federal False Claims Act - Dec. 8
- Obama taps former Senate chief Daschle to head HHS - Dec. 8
- Pushing past the placebo: Legislating for a new kind of clinical trials - Dec. 1
- Court rejects Medicare limits on Part B drug pay - Dec. 1
- Quick View: Cost seen as biggest obstacle to employer-offered insurance - Dec. 1
- Obama win accelerates drive for health system reform - Nov. 24
- Medicare finalizes 1.1% pay raise, bonus criteria - Nov. 24
- CMS criticized for lax enforcement of HIPAA security rules - Nov. 24
- AMA survey results: Medicare rated as poor performer during debut of pay-for-reporting - Nov. 17
- Rhode Island seeks Medicaid overhaul, cap on spending - Nov. 17
- Uninsured patients not driving ED overcrowding, study says - Nov. 17
- Lack of interest derails Medicare B drug program - Nov. 10
- Hospital can share P4P bonus with physicians, OIG says - Nov. 10
- Pennsylvania health system reform hits snag over coverage, liability help - Nov. 10
- Caught unaware, doctors get delay in FTC enforcement of ID theft rules - Nov. 3
- Slow adoption of e-prescribing forces Medicare to try hard sell - Nov. 3
- When incentives lack appeal: Medicaid reform meets confusion, skepticism - Nov. 3
- Mental health coverage to see boost as long-sought parity law is enacted - Oct. 27
- Doctor faces tight congressional race in attempt to keep Maryland's Eastern Shore red - Oct. 27
- Court upholds San Francisco employer insurance mandate - Oct. 27
- Trend of Medicaid pay increases is expected to end as states struggle - Oct. 20
- Illinois court rejects plan for expanding health coverage - Oct. 20
- New waiver continues Massachusetts health insurance pools - Oct. 20
- Quick View: Medicare premiums stable - Oct. 20
- Doctors decry payment delays after Medicare overhauls carrier system - Oct. 13
- Baucus previews uninsured debate for next Congress - Oct. 13
- Premiums for job-offered health insurance up 5% this year - Oct. 13
- Court dismisses Arkansas specialty hospital's lawsuit - Oct. 13
- Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors - Oct. 6
- As elections near, AMA spotlights uninsured issue - Oct. 6
- Certificate-of-need law in Illinois slammed by feds, AMA - Oct. 6
- House EHR bill mixes Medicare physician bonuses with cuts - Oct. 6
- Revised language in proposed HHS rule still bolsters abortion conscience laws - Sept. 22/29
- Employer health insurance mandate on Colorado ballot - Sept. 22/29
- Hospital loses latest fight over tax-exempt status - Sept. 22/29
- Uninsured tally dips to 45.7 million, with more covered by government - Sept. 15
- Medicare greatly underestimated DME fraud, oversight agency says - Sept. 15
- Oct. 1 deadline looms for 3 Medicaid prescription security features - Sept. 15
- CMS delays enforcing limits on SCHIP funding - Sept. 15
- Doctors must accept arbitration in Missouri price-fixing case - Sept. 15
- Practices hit Medicare P4P quality targets, but bonuses still fall short - Sept. 8
- CMS calls for transition to ICD-10 codes in 3 years - Sept. 8
- Physician ties to medical device firms probed - Sept. 8
- Hispanics' lack of medical home goes beyond access, insurance - Sept. 1
- Campaign case report: What Obama and McCain pledge to do about the health system - Sept. 1
- Georgia Medicaid program challenged in courts - Sept. 1
- Massachusetts law requires drug firm gift details, uniform billing codes - Sept. 1
- Final Medicare no-pay rule targets 10 hospital-acquired conditions - Aug. 25
- House Democrats silence Medicare alarm, but long-term funding still unresolved - Aug. 25
- Medicare buoyed by demo success after audits collect $700 million - Aug. 25
- Medicare DME bidding program on hold - Aug. 18
- Ruling puts South Dakota abortion consent law into effect - Aug. 18
- Disagreements slow progress on biogenerics legislation - Aug. 11
- Georgia doctors sue for access to United's contracts with state plan - Aug. 11
- SCHIP eligibility limits to take effect - Aug. 11
- E-prescribers see Medicare bonus, but late adopters will face pay cut - Aug. 4
- Dead doctors' IDs used to bilk Medicare - Aug. 4
- Former Senate leaders join forces on health system reform - Aug. 4
- More New Jersey parents eligible for SCHIP - Aug. 4
- Medicare 10.6% pay cut reversed as Congress overrides Bush veto - July 28
- Supreme Court tightens scope of False Claims Act - July 28
- House bill seeks to speed up adoption of health IT systems - July 28
- Quick View: Despite tax debts, Medicare still pays - July 28
- Health care access problems surge among insured Americans - July 21
- Settlement proposed in Medicaid/Part D case - July 21
- Suit aims to block Hawaii's plan to shift blind, elderly, disabled on Medicaid into managed care - July 21
- 6 rules cutting Medicaid delayed until 2009 - July 21
- Medicare launches personal health records for South Carolina residents - July 21
- Medicare double-delay: Senate fails to act, CMS holds physician claims - July 14
- New Medicare hospice rules aim to boost physicians' role - July 14
- Criminal HIPAA case targets employee, not clinic, for breach - July 14
- Medicare audit overreach? Doctors think so, but audits aren't going away - July 7
- Colorado adopts doctor rating standards, health system reforms - July 7
- CMS selects communities for Medicare EHR bonus pilot project - July 7
- Quick View: The young and the uninsured - July 7
- Senators split on plans to avert pay cuts - June 23/30
- Most in Massachusetts met individual insurance mandate - June 23/30
- Texas IPA's contract talks are price-fixing, appeals court rules - June 23/30
- EMTALA flexibility proposed to relieve on-call shortages - June 16
- Group issues final definitions for health IT terminology - June 16
- Illinois Medicaid paid physicians too slowly, state audit says - June 16
- Minnesota adopts bill creating medical homes - June 16
- Quick View: Study: Spending more on Medicare doesn't raise satisfaction - June 16
- Organized medicine calls on court to block Nevada health plan merger - June 9
- California doctors sue to block Medicaid cuts - June 9
- Law prohibits employer and insurer genetic discrimination - June 9
- Help at hand for poor patients' Medicare prescription drug costs - June 9
- Higher Medicare pay earmarked for practices in medical home trial - June 2
- Individual health insurance: Are mandates ready for prime time? - June 2
- Florida passes bill to boost private health coverage for uninsured - June 2
- Louisiana Senate passes liability protections for disaster responders - June 2
- Doctors still can try for bonuses as Medicare expands quality reporting - May 26
