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2008
Government & Medicine
- AMA supports House bills on health reform, Medicare pay - Nov. 5
- Medicare relaunches DME competitive bidding - Nov. 5
- House votes for FTC identity theft rule reprieve - Nov. 4
- House bill would end antitrust exemption for health plans - Nov. 3
- Failed Senate vote clouds future of SGR reform - Nov. 2
- Health reform review: The Massachusetts experience
- Nov. 2
- Health reform bills light on medical liability reform - Nov. 2
- Higher hospital spending linked to better outcomes - Nov. 2
- Medicare private plans may see more regulation - Oct. 29
- Medical marijuana use to incur less federal prosecution - Oct. 28
- Senate panel adopts bill restricting generic drug delays - Oct. 27
- Senate rejects plan to repeal Medicare physician pay formula - Oct. 26
- Health co-op compromise might be part of final system reform bill - Oct. 26
- Women pay more for health care - Oct. 26
- Pharmacy groups sue over Medicaid drug cuts - Oct. 23
- Medicare premium protection bill stalls in Senate - Oct. 22
- Finance reform bill would tax higher-premium health plans - Oct. 20
- Senate panel's health reform bill OK'd with 0.5% Medicare pay hike - Oct. 19
- Drug firm sues to end off-label marketing ban - Oct. 19
- Ability to find, afford care is deteriorating in many states - Oct. 19
- Medicare pricing gets new look; RUC process revisited - Oct. 19
- Health IT grants part of additional stimulus money - Oct. 16
- Autism researchers among recipients of $5 billion in NIH stimulus grants - Oct. 15
- Medicaid pay could be cut again when stimulus money runs out - Oct. 12
- GAO finding on potential Medicare overuse attracts lawmaker attention - Oct. 12
- Medicaid drug fraud targeted by government watchdog group - Oct. 12
- Health system reform sees rebound in public support - Oct. 9
- Doctors front and center at health system reform rally at White House - Oct. 7
- FDA bans cigarettes with candy or fruit flavoring - Oct. 7
- Abortion-rights groups sue to block Arizona laws - Oct. 6
- CMS probes Humana's lobbying tactics on reform - Oct. 5
- Merger guideline review could affect insurer consolidation - Oct. 5
- Medicare use found to vary significantly by location - Oct. 5
- System reform bill revisited by House panel that OK'd it - Oct. 5
- Uninsured people may have a higher risk of death than once thought, study finds - Oct. 2
- HHS will fund $25 million in tort reform projects - Oct. 1
- Stricter self-referral rules may end some physician contracts with hospitals - Sept. 28
- Faces of the uninsured - Sept. 28
- Governors slam proposed Medicaid expansion - Sept. 28
- Average family health plan premiums top $13,000 - Sept. 28
- HHS releases $33 million for training health professionals - Sept. 25
- Harkin new head of Senate health committee - Sept. 23
- Senate negotiations generate new health reform bill, but not consensus - Sept. 21
- U.S. uninsured total again tops 46 million - Sept. 21
- Doctors, nurses, seniors target reform myths - Sept. 21
- Medicaid claims lack key data that could help find fraud - Sept. 17
- Anti-abortion group wants Illinois to enforce parental notice -- now - Sept. 16
- Pharmacists seek to block Medicaid drug pay rule - Sept. 15
- Tobacco companies file free speech lawsuit to derail FDA restrictions - Sept. 14
- Immigrant coverage creates new rift in health reform debate - Sept. 14
- States targeting Medicaid physician pay - Sept. 14
- Obama reaffirms his position on health system reform - Sept. 10
- GOP introduces seniors' "bill of rights" - Sept. 10
- Health spending to drive record deficits higher - Sept. 9
- AMA takes health reform message on the road - Sept. 7
- Kennedy's death leaves gap in health reform leadership - Sept. 7
- Lack of CMS chief prompts speculation about strategy - Sept. 7
- Court OKs lawsuit against Hawaii Medicaid managed care - Sept. 7
- Patients happy with San Francisco plan for uninsured - Sept. 7
- Federal government eyes EHR certification changes - Sept. 4
- FDA launches new tobacco center, names director - Sept. 3
- Courts roll back abortion counseling laws - Sept. 1
- Half of large practices net bonuses from Medicare P4P demo - Aug. 31
- Accountable care organizations: A new idea for managing Medicare - Aug. 31
- HHS to dole out $1.2 billion for health IT grants - Aug. 31
- Organized medicine aims to strengthen liability provisions in reform bill - Aug. 31
- Med school graduates asked to update NPI data - Aug. 28
- Sen. Kennedy hailed as health care champion - Aug. 26
- Medicare Part D premiums to inch up in 2010 - Aug. 26
- White House redirects health reform spotlight to insurance abuses - Aug. 24
- Lawsuits challenge Calif. governor's budget vetoes - Aug. 24
- Medicare pay for services by nonphysicians comes under scrutiny - Aug. 24
- EHR guidelines raise privacy concerns - Aug. 20
- Web site consolidates info on federal grants - Aug. 19
- Stimulus cash targets surgery center infections - Aug. 18
- Senate health reformers work toward consensus bill during break - Aug. 17
- Physicians stop states from raiding liability funds - Aug. 17
- Louisiana cuts physicians' Medicaid payments - Aug. 17
- Senate panel follows House lead on HHS spending bill - Aug. 13
- Radiation oncologists say proposed Medicare cuts would close clinics, harm patients - Aug. 11
- Health reform bill awaiting House return retools public plan to encourage doctor participation - Aug. 10
- Fla. jury rules for hospital that deported immigrant patient - Aug. 10
- Debate flares over what "essential" benefits include - Aug. 10
- Fla. Medicaid reform pilot: More efficiency or less care? - Aug. 10
- Enhanced Medicaid plan sees low sign-ups, but high use - Aug. 10
- Quick View: Public support for health system reform drops - Aug. 10
- Employers wary of public health plan option - Aug. 6
- California budget fix includes health care cuts - Aug. 5
- Health care fraud widespread -- in public and private sectors - Aug. 4
- Landmark Massachusetts health reforms showing cracks in access, coverage - Aug. 3
- The White House's HIT man: an interview with David Blumenthal, MD - Aug. 3
- Guidelines on EHR meaningful use moving forward - Aug. 3
- Federal move to expand Medicaid could burden states - Aug. 3
- Harry and Louise are back in health reform ads -- but this time they're for it - July 30
- House panel's HHS budget would bump up NIH funding - July 29
- AMA backs House health system reform bill that includes Medicare pay overhaul - July 27
- Senate health panel approves its part of reform bill - July 27
- Federal appeals court halts some California Medicaid pay cuts - July 27
- Bill would end self-referral exceptions for imaging services - July 23
- CMS releases more hospital quality data - July 22
- Conn. governor rejects two health coverage expansions - July 21
- Former AMA trustee Dr. Benjamin nominated to be surgeon general - July 20
- Ohio court blocks sweeping records disclosure - July 20
- Major hospital groups pledge $155 billion savings in deal - July 20
- NIH lifts main stem cell funding restriction - July 20
- Specialists balk at giving MedPAC regulatory power - July 20
- Obama defends his health reform plan at Va. town hall - July 17
- Senate committee trims cost of health system reform bill - July 15
- Part B drug proposal would curtail Medicare pay cuts after 2010 - July 13
- IOM lists top 100 comparative effectiveness research topics - July 13
- N.H. doctors sue to stop state raid on medical liability fund - July 13
- Public plan option supporters descend on Capitol - July 10
- Mich. Senate OKs 8% Medicaid fee cut - July 8
- Physicians push for liability relief for emergency care - July 7
- House health reform bill first to tackle Medicare physician pay - July 6
- Medical homesteading: Moving forward with care coordination - July 6
- Court rejects physician challenge to change in self-referral rule - July 6
- Physicians snared by growing Medicare fraud strike team - July 6
- CMS grossly underfunded, says former acting chief - July 3
- Medicare proposes removing Part B drugs from SGR formula - July 1
- Drugmakers agree to reduce medication costs for seniors - July 1
- Medical debt increasingly cited as factor in bankruptcies - June 30
- Reform bills give some lawmakers sticker shock - June 29
- First draft of EHR "meaningful use" definition unveiled - June 29
- Biologics don't need long market exclusivity, FTC says - June 29
- Access-to-care problems are resurfacing in Mass. - June 29
- Chain restaurants back calorie-posting proposal - June 26
- Physicians question Obama in White House town hall - June 25
- California IPA settles price-fixing charges by FTC - June 25