- Newest doctor on the Hill hopes to boost focus on the uninsured - May 26
- White House asks for Medicare bill by mid-June - May 26
- After 13 years, Congress OKs genetic bias ban - May 19
- EMR deadline does not compute: Falling short of 2014 goals - May 19
- Quick View: Medicare health plan pay headed up - May 19
- NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23 - May 12
- Rulings limit patients' ability to sue device firms, drugmakers - May 12
- CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list - May 12
- MedPAC advises raising primary care pay - May 5
- GAO: CMS violated law with SCHIP eligibility directive - May 5
- State-by-state analysis ties lack of insurance to earlier death - May 5
- AMA urges more safeguards in federal patient safety rules - May 5
- Quick View: Practice trends influencing charity care - May 5
- Part D standards aim to encourage e-prescribing - April 28
- House panel OKs bill to delay Medicaid cuts - April 28
- Medicare disease-management pilot faces closure over costs - April 28
- New York awards $105 million in health IT projects - April 28
- Physicians press lawmakers to stop Medicare pay cuts - April 21
- More physicians backing national coverage -- study - April 21
- Court blocks broad subpoena of patient records - April 21
- Stolen laptop compromises privacy of NIH study subjects - April 21
- Latest Medicare projections renew alarm on long-term sustainability - April 14
- Federal court rejects challenge of abortion-refusal law - April 14
- Pennsylvania House bill expands subsidized plans, phases out liability fund - April 14
- ACOG may redo abortion conscience policy - April 14
- Medicare pay bill: Raises to replace cuts through 2009 - April 7
- Employer mandates hit legal snag, states continue to search for options - April 7
- Florida Supreme Court lifts past peer review confidentiality - April 7
- Uniform IT definitions proposed to promote understanding - April 7
- Massachusetts hikes premiums for state-subsidized health plans by 10% - April 7
- Physicians face Medicaid's April 1 deadline for tamper-proof Rx pads - March 24/31
- House passes mental health parity bill - March 24/31
- Colorado Senate OKs increase, changes to state's liability cap - March 24/31
- MedPAC report adds momentum to push for 2009 Medicare pay hike - March 17
- Medicare quality reporting called a promising start - March 17
- Senate hearing questions doctors' ties to medical device makers - March 17
- Physicians can become entangled in DME fraud - March 17
- Rules aim for better patient safety through confidential error reports - March 10
- Health reform update: Transparency hot, state mandates not - March 10
- California reverses course, adopts 10% physician Medicaid pay cut - March 10
- House passes partial forgiveness for medical student loans - March 10
- Bush eyes EMRs, P4P to slow Medicare spending - March 3
- HIT budget plan criticized as insufficient - March 3
- Lawsuit hits medical access post-Katrina - March 3
- Washington state doctors, physical therapists battle over referrals - March 3
- Medicare Advantage sales tactics draw fire as Senate panel investigates - Feb. 25
- Parity, genetic privacy bills face snags - Feb. 25
- Survey: Patients harmed by anemia drug policy - Feb. 25
- Bush budget cuts hospital funding but silent on Medicare doctor pay - Feb. 18
- Health system reform stumbles in California - Feb. 18
- OIG approves hospital plans to share cost savings with doctors - Feb. 18
- Senate to act on Indian Health Service funding - Feb. 18
- Wellness programs cannot discriminate based on health - Feb. 18
- State of the Union message: Bush seeks insurance tax deduction - Feb. 11
- Massachusetts health system reform feeling the pinch - Feb. 11
- Senate Finance panel developing 18-month Medicare pay package - Feb. 4
- AMA takes uninsured campaign nationwide - Feb. 4
- Court gives temporary OK to San Francisco "pay or play" law - Feb. 4
- Georgia exempts general surgery centers from CON rules - Feb. 4
- Health spending outlay tops $2 trillion, but spending growth on doctors declines - Jan. 28
- Many physicians will still be hit by AMT - Jan. 28
- HHS: Specialty hospitals violated Medicare rule - Jan. 28
- CMS denials of state Medicaid expansions fuel confusion - Jan. 28
- Time tight in Medicare fight to defend some pay provisions, block add-ons - Jan. 21
- 2008 NIH budget nearly flat -- again - Jan. 21
- Suit opposes Medicare denials of off-label, non-compendia drugs - Jan. 21
- Bill aims to improve health literacy - Jan. 21
- Quick View: Big firms less receptive to health reforms - Jan. 21
- Medicare to require physicians to use new ID numbers on March 1 - Jan. 14
- It's doctor vs. doctor in race to represent Florida in U.S. House - Jan. 14
- Pennsylvania liability fund may be used to cover uninsured - Jan. 14
- New Jersey court sends blow to doctor-owned surgery centers - Jan. 14
- Quick View: High medical costs signal underlying problems - Jan. 14
- Congress OKs temporary reprieve on Medicare pay cut, renews SCHIP - Jan. 7
- Seen from the extremes: Uninsureds' effect on medicine - Jan. 7
- Congress considers mandate for Medicare e-prescribing - Jan. 7
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Professional Issues 2008
- Liability premium outlook improves as many physicians see lower rates - Dec. 29
- Montana court OKs doctor-assisted suicide - Dec. 29
- Defensive medicine widespread among Massachusetts doctors - Dec. 29
- AAMC report says 30% med school enrollment hike is not enough - Dec. 29
- New partnership targets health care quality - Dec. 29
- Ethics Forum: Helping patients who are victims of abuse - Dec. 29
- IOM urges more rest for residents in push to improve patient safety. - Dec. 22
- Illness interrupts (book excerpt: Life in the Balance) - Dec. 22
- State societies warn of primary care shortages - Dec. 22
- New Hampshire ban on sale of prescribing data upheld - Dec. 22
- Many doctors say they offer OTC meds or other placebos - Dec. 15
- Illinois high court hears challenge to state medical liability cap - Dec. 15
- Doctors urge: Rescue primary care or work force shortage will mount - Dec. 8
- Going high profile: Medical boards push transparency - Dec. 8
- Doctor, med society executive honored for decades of service - Dec. 8
- In the Courts: Supreme Court cases on medical issues rare, but crucial - Dec. 8
- AMA meeting: Delegates back medical home, want pay issues resolved - Dec. 1
- Court to rule on drug labels as liability shield - Dec. 1