- Stimulus money cuts debt for more students in return for NHSC service - June 23
- FDA to regulate tobacco - June 22
- Democratic leaders stay cold on single-payer - June 22
- Obama proposes law requiring Congress to find health spending offsets - June 22
- Physiatrists oppose eliminating Medicare PT referral - June 18
- Employers passing on larger share of insurance costs to workers - June 17
- Doctors on Hill seek voice in reform debate - June 15
- Feds' new anti-fraud effort pressures doctors - June 15
- AMA: Better care guidelines would slow health spending - June 15
- Some in Congress want to boost MedPAC's power over pay - June 15
- Interactive: How federal stimulus money will impact states' Medicaid spending - June 15
- States have say in Medicaid medical necessity decisions - June 11
- Maryland enacts health IT incentive law - June 10
- California physicians push to end Medicaid prior approval - June 9
- Unpaid care hikes private insurance premiums by billions - June 8
- AARP renews campaign to close Medicare drug coverage gap - June 8
- OIG approves hospital plan to pay for emergency call - June 8
- Federal bill would address primary care shortage - June 3
- California voters reject budget fixes - June 3
- Senate panel finishes health reform hearings, foresees bill by mid-June - June 1
- FTC opinion expands guidance on joint contracting - June 1
- W.Va. Medicaid wellness plan comes up short in evaluation - June 1
- Lawmakers consider health delivery system reform - June 1
- Most voters say the U.S. health system works for them, but not others - May 29
- Medicare won't cover virtual colonoscopies - May 27
- House bill would allow patients to sue over faulty medical devices - May 26
- Medicare trustees present dire outlook on program's finances - May 25
- Senate Finance Committee discusses taxing certain health benefits - May 25
- House Democrats set July 31 deadline for health system reform bill - May 25
- Bills aim to cut Medicare, Medicaid fraud - May 22
- Medicaid drug management may reduce access - May 21
- Health care leaders pledge $2 trillion in spending cuts - May 18
- Doctors prepare for ID theft rules - May 18
- 2010 HHS budget looks to use Medicare savings for reform - May 18
- FDA pick answers lawmakers on tobacco regulation, flu - May 18
- New medical home guidelines released - May 12
- Senate approves HHS deputy chief nominee - May 12
- Physicians get second delay in FTC enforcement of identity theft rules - May 11
- Congressional budget short on answers for Medicare pay formula - May 11
- Senate panel suggests delay in long-term reform of Medicare pay - May 11
- HHS confirmation delay could set back reform efforts - May 11
- Savings from improved health could lower costs of reform - May 8
- Medicare hospice pay to drop 1.1% in fiscal 2010 - May 8
- Key Senate panel sets brisk pace for health system reform package - May 4
- Medicaid fees outpace Medicare but still low - May 4
- Medicare cancer patients win battle over off-label coverage - May 4
- EMR adoption higher in states with fewer privacy rules - May 4
- Medicare DME bidding program set to relaunch in 2010 - May 4
- GOP report warns of misuse of Medicaid funds - May 1
- Medicare pilot program aims to lower hospital readmissions - May 1
- AMA letter backs Obama's broad principles for health system reform - April 27
- What's in a number? Cost variance figure drives policy and courts controversy - April 27
- Federal agencies begin to prioritize comparative effectiveness research dollars - April 27
- Oregon developing comprehensive health system reform - April 27
- More money headed to groups that provide Medicare information - April 24
- Louisiana may cut Medicaid pay to physicians - April 24
- Doctors face risk of harsh penalties from new Medicare enrollment rules - April 20
- Details now emerging about cuts to Medicare private plans - April 20
- New York budget increases Medicaid fees for physicians - April 20
- Forums open up debate about health system reform - April 20
- House, Senate pass budgets, but health spending details still need OK - April 17
- House adopts health plan disclosure bill - April 17
- HHS nominee Sebelius awaits Senate vote - April 13
- CHIP reauthorization increasing extent of kids' coverage - April 13
- California court halts some Medicaid cuts - April 13
- Medicare slammed for limiting pay for oxygen - April 10
- More and more people lack insurance, access to care - April 10
- Medicine slams FTC over forcing physicians to police identity theft - April 6
- Stakeholders start offering their own proposals for health reform - April 6
- Medicare Advantage defenders decry proposed cuts - April 6
- Only 1.5% of nonfederal hospitals report having full EHRs - April 6
- Quick View: More money, fewer problems getting insurance - April 6
- Broader approach to value-based purchasing sought for Medicare - April 3
- Obama might consider partisan path to health system reform - April 3
- Organized medicine pushes Congress for clean slate on Medicare payment formula - March 30
- With success comes scrutiny: ASCs face legal obstacles - March 30
- San Francisco employer mandate may end up in U.S. Supreme Court - March 30
- Congress revisits plans to approve generic biologics - March 30
- Congressional leaders pledge health system reform bill by August - March 27
- Medicare costs for end-of-life care higher for minority patients - March 27
- Ending abortion conscience rule? - March 23
- 2009 budget boosts research, health access - March 23
- Drug importation on lawmakers' agenda - March 20
- Maryland proposal uses individual, employer mandates to ensure health care coverage - March 20
- Practices paperless before 2012 could maximize Medicare bonuses - March 16
- White House summit takes 1st step in health system reform discussion - March 16
- Texas hospital settles charges of boycotting physician-owned hospital - March 16
- Obama lifts limits on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research - March 16
- Projected update for Medicare Advantage may lead to cuts - March 13
- Americans report cutting back on health care due to economy - March 13
- Obama budget sets stage for reform of health care system, Medicare pay - March 9
- Medicare tries to push doctor enrollment online - March 9
- Some say stimulus boosts government role in health decisions - March 9
- MedPAC report calls for 1.1% doctor pay raise in 2010 - March 9
- States taking small steps on health system reform - March 6
- Medicare equipment bidding rule delayed - March 6
- Recession, Medicare cuts not enough to stop skyrocketing health spending growth - March 2
- Struggles seen for Medicare care coordination - March 2
- Maryland program covering more uninsured, despite slow start - March 2
- Minn. governor calls for health care cuts to offset $4.8 billion deficit - Feb. 27
- Trimming health spending will be difficult, budget chief tells Congress - Feb. 27
- Medicaid, health IT to see billions from stimulus package signed by Obama - Feb. 23
- The newest doctors in the House: Physicians become legislators - Feb. 23
- N.J. lawmakers compromise on physician referral - Feb. 23
- Lawsuit challenges San Francisco safety net programs - Feb. 23
- Many states widened health coverage in 2008 - Feb. 20
- California doctors sue over Medicaid payments - Feb. 20
- Court sides with doctors on privacy of Medicare claims, reverses 2007 ruling - Feb. 16
- CHIP called "down payment" in reform effort - Feb. 16
- Court issues rare Stark ruling on physician-hospital agreement - Feb. 16
- Illinois settles anti-kickback cases over MRI leasing deals - Feb. 13
- Colo. Medicaid fee would cover thousands of uninsured - Feb. 13
- Medicare advisory agency to back 1.1% physician pay raise for 2010 - Feb. 9
- House stimulus bill boosts health IT, Medicaid - Feb. 9
- Congress reauthorizes SCHIP, expands program's eligibility - Feb. 9
- Direct negotiation of Medicare drug prices gains momentum - Feb. 9
- Quick View: States changing public health access - Feb. 9
- California physicians eye $42 billion state deficit - Feb. 6
- Supreme Court allows states to sue cigarette makers for fraudulent labels - Feb. 6
- Doctors win ICD-10 coding reprieve; compliance now due by 2013 - Feb. 2
- FTC finds price-fixing at physician IPAs, suggests legal alternatives - Feb. 2
- Analysis compares competing health system reform plans - Feb. 2
- Democrats' $825 billion stimulus would boost Medicaid spending - Jan. 30
- Lawsuits challenge HHS abortion conscience rule - Jan. 30
- Medicine at sea: On board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower - Jan. 26
- House adopts SCHIP expansion - Jan. 26