- Study favors use of national health ID numbers for patients - Dec. 1
- AMA meeting: Reforming SGR tops Association's Medicare agenda for 2009 - Dec. 1
- AMA meeting: Texting while driving, trans fats on hit list - Dec. 1
- AMA meeting: Disruptive behavior standard draws fire - Dec. 1
- AMA meeting: Doctors told to reveal financial stake in referrals - Dec. 1
- AMA meeting: Delegates weigh ethics committee's role - Dec. 1
- AMA meeting: Global warming has health toll, delegates warn - Dec. 1
- Ethics Forum: Finding the right approach to EPT - Dec. 1
- AMA Immediate Past President Ron Davis, MD, succumbs to pancreatic cancer - Nov. 24
- Washington becomes 2nd state to allow physician-assisted suicide - Nov. 24
- Med copter deaths intensify calls to enforce safety rules - Nov. 17
- Drugmakers vow to disclose their payments to physicians - Nov. 17
- Doctors fight balance-billing ban on out-of-network costs - Nov. 17
- Judging genetic risks: Physicians often caught between what patients want and what science offers - Nov. 10
- Med schools report record enrollments, more minorities - Nov. 10
- California law mandates discussing end-of-life options - Nov. 10
- In the Courts: Use of shared peer review findings is questioned - Nov. 10
- More hospitals start palliative care programs - Nov. 3
- Board settlement can't be used in Minnesota liability trial - Nov. 3
- Ethics Forum: Hospitalist, generalist: How they balance care - Nov. 3
- The reflective essayist (book excerpt: The Uncertain Art) - Oct. 27
- Polls show Washington voters favor physician-assisted suicide - Oct. 27
- Elections seen as turning point for stem cell studies - Oct. 20
- 4 doctors awarded MacArthur genius grants - Oct. 20
- Medical student stress and burnout leave some with thoughts of suicide - Oct. 20
- Other nations, other answers: In search of a solution to the organ shortage - Oct. 13
- California court rejects how hospital applied privileges rule - Oct. 13
- In the Courts: Case pits anti-bias law against doctors' rights - Oct. 13
- Florida high court rejects curb on medical staff rights - Oct. 6
- Trade group's "accreditation" could confuse medical tourists - Oct. 6
- Drug samples can mean fewer generic prescriptions for the uninsured - Oct. 6
- Quick View: Liability reform and better ob-gyn access - Oct. 6
- Ethics Forum: When it's OK to say: No new patients - Oct. 6
- HHS site invites public to compare mortality rates at 4,700 hospitals - Sept. 22/29
- Courts examine peer review: Maintaining a proper sense of balance - Sept. 22/29
- Court OKs Health Net deal over out-of-network pay - Sept. 22/29
- Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of surgeries - Sept. 22/29
- Researchers urge pay for egg donors - Sept. 15
- 2,700 apply for Florida medical school's tuition-free offer - Sept. 15
- Report amplifies call for care in underserved areas - Sept. 15
- Texas liability reforms spur plunge in premiums and lawsuits - Sept. 8
- Time to get tough? States increasingly offer ways to opt out of vaccine mandates - Sept. 8
- Legal risk for prescribing painkillers is small, study says - Sept. 8
- In the Courts: Attempt to remove bullet leads to lawsuit - Sept. 8
- Nevada ruling may compound end-of-life care decisions - Sept. 1
- Work-hour limits found to create little respite for residents - Sept. 1
- Medical blog analysis fuels call for standards - Sept. 1
- Ethics Forum: Medical blogs: Who are they good for? - Sept. 1
- Tons of donated medical texts sent to war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq - Aug. 25
- Unexpected connections (book excerpt: The Light Within) - Aug. 25
- Most states said to have good rules on pain medicines - Aug. 25
- Academic leaders work to ease work force crisis - Aug. 25
- New Joint Commission standard tells hospitals to squelch disruptive behaviors - Aug. 18
- California courts to sort out balance-billing issues - Aug. 18
- Psychiatrists scrutinize APA's revenues from drug industry - Aug. 18
- Quick View: Uninsured problem lowers U.S. health system's performance score - Aug. 18
- Hospitals shine light on mistakes by publicly saying: "We're sorry" - Aug. 11
- Ethics consultants get doses of realism through simulations - Aug. 11
- Missouri court says midwives can continue to practice - Aug. 11
- P4P found to have little impact on care quality - Aug. 4
- Kansas court enforces noncompete clause - Aug. 4
- Ethics panel may back universal coverage, ponders access as a "moral imperative" - Aug. 4
- Ethics Forum: Assessing self-neglect in older patients - Aug. 4
- Drug industry: No more free pens, pads or mugs - July 28
- Med school for judges: A crash course in medical litigation - July 28
- AMA apologizes for past inequality against black doctors - July 28
- Massachusetts doctors challenge liability insurance analysis - July 28
- Doctors let TV series document their world - July 21
- Exception to statute of limitations upheld in Georgia - July 21
- Medicare's no-pay events: Coping with the complications - July 14
- Teaching hospitals, residencies win reprieve on Medicaid cuts - July 14
- California bill would mandate discussions of end-of-life options - July 14
- AMA meeting: AMA grades health plans on how they handle claims - July 7
- AMA meeting: Delegates decry CMS no-pay list as unrealistic and call for revision - July 7
- Massachusetts doctors sue, saying ranking program is flawed - July 7
- AMA tool kit helps doctors measure, boost patient comprehension - July 7
- Military sweetens the deal to entice medical students - July 7
- AMA meeting: Physicians demand greater oversight of doctors of nursing - July 7
- AMA meeting: Guidelines target safety of medical tourists - July 7
- AMA meeting: Increasing use of Tasers prompts safety review - July 7
- AMA meeting: Doctors oppose mandatory drug reporting laws - July 7
- AMA meeting: Delegates explore on-call coverage, at-home genetic tests - July 7
- AMA meeting: AMA OKs palliative sedation for terminally ill - July 7
- AMA meeting: Delegates respond to rising student debt - July 7
- AMA meeting: AMA clarifies plan on tax credits for insurance - July 7
- AMA meeting: Resident work hours stir passionate debate - July 7
- AMA meeting: Delegates seek to change law on organ donor incentives - July 7
- Ethics Forum: An ethics consult can help build consensus - July 7
- Therapeutic thought (book excerpt: The Cure Within) - June 23/30
- Medical schools on target to reach enrollment goals - June 23/30
- Minorities underrepresented in California doctor work force - June 23/30
- IMGs, other visa holders in Michigan free to drive again - June 23/30
- Medical testing board to introduce doctor of nursing certification - June 16
- National safety effort targets perinatal injuries - June 16
- New rule excludes medical graduates from federal loan deferment plan - June 16
- FDA drug safety review to start with Medicare - June 16
- Quick View: Barriers to prescribing opioids - June 16
- Formula for rationing care: Task forces plan for disaster - June 9
- Gearing up for a graying generation: Training more doctors in geriatrics skills - June 9
- AMA encourages future physicians - June 9
- Blues HMO ordered to pay hospital pathologists - June 9
- Cap on noneconomic damages is unconstitutional, Georgia judge says - June 2
- Shortage of general surgeons is straining some facilities - June 2
- Ethics Forum: Obese patients benefit from supportive environment - June 2
- Med schools asked to shun drug firm freebies - May 26
- Tinkering with patents: Decisions muddy the waters on legal rights - May 26
- Study: Med schools can boost rural physician supply - May 26
- Heart surgeon pioneer wins highest civilian honor - May 19
- AMA to help monitor Blues settlement - May 19
- Hospitalized kids found at risk for drug errors - May 19
- Doctor disciplinary actions down for 3rd year - May 12
- Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide - May 12
- Harvard offers discount on med school tuition - May 12
- In the Courts: Transplant surgeon faces criminal charge for donor's quick death - May 12
- Baby boomer time bomb: Too many aging patients, too few geriatricians - May 5
- Lawyers' misconduct triggers new liability trials - May 5
- Public pleas for organs fuel ethical qualms - May 5
- Physicians examine the role of annual checkups in prevention - May 5
- Texas court finds board exceeded its authority and podiatrists' scope - May 5
- Quick View: Part-time doctors - May 5
- Ethics Forum: Ambiguously ill pose challenge for doctors - May 5
- U.S. report finds sluggish increases in quality of care - April 28
- Foiling a fake (book excerpt: Charlatan) - April 28
- Hospital told to check bylaws on exclusive deals - April 28
- Advanced-practice nurses seek wider scope in 24 states - April 21
- Patients generally pleased with hospital care - April 21
- Minnesota physician can sue doctors critical of courtroom testimony - April 21
- Schools urged to police financial ties - April 21
- Quick View: Resident work-hour violations are up - April 21
- Fighting spirit: AMNews interviews Ron Davis, MD - April 14
- Similar drug-name pairs nearly double 2004 tally - April 14
- Quick View: Reportable events often go unreported - April 14
- In the Courts: Expert who changed mind claims immunity, but plaintiffs still sue - April 14
- Resident Match breaks records for applicants and couples - April 7
- Missouri Supreme Court: Doctors can sue if hospitals ignore bylaws in privileging issues - April 7
- Ethics Forum: Ask questions before working at retail clinics - April 7
- Is their integrity on the line when doctors pitch products? - March 24/31
- Students lose empathy for patients during medical school - March 24/31
- Insurers feel backlash over policy cancellations - March 17
- Older physicians trim hours in lieu of retiring - March 17
- CMS metric may prompt excessive antibiotic use - March 17
- California medical students to get court-ordered tuition refunds - March 17
- Quick View: To err is human, to report is hard - March 17
- Jinx of the J-1 visa: IMGs finding other paths to residency - March 10
- Michigan patient safety study gets HHS approval to resume - March 10
- More schools teaching spirituality in medicine - March 10
- Depressed residents make more drug errors - March 10
- In the Courts: Informed consent at heart of New York lawsuit - March 10
- AMA analysis reaffirms: Tort reforms work - March 3
- Program helps Hispanic IMGs qualify for U.S. residencies - March 3
- Medical identity theft is often an "inside job" - March 3
- More heart transplants done, better outcomes - March 3
- Ethics Forum: How to handle a prejudiced patient - March 3
- Finding one's place (book excerpt: Intern: A Doctor's Initiation) - Feb. 25
- Dual-doctor family in progress: Son follows mom to med school - Feb. 25
- Medical staff members help end problems at California hospital - Feb. 25
- Study questions impact of quality report cards - Feb. 18
- Georgia Blues plan sued under any-willing-provider law - Feb. 18
- Going to extremes: Doctoring desert runners - Feb. 18
- IOM panel seeks program to evaluate research, guidelines - Feb. 18
- Michigan law bars some IMGs from driving - Feb. 18
- Bulletproof bylaws: Maintaining the right to protect doctors -- and patients - Feb. 11
- New plan would require D.C. drug detailers to be licensed - Feb. 11
- California appeals court rules against insurer's rescission practices - Feb. 11
- Court allows suit against doctor over drug effects - Feb. 4
- HHS shuts down Michigan patient safety study - Feb. 4
- ED wait times increasing, even for AMIs, other emergent cases - Feb. 4
- Ethics Forum: Research in hospice possible, even helpful - Feb. 4
- Willing, but waiting: Hospital ethics committees - Jan. 28
- Economists' study says paying for organs would cut wait lists - Jan. 28
- Doctors use placebos but don't tell patients - Jan. 28
- Study ties hospitalist care to shorter patient stays - Jan. 28
- Quick View: Who stays in-state after training? - Jan. 28
- California court rules against insurer over policy cancellations - Jan. 21
- Call these doctors by their calling - Jan. 21
- New ACOG position on abortion refusal drawing fire - Jan. 21
- Flood of new medical schools filling accreditation pipeline - Jan. 21
- Pfizer donates "Great Moments in Medicine" art series to Michigan medical school - Jan. 14
- California law extends whistle-blower protections - Jan. 14
- California medical schools tailor programs for diverse populations - Jan. 14
- Med schools adjusting to millennial students - Jan. 14
- Aerospace medicine gearing up for tourists in space - Jan. 14
- CT scans implicated in 2% of cancers - Jan. 7
- Doctor to oversee hospital experience - Jan. 7
- No pay for "never event" errors becoming standard - Jan. 7
- Ethics Forum: Tell patients about gifts? Or just say no? - Jan. 7
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Business 2008
- Tech-savvy med students fear life without EMRs - Dec. 29
- Model law banning silent PPOs could serve as draft for state legislatures - Dec. 29
- Helping students, residents find or sell a home - Dec. 29
- United subsidiary launches consumer Web site - Dec. 29