- Medicare closes off WellPoint's drug plan - Jan. 26
- House Democrats silence alarm on higher Medicare spending - Jan. 23
- Health insurance for the unemployed often unaffordable - Jan. 23
- U.S. health spending tops $2.2 trillion - Jan. 19
- Medicare pay must be fixed, says HHS pick Daschle - Jan. 19
- onscience rule on abortion services faces uphill battle - Jan. 19
- Rhode Island's Medicaid reform advances - Jan. 16
- Pennsylvania physicians, hospitals sue to preserve liability premium subsidies - Jan. 16
- Medicaid funding cuts unresolved as new administration takes office - Jan. 12
- Court orders Medicaid coverage for low-income HIV patients - Jan. 12
- Massachusetts now applying CON rules to surgery centers - Jan. 12
- Internists call for Medicare pay increase to be part of stimulus plan - Jan. 9
- Bush reflects on health policy, defends stem cell decision - Jan. 9
- Pressure builds for further slashes to Medicare Advantage spending - Jan. 5
- Florida consumer-driven Medicaid reform in limbo - Jan. 5
- Low Medicare, Medicaid pay rates impact private costs - Jan. 5
- Louisiana pediatricians sue over Medicaid managed care pilots - Jan. 5
- Medicare picks 4 vendors in PHR pilot program - Jan. 5
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- Patient safety after hospital discharge challenging - Nov. 6
- Tort reform law challenged in Georgia - Nov. 4
- Family physicians' partnership with Coke draws criticism - Nov. 3
- H1N1 vaccine shortage leaves doctors managing crowds, anxieties - Nov. 2
- Litigation stress: Being sued is personal as well as professional - Nov. 2
- Smoking bans cut overall heart disease risk - Nov. 2
- In the Courts: Disciplinary records relevant in liability case - Nov. 2
- Antioxidant may slow Parkinson's disease - Oct. 30
- 10% of seniors' ED visits related to falls - Oct. 29
- Medical schools, teaching hospitals help drive local economies - Oct. 27
- Doctors called on to screen all adults for depression - Oct. 26
- "July phenomenon" from new residents debunked - Oct. 26
- Medicare's no-pay rule has little financial impact - Oct. 26
- H1N1 vaccine embraced, but also feared - Oct. 21
- Massachusetts universal coverage does not reduce ED visits, polls say - Oct. 20
- Mandating cultural competency: Should physicians be required to take courses? - Oct. 19
- Commercial CME loses funding from second drug firm - Oct. 19
- Doctors owed no duty to nonpatient, Illinois high court rules - Oct. 19
- Assisted-suicide statute challenged by 2 Connecticut doctors - Oct. 19
- EMR alerts can signal abnormal tests, but some doctors don't use them - Oct. 19
- Diagnostic test can be patented, appeals court rules - Oct. 15
- Seasonal flu vaccine supplies lower than expected in some places - Oct. 14
- Down syndrome diagnosis difficult for physicians, parents to discuss - Oct. 13
- H1N1 vaccine to be tracked for safety concerns - Oct. 12
- Certificate-of-merit law struck down by Washington Supreme Court - Oct. 12
- Quality improvement tool available for doctors, hospitals - Oct. 12
- Ethics Forum: H1N1 vaccination of children can require reasoning with concerned parents - Oct. 12
- Patient surveys can help practices improve - Oct. 8
- Better health: Is that recession's silver lining? - Oct. 7
- Doctor's rap on H1N1 prevention wins HHS contest - Oct. 5
- Resident duty hours: Does more sleep mean safer care? - Oct. 5
- 4 physicians honored with MacArthur, Lasker awards - Oct. 5
- In the Courts: Florida lawsuit takes swing at 3-strikes liability rule - Oct. 5
- Lowering sodium intake could lower health costs - Oct. 1
- Joint Commission opens center to develop patient safety solutions - Sept. 30
- Connecticut court opens door for patients to see peer review records - Sept. 29
- Challenges to medical liability caps go before Georgia, Maryland high courts - Sept. 28
- Doctors often register unconscious bias against blacks, study finds - Sept. 28
- New specialty approved for treating child abuse - Sept. 28
- Health reform should include efforts to fight obesity, group says - Sept. 24
- Apologizing for medical errors may not stop you from being sued - Sept. 22
- With seasonal flu shots plentiful and H1N1 vaccines expected soon, early vaccination is urged - Sept. 21
- When is conduct reportable? National Practitioner Data Bank takes complaints from hospitals about physicians - Sept. 21