- Wikipedia often misses important drug facts - Dec. 29
- Practice Management: Check fine print before selling your practice - Dec. 29
- Practice Pointers: How to handle the transition to a new office manager - Dec. 29
- Taking it to the bank: A new strategy for health plans - Dec. 22
- Usefulness of home monitoring devices studied - Dec. 22
- Most patients rely on word of mouth when picking a new doctor - Dec. 22
- Economy sends physicians to hospitals for help - Dec. 15
- Preparing for disaster: How would your practice cope? - Dec. 15
- Google uses online queries to see where flu interest is peaking - Dec. 15
- Contract Language: Make sure your patient's consent is truly informed - Dec. 15
- Go tech go: Championing new health IT - Dec. 8
- Doctors want further scrutiny of Horizon for-profit conversion - Dec. 8
- Technically Speaking: Adopting e-prescribing with an EMR is challenging - Dec. 8
- Laws bolster penalties for privacy breaches in California - Dec. 1
- Maryland doctors warn about Blues' pay cuts - Dec. 1
- Practice Management: Best approach to retaliation suit: Don't let it happen - Dec. 1
- Quick View: What bosses want: Accuracy with health insurance claims tops the list - Dec. 1
- Practice Pointers: Tough economic times call for vigilant business sense - Dec. 1
- Health plans feel economic pain, brace for more - Nov. 24
- Finding the right floor: How much should insurers spend on medical care? - Nov. 24
- Michigan medical society to launch health IT exchange - Nov. 24
- Developer offers concierge care to luxury condo buyers - Nov. 24
- Tourniquet designed for fingers and toes - Nov. 24
- Bottom line blues (MGMA annual meeting) - Nov. 17
- Contract Language: Pay for referrals may be illegal as well as unethical - Nov. 17
- Doctors tally the economic value practices bring to communities - Nov. 10
- Selling the subsidy: Questions remain on hospital-physician IT collaboration - Nov. 10
- Technically Speaking: Merging practices find IT may not blend well - Nov. 10
- Medical travel doesn't have to be overseas - Nov. 3
- Pennsylvania ponders final comments on proposed insurance deal - Nov. 3
- Doctors' punch line: biopsies made easier - Nov. 3
- Practice Management: Survive the credit crisis by keeping on top of finances - Nov. 3
- Guarding their treasure: Health plans try to hold on to financial reserves - Oct. 27
- Practice Pointers: 4 areas you can look to for lost profits - Oct. 27
- Divided by duty: While a doctor serves the country, the practice must still serve patients - Oct. 20
- Contract Language: Check filing requirements when retaining PAs, NPs - Oct. 20
- Is your EMR legal? A document can look like a medical record, but not meet the legal definition. - Oct. 13
- Tenn. Blues reboots physician rating program - Oct. 13
- Technically Speaking: "Smart" technology moving to clinics, physician offices - Oct. 13
- Survey looks at impact of health risk assessments - Oct. 6
- Studies produce no consensus on Pa. Blues merger - Oct. 6
- Former CEO to pay United investors $30 million - Oct. 6
- Practice Management: Your bank may need a wellness check - Oct. 6
- Will New Jersey Blues filing prompt for-profit rush? - Sept. 22/29
- Putting on the charm: Insurers try a new tack to sell themselves - Sept. 22/29
- Florida law takes on overpayment claims, assignment of benefits - Sept. 22/29
- Retail clinic targets Hispanic population, cultural differences - Sept. 22/29
- Doctor's magnetic invention raises cane - Sept. 22/29
- Practice Pointers: Staying attuned to employee needs can lower turnover - Sept. 22/29
- Goodwill hunting: What's your practice worth? - Sept. 15
- Insurers focus earnings discussion on the future - Sept. 15
- Contract Language: Separation plan needed when physician leaves practice - Sept. 15
- Parallel universe: Entering an online 3-D world - Sept. 8
- Surgical plates make a fashion statement - Sept. 8
- Technically Speaking: Before you buy, evaluate the vendor's responsiveness - Sept. 8
- Quick View: Paper perceived safer than e-records - Sept. 8
- Virtual medicine: Companies using webcams for real-time patient encounters - Sept. 1
- Pennsylvania Blues merger could hinge on definition of market - Sept. 1
- Practice Management: Metal theft can disrupt physician office - Sept. 1
- Who's behind the card? Plans sometimes administer, rather than insure - Aug. 25
- Practice Pointers: Office manager is struggling; now what? - Aug. 25
- Quick View: Biggest challenges facing groups - Aug. 25
- Greening your practice: Cutting costs while conserving energy - Aug. 18
- Medical schools, research groups to offer content for new online resource - Aug. 18
- Contract Language: Examine buy-in provisions of employment agreements - Aug. 18
- Setting the pace: A case study of how the Indiana Health Information Exchange works - Aug. 11
- Blues plans settle rescission cases in California - Aug. 11
- Technically Speaking: Automation seen to aid informed consent - Aug. 11
- Doctor's invention sprang from patient need - Aug. 4
- Former CareFirst CEO's severance package cut in half - Aug. 4
- Aetna tries paying patients to take their meds - Aug. 4
- Practice Management: Do you need an MBA, or are there alternatives? - Aug. 4
- Insurers are the new worried well (America's Health Insurance Plans annual meeting) - July 28
- United settles lawsuits, warns of falling profits - July 28
- Practice Pointers: A lockbox service can protect your practice's cash - July 28
- Making the practice switch: One doctor became an employee, the other started his own office - July 21
- Marshfield Clinic puts its EHR on the market - July 21
- Report details how much insurers spend on care in California - July 21
- Contract Language: Job hunting? Cast wide net, read contract - July 21
- Know your EMR needs (Towards the Electronic Patient Record conference) - July 14
- States rapped for lax regulation of individual insurance market - July 14
- Privacy framework for personal health records developed - July 14
- Technically Speaking: One answer to EMR data entry: Hire a scribe to do it - July 14
- Ministries offer bill-sharing as insurance alternative - July 7
- Aetna requires doctors to opt out of workers' compensation network - July 7
- PHR vendors bypass patients, pitch to business - July 7
- For-profit hospitals find ways to cut the bad debt they carry - July 7
- Practice Management: A successful sabbatical can take years of planning - July 7
- Practice Pointers: Assess benefits in hiring management firm - July 7
- Patients rarely use online ratings to pick physicians - June 23/30
- What's in their wallets? Health plan executives bring home the bucks - June 23/30
- Revitalizing dead space: Finding an innovative place for your practice - June 16
- Aetna vows to continue settlement terms - June 16
- More Americans find insurance pays for visits to retail clinics - June 16
- Contract Language: How to put together a nurse practitioner contract - June 16
- Twilight of the beeper: Today's technology offers other ways of keeping connected - June 9
- Google enters personal health record market - June 9
- Connecticut puts restrictions on silent PPOs - June 9
- Technically Speaking: "Vaccine against libel" could have some side effects - June 9
- Social networking etiquette: Making virtual acquaintances - June 2
- E-prescribing campaign aims at patients to reach doctors - June 2
- 2 California insurers agree to cover members with rescinded policies - June 2
- Practice Management: Some physicians charge deposits to curb no-shows - June 2
- Misfortune telling: Folding together data to forecast your patients' health futures - May 26
- Hospitals underrate malicious intent in data breaches - May 26
- Health plans say they'll risk losing members to protect profit margins - May 19
- Relative risk: Keeping financial enterprise all in the family - May 19
- Ohio hospital pays patients for bills from competing facilities - May 19
- Calculate your ideal patient load: How to strike the correct balance - May 12
- Kentucky measure calls for clearer contracts for doctors, plans - May 12
- Smokers' suspensions spotlight incentive plans - May 12
- EMR success stories: Practices that are thriving after the changeover - May 5
- Colorado moves to regulate tiered networks - May 5
- Contract Language: Use your practice contract to ease into retirement - May 5
- Boomer loyalty: Insurers draw on a little help from their friends to market pre-Medicare coverage - April 28
- Walgreens enters work-site clinic market - April 28
- Doctor-staffed retail clinics to open - April 28
- Walk-ins welcome, but only if they're healthy - April 28
- Insurers reach accord on P4P principles; standards still to be worked out - April 21
- Crimeproof your practice: How to improve office safety - April 21
- Online feedback site adds doctor category - April 21
- United has dropped some doctors in retainer practices - April 21
- Practice Pointers: Simple steps can maximize efficient use of office space - April 21
- Ohio mandates clarity in health plan contracts - April 14
- Motivating the mediocre: Getting the maximum out of someone who's giving you the minimum - April 14
- Online tool allows Minnesota patients to weigh cost, perks - April 14
- Most states working toward implementing e-health programs - April 14
- Selling the bitter EMR pill (HIMSS meeting) - April 7
- Aetna launches personalized health search engine - April 7
- United panned in survey of hospital execs - April 7
- Contract Language: Review medical office lease before signing - April 7
- New Web site on imaging safety draws criticism - March 24/31
- Getting paid for prevention: Physicians facing coding challenges - March 24/31
- Subpoenas issued to insurers in New York rate-setting probe - March 24/31
- Practice Pointers: How to manage without micromanaging - March 24/31
- Rumor control: How to battle online misinformation - March 17
- United-Sierra merger in Nevada approved -- with conditions - March 17
- Google lifts veil on its personal health record - March 17
- Aetna will continue paying for colonoscopy anesthesia -- for now - March 17
- Insurer finds EMRs won't pay off for its doctors - March 10
- Politics in practice: How to keep it professional when staff gets partisan - March 10
- Illinois bill says stores can't have both clinics and tobacco - March 10
- Contract Language: Essential provisions of retainer contracts - March 10
- New York takes on United over tactics as industry arbiter of physician pay - March 3
- Are you recession-proof? How the credit crunch affects medicine - March 3
- Blues stops asking doctors for rescission help - March 3
- Web site helps doctors find office mates - March 3
- Wal-Mart partners with hospitals to rapidly expand in-store clinics - Feb. 25
- Charting your patients' insurance: It's all in a simple grid - Feb. 25
- California regulatory actions shadow United's pursuit of Sierra - Feb. 25
- Analysts focus on insurers' health outlays - Feb. 25
- Picking the right process: Deciding the best way to submit claims - Feb. 18
- UnitedHealth faces stiff fines in California - Feb. 18
- Practice Pointers: Closing your practice: What to do and when to do it - Feb. 18
- Can the Massachusetts Blues revive capitation? New twist includes quality bonus - Feb. 11
- Making room for faith: Handling religious expression at the office - Feb. 11
- Massachusetts society evaluates health plans' doctor-rating programs - Feb. 11
- Quick clinics and health kiosks are taking off at airports - Feb. 11
- Study's solution to no-shows: overbooking - Feb. 4
- Is Txting 4 U? Doctors let fingers to the talking - Feb. 4
- Aetna to stop paying for anesthesiologists during colonoscopies - Feb. 4
- Contract Language: Take care when firing a patient - Feb. 4
- Insurers' online forums invite patients to vent - Jan. 28
- Private plans, public money: Insurers target federal funds - Jan. 28
- Massachusetts sets new rules for health clinics in retail stores - Jan. 28
- Practice Pointers: Analyze payer mix before deciding how to change it - Jan. 28
- Quick View: Rural practice: Perceptions and experience - Jan. 28
- Giving credit to get what's due: How doctors can help patients pay the bill - Jan. 21
- Maryland to issue report cards on PPO plans - Jan. 21
- Health plan looks to doctors to steer patients' imaging business - Jan. 21
- Enrollment drop has United vowing to be nicer - Jan. 14
- Physicians fight Aetna over caps on out-of-network pay - Jan. 14
- Neurosurgeon automates answering service - Jan. 14
- Leapfrog Group updates P4P Web site - Jan. 14
- Contract Language: Don't just sign whatever the EMR vendor provides - Jan. 14
- Quick View: Where patients get their information - Jan. 14
- Click to play: YouTube and similar sites have more doctors getting ready for their close-ups - Jan. 7
- Former United CEO settles in case charging stock backdating - Jan. 7
- Quick View: Regional exchanges slow to get going - Jan. 7
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Opinion 2008
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Liability insurance premiums in Georgia declined by 18% after the state capped noneconomic damages in 2005.