- Surgical quality program cuts complications, patient deaths - Sept. 21
- Geriatric Consult: Delirium in hospitalized patients may be preventable - Sept. 21
- New quality measures gauge medication adherence - Sept. 18
- Transportation board calls for increased medevac safety - Sept. 16
- Pfizer pays record $2.3 billion in off-label drug marketing settlement - Sept. 14
- N95 respirators -- not surgical masks -- recommended for H1N1 protection - Sept. 14
- Medical home model saves money, boosts quality, study finds - Sept. 14
- Ethics Forum: Medical spas can be a good business, but with ethical challenges - Sept. 14
- Rare disorder explains JFK's health woes - Sept. 11
- Research subjects want to know investigators' financial ties - Sept. 9
- Calif. doctors support challenge of Blues rescissions - Sept. 8
- Outsourcing clinical trials: Is it ethical to take drug studies abroad? - Sept. 7
- Fla. med school welcomes first class with white coats, money - Sept. 7
- Physicians know FDA-OK'd uses for drugs half the time - Sept. 7
- In the Courts: N.J. liability trial swamped with errors - Sept. 7
- Bioethicists fight myths over rationing, end-of-life care - Sept. 2
- Warnings issued about bogus board certifications - Sept. 1
- H1N1, seasonal flu promise one-two punch for physicians' vaccination strategies - Aug. 31
- 75% of discharge summaries don't mention pending test results - Aug. 31
- Quality-of-care concerns add to doctors' stress - Aug. 31
- Cancer mortality rates declining with each generation - Aug. 28
- Did a strep infection bring Mozart's finale? - Aug. 27
- Supreme Court patent case could affect medical research - Aug. 25
- Two state courts, same ruling: Informed consent must include all options - Aug. 24
- End-of-life care provision stirs angst in health reform debate - Aug. 24
- Conference seeks solutions to pending physician shortage - Aug. 24
- More federal money to go toward physician training - Aug. 21
- AAP approves withdrawal of artificial nutrition from children in certain cases - Aug. 20
- Smallpox -- The Death of a Disease (book excerpt) - Aug. 17
- Panel hears conflicting views on Lyme disease treatment - Aug. 17
- Has kidney trafficking come to the U.S.? - Aug. 17
- Physicians seeking licensing increasingly find a standard application - Aug. 17
- Ethics Forum: Take care when discussing phase I trial options - Aug. 17
- Shortage of cardiothoracic surgeons expected - Aug. 14
- H1N1 flu shots: Pregnant women, health care workers and children first - Aug. 12
- Court to examine possible conflict over hospital board's role in staff privileges case - Aug. 11
- Industry gift bans slammed for overreaching - Aug. 10
- Doctors seen as key in fighting nation's battle of the bulge - Aug. 10
- When the Institute of Medicine reports, the country listens: An interview with IOM president Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD - Aug. 10
- Putting a value on prevention could keep programs running - Aug. 10
- Wis. high court maintains limits on awards to third parties - Aug. 10
- In the Courts: Doctor liable despite no patient relationship - Aug. 10
- Patients can cope with learning their Alzheimer's risks - Aug. 7
- Women surgeons want more flexibility with schedules, child care - Aug. 5
- Some states still prohibit hospitals from hiring doctors; physicians want to keep it that way - Aug. 3
- Litigation screening panels on trial - Aug. 3
- Chaotic working conditions wear down primary care physicians - Aug. 3
- Physicians asked to persuade adults to get immunized - Aug. 3
- New Web tool helps study of environmental factors and disease - July 31
- Organized medicine scores another delay on enforcement of identity theft rules - July 30
- Liability insurance rates stabilize in Illinois - July 29
- Health coalition says system reform should include liability reform - July 28
- Liver transplant for Apple CEO turns spotlight on organ system inequities - July 27
- Ohio med school and medical board team up to teach professionalism - July 27
- New York OKs paying women who donate eggs for research - July 27
- Half of parents misinterpret OTC cough and cold medication labels - July 24
- NIH considers revisions in federal conflict-of-interest rules - July 22
- Can protecting patients be made recession-proof? (Patient Safety Congress annual meeting) - July 20