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Health & Science 2008
- Allergic reaction: Food allergies increasing, especially among children - Dec. 29
- Malaria vaccine proving promising - Dec. 29
- Screening, tobacco control drive cancer declines - Dec. 29
- Exercise, weight control, adequate sleep found to reduce cancer risk - Dec. 29
- Shorter antibiotic course for latent TB increases compliance - Dec. 29
- Ho ho woes: Wrap rage results in lacerations and bad tempers - Dec. 22
- Research looks at new ways to ease pain of kids' shots - Dec. 22
- Geriatric Consult: Find the reason, then prevent the fall - Dec. 22
- Speaking the language of vaccines (ICAAC and IDSA joint meeting) - Dec. 15
- COPD awareness is growing, but information gap persists - Dec. 15
- Report calls for greater access to smoking-cessation programs - Dec. 15
- Research urged for medication overuse headaches - Dec. 15
- Kidney stones linked to greater chance of CKD - Dec. 8
- More adults have prediabetes, with patients (and often physicians) unsure who's at risk - Dec. 8
- Statins, CRP test get boost from high-profile study - Dec. 1
- Reframing Framingham: New evidence prompts another look at cardiovascular risk algorithms - Dec. 1
- National survey will explore what it takes to age well in America - Dec. 1
- Smoking heightens aortic rupture risk for women - Nov. 24
- XDR-TB prevention starts with TB treatment - Nov. 24
- Geriatric Consult: Polypharmacy raises risks of side effects, skipped pills - Nov. 24
- Steps to a nimble mind: Physical and mental exercise help keep the brain fit - Nov. 17
- FDA launches drug safety information Web site - Nov. 17
- Intensive approaches advised for obese youth - Nov. 10
- The poorer the kids, the worse their health, study says - Nov. 10
- Familiar faces speak as patients (AAFP annual scientific assembly) - Nov. 3
- Written screening tests confuse some patients - Nov. 3
- With no AIDS vaccine in sight, what's next? - Oct. 27
- Link between muscle disorders, statins probed - Oct. 27
- First signs of asthma often appear early in patient's life - Oct. 27
- C. difficile thriving even without antibiotic use - Oct. 27
- Accuracy of virtual colonoscopies validated - Oct. 20
- Chronic stress linked to more heart disease among police - Oct. 20
- NIH director leaving post at end of October - Oct. 20
- Flu shots plentiful, doctors urged to get as well as give - Oct. 13
- Data from drug trials often not published - Oct. 13
- Common osteoarthritis treatment questioned - Oct. 13
- The never-ending story: Flu vaccine season goes year-round - Oct. 6
- Surgeon general urges more vigilance on dangerous clots - Oct. 6
- Direct-to-consumer drug ads' effect seen as mixed despite billions spent - Sept. 22/29
- Salmonella outbreak appears over; investigation to continue - Sept. 22/29
- Scurvy rare, but cases still are popping up - Sept. 22/29
- HPV vaccine talk shifts from fanfare to fear - Sept. 15
- Muscles matter: Physicans advised to tell patients to build up strength - Sept. 15
- Marketing works: Promote smoking and people smoke - Sept. 15
- West Nile virus on downswing; good recovery rates found - Sept. 15
- Tools of the trade: Urology museum exhibits scopes and catheters galore - Sept. 8
- Epilepsy care goal shifting to no seizures, not just fewer ones - Sept. 8
- Debate flares: Can obese patients be healthy? - Sept. 1
- Bruised and bleeding: Watching for von Willebrand disease - Sept. 1
- Long-term use of acid reflux drugs weighed - Sept. 1
- Link strengthened between sleep apnea and mortality risk - Sept. 1
- Survey captures snapshot of nation's health - Aug. 25
- Stepped-up efforts aim to thwart cheating on drug tests - Aug. 25
- Suicide hotline lets veterans -- and families -- dial for help - Aug. 25
- Alzheimer's drug trials surge, suggesting new pathways for care - Aug. 18
- Rebuilding body and spirit: Center for the Intrepid puts nation's wounded military on the mend - Aug. 18
- House advances FDA authority over tobacco - Aug. 18
- Prediabetes guidelines' aim: Avoiding heart risk - Aug. 18
- High prices at the pump complicate health choices - Aug. 11
- Critics at odds with AAP on how to cut kids' heart disease risk - Aug. 11
- Combination therapy best for severe asthma, studies find - Aug. 11
- Don't quit on smokers: If at first they don't succeed... - Aug. 4
- Success seen with tailored diabetes education - Aug. 4
- Vaccine-autism link unsupported by science, but theory lives on - July 28
- Lifestyle issues contribute to weight gain in teen girls - July 28
- FDA requires black-box warnings for fluoroquinolones - July 28
- Expect the thrill of victory, the agony of bad air at the Olympics - July 21
- Genetic precision (ASCO annual meeting) - July 21
- New tool evaluates "everyday" cognition - July 21
- Quick View: More schooled, more active - July 21
- The end is near for CFC-propelled inhalers - July 14
- Technology aids MS detection, but diagnosis still challenging - July 14
- Low vitamin D linked to increased risk of heart attack, death - July 14
- Kids' combination vaccines cut number of required shots - July 14
- New book aims to provide vaccine answers: AMNews interviews Martin Myers, MD - July 7
- Infant pertussis outbreak emphasizes need to vaccinate health care workers - July 7