- H1N1 vaccine on the way for fall distribution - July 20
- Court: Physician liability limited in third-party cases - July 20
- Geriatric Consult: Helping older patients get a good night's sleep - July 20
- Increasing residency slots could help reduce physician shortages - July 17
- Patients don't hear of abnormal results 7% of time - July 16
- Texas appeals court upholds $10 million award to fired doctor - July 14
- Treating celebrity patients not all glitz and glamour - July 13
- Appellate court upholds California medical liability cap - July 13
- HHS: Reducing disparities should be part of health reform - July 13
- Ethics Forum: Doctors weigh morals, ethics in decisions on refusing services - July 13
- Doctors, nurses getting A(H1N1) - July 9
- FDA found lax in regulating medical devices - July 7
- Physician-patient privilege waived in fraud probe - July 6
- Transplant physicians face ethics of paternity discoveries - July 6
- 5 people die under new Washington physician-assisted suicide law - July 6
- Medical schools improve scores on interactions with drug firms - July 3
- N.Y. doctors challenge liability insurance report - July 2
- Guided Care model for older complex patients wins praise - July 2
- AMA meeting: AMA reaffirms stance in health system reform debate - June 29
- AMA meeting: Don't shortchange specialists to fund care model - June 29
- Lawsuits test boundary rights of medical patents - June 29
- AMA meeting: Doctors get to see how ethics bar is set - June 29
- Some licensing questions at odds with the ADA - June 29
- AMA meeting: Doctors object to penalties for avoiding EHRs - June 29
- AMA meeting: More to do on tobacco control - June 29
- AMA meeting: U.S. needs national HIV/AIDS strategy - June 29
- AMA meeting: Vitamin D checks urged - June 29
- AMA meeting: Comprehensive sex ed said to have most impact - June 29
- AMA meeting: AMA looks for ways to trim rising student debt - June 29
- AMA meeting: Physician supervision of nurses sought in all practice agreements - June 29
- AMA meeting: Delegates renew efforts for antitrust relief - June 29
- AMA meeting: AMA urges Web system for prior authorizations - June 29
- AMA meeting: AMA exhorts doctors to offer charity care, help the uninsured - June 29
- AMA meeting: Delegates see boosting quality of care as duty - June 29
- Pertussis risk much higher among unvaccinated children - June 26
- Scientific competencies for med students defined - June 24
- Many hospitals cut back on infection-control efforts - June 22
- Blue Shield's right to cancel couple's coverage upheld - June 22
- Family physicians seeing fewer prenatal visits - June 22
- Nevada law heightens J-1 waiver scrutiny - June 19
- Surgical team briefings may improve patient safety - June 19
- Retail clinics avoid medically underserved areas - June 18
- Physicians still skeptical about Obama's approach to reform - June 15
- Obama tells AMA, "I need your help" - June 15
- Doctors, lung cancer patients skirt hospice talk - June 15
- Serving the servers: Health care co-op for restaurant workers - June 15
- Geriatric Consult: Knowing when to ask seniors for the car keys - June 15
- Press releases found to exaggerate research findings - June 12
- Academic physicians avoid burnout by focusing on favorite tasks - June 9
- Medicine decries nurse doctorate exam being touted as equal to physician testing - June 8
- H1N1 put further strain on public health work force - June 8
- Oklahoma enacts comprehensive tort reform - June 8
- Ethics Forum: Conversation, rapport key to evolving world of medical history taking - June 8
- Organized medicine urges Supreme Court to take vaccine case - June 5
- Clinics fall short in treatment of transgender patients, doctors - June 4
- First-degree murder charge brought in slaying of Kansas ob-gyn - June 3
- Kansas physician who performed abortions killed - June 2
- Vt. bans industry gifts, tightens reporting rules - June 1
- More cuts in resident hours could be costly - June 1
- Calif. may require public notice of medical license - June 1
- Doctor gets jail time for online, out-of-state prescribing - June 1
- Long appointment waits may signal doctor shortage - June 1
- Quick View: Prevalence of C. diff in hospital patients - June 1
- In the Courts: Doctor's duty to a third party the exception, not rule - June 1
- Bill would raise cap on Medicare-funded residency slots - May 28