- Centers offer ways to bridge language, cultural differences - July 7
- Quick View: Summer is the time for Lyme - July 7
- FDA goes digital for faster "Dear Doctor" letters - June 23/30
- D.C. hospital starts all-inclusive HIV screening - June 23/30
- Close tie between diabetes and sleep apnea - June 23/30
- Consolidating care (American College of Physicians annual meeting) - June 16
- Experts: A1c testing could help detect undiagnosed diabetes - June 16
- Pandemic debate now steered to allotting antivirals - June 16
- Lyme treatment accord ends antitrust probe - June 9
- As fit as a 5th grader? Adults can take challenge - June 9
- Healthy People 2020: National agenda shifts to risks, roots of disease - June 2
- The art of warning: Eye-catching images portray public health dangers - June 2
- State health reform efforts may help resolve disparity issues - June 2
- Flu summit addresses new challenges - June 2
- Experts debate value of assessing health literacy - June 2
- Officials ponder drop in mammograms as 1.1 million fewer women are screened - May 26
- Tainted foreign drugs trigger FDA scrutiny from Congress - May 26
- Seeking the best path (American College of Cardiology scientific session) - May 19
- Address mental health needs of returning troops, study says - May 19
- Studies suggest drugmaker skewed clinical trial reports - May 12
- Author equates alternative treatments with placebo effect - May 12
- Starving for perfection: The changing face of anorexia - May 5
- Hip, knee replacement surgery rates skyrocket over 7 years - May 5
- Quest for new antibiotics leads to novel sources - May 5
- Food safety falls short of national goals - May 5
- Post-outbreak study: Mumps immunity waning - April 28
- Alzheimer's rates expected to climb among minority elderly - April 28
- Health risks heating up? Global warming could affect patient symptoms - April 21
- Flu cases on the downswing - April 21
- Dementia doesn't always signal Alzheimer's - April 21
- Plans sought to curb teen girls' high STD rate - April 14
- WHO finds global rise in drug-resistant TB - April 14
- Quick View: Who gets the pneumococcal vaccine? - April 14
- FDA pledges better communication on drug safety: AMNews interviews Andrew von Eschenbach, MD - April 7
- Sweetener scrutiny: Are sugar substitutes a helpful tool or an ineffective crutch? - April 7
- Vaccine court's ruling adds to confusion over autism link - April 7
- Ibuprofen may lessen benefit of daily aspirin - April 7
- States battle obesity epidemic with new laws - March 24/31
- Sleep times drop during workweek - March 24/31
- Heparin recall has doctors watching supply - March 24/31
- Poor awareness of cardiac, stroke symptoms can delay care - March 24/31
- Dangerous diversions: Specter of prescription drug abuse creates tough balancing act for doctors - March 17
- FDA plans to ease rules for reprinting off-label use info - March 17
- Flu vaccine recommended for all kids, teens - March 17
- Tool offers improved method for calculating fracture risks - March 17
- "Watchful waiting" may be best approach for prostate cancer - March 10
- New effort enlists businesses to correct health care disparities - March 10
- Meningococcal bug develops quinolone resistance - March 10
- Tooth or consequences: The costs of poor dental fitness - March 3
- Study says table salt may not have as much iodine as labeled - March 3
- Flu activity up; vaccine not as protective as hoped - March 3
- Data on glycemic control differ in 2 trials - March 3
- Down syndrome is the target of ambitious NIH research initiatives - Feb. 25
- Diabetes trial stops treatment arm in wake of death risk - Feb. 25
- Alcohol hand rubs not enough to curb hospital infections - Feb. 25
- Beyond the baby blues: A spectrum of postdelivery conditions - Feb. 18
- Study focuses on publication bias in journals - Feb. 18
- Doctors take another look at safety of hormone therapy - Feb. 18
- Adults proving a tough target for shingles shot - Feb. 11
- Break it down: Drop guns, wear condoms - Feb. 11
- Targeting infection seen as prevention, treatment for schizophrenia - Feb. 11
- Vaccines get a boost: Global market increases profitability of making vaccine - Feb. 4
- FDA warns against OTC cold meds for kids younger than 2 - Feb. 4
- Promising trial on statin add-in falls flat; studies continue - Feb. 4
- ACLU stresses public health's role in pandemics - Feb. 4
- Some autism cases linked to genetic mutation - Jan. 28
- Rapid MRSA test gets FDA OK - Jan. 28
- FDA issues MedWatch alert on pain risks of bisphosphonates - Jan. 28
- Diabetes guidelines: Screen more people earlier - Jan. 21
- Scratching the surface: The challenges of treating itching - Jan. 21
- Pact aims to ensure safety of Chinese drug imports - Jan. 21
- Extending flu shot season not simple - Jan. 14
- Questioning kids' over-the-counter cold medicines: AMNews interviews Joshua Sharfstein, MD, MPH - Jan. 14
- New approaches aimed at healing wounds - Jan. 14
- Women with coronary calcium found at risk for heart attack - Jan. 14
- High case rates make D.C. the nation's HIV/AIDS capital - Jan. 7
- More to know about COPD: Disputing the myths about an underdiagnosed disease - Jan. 7
- Health experts seek more awareness about Chagas - Jan. 7
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