- Health care quality showing slow improvement - May 27
- Industry conflicts common in cancer studies - May 25
- Any practice can become a medical home, but transition not easy - May 25
- Hospitals entitled to peer review protections in negligent credentialing claims - May 25
- Arkansas medical board chair recovering from bombing - May 20
- Hand hygiene tough to enforce, measure - May 19
- Arkansas high court rejects liability reforms - May 19
- Focus turns to lessons learned from H1N1 scare - May 18
- Breaking through barriers: Incoming AMA president ready to tackle tough issues - May 18
- Yale obstetrics safety plan cuts adverse events by 40% - May 18
- N.C. court overturns ban on doctor participation in executions - May 18
- Faculty, grads differ on what's "must-know" - May 18
- Bill threatening Colorado liability cap fails - May 15
- Lingering myths discourage organ donation - May 15
- New safety rules coming for medevac helicopters - May 14
- IOM warns about physician-pharma conflicts of interest - May 11
- Medicine scores legal victories in scope of practice - May 11
- Court upholds Vermont law on prescribing data privacy - May 11
- Ethics Forum: Bad behavior by physicians can't be ignored - May 11
- Massachusetts care hindered by physician shortages - May 7
- Medical professionals involved in Guantanamo interrogations - May 7
- NIH policy loosening stem cell research restrictions disappoints both sides in debate - May 4
- Nevada lawmakers moving to change state's liability cap - May 4
- Medical students taking free online courses in quality, safety - May 4
- Doctor discipline inches up but still off 14% from peak - May 4
- In the Courts: Peer review hearing officer's role is limited - May 4
- Patient safety experts see aviation group as model for health care - April 30
- Primary care doctors struggle to find mental health services for patients - April 30
- IRB disclosure policies, review procedures found lacking - April 27
- Court approves doctors' suit over ranking program - April 27
- Texas university explores offering an MD degree in addition to its DO program - April 27
- Maryland short on surgeons - April 23
- Any-willing-provider law heads to Georgia Supreme Court - April 23
- Making sure your patients know what you're saying - April 20
- Court rejects claims against Blues holdouts in pay lawsuit - April 20
- 1 in 5 Medicare patients readmitted within a month after hospital release - April 16
- More internists becoming hospitalists - April 16
- Pharma support of medical societies raises conflict-of-interest concerns - April 13
- Success from surgical checklists breeds idea for ethical checks - April 13
- Several states face battles over optometry scope of practice - April 13
- Ethics Forum: Consider ethics, patient rights before treating your immediate family - April 13
- 2% leave hospital against medical advice - April 9
- University of Chicago hospital investigated - April 9
- Initiative to cut catheter infections expands - April 6
- Ariz. high court validates standards for expert witnesses in liability cases - April 6
- Mass. sets new rules for contact with drug industry - April 6
- States dangle school loan repayment deals - April 6
- 1,000 Words: Students volunteer time to help the homeless - April 6
- In the Courts: Pain doctor made to prove care was proper - April 6
- Calif. pay-for-performance program gets mixed reviews - April 2
- Mass. considers oversight of medical spas - April 2
- A miscarriage of medicine (book excerpt: Three Generations, No Imbeciles) - March 30
- Surgeon tells how his team removed 6 organs during cancer operation - March 30
- Med school seniors headed for primary care see a challenging future - March 30
- Discussing death with patients can cut costs, ease abandonment fears - March 30
- Congress OKs extension on waiver for J-1 visas - March 26
- Tennessee medical school plans to eliminate ethics department - March 26
- Doctors increasingly close doors to drug reps, while pharma cuts ranks - March 23
- White coats in the White House: Former presidential physicians reflect on their service - March 23
- Bills seek to regulate in vitro fertilization - March 23
- Doctor faces assisted-suicide charge in Georgia - March 23
- National Quality Forum sets bar for culturally competent care - March 19
- Physician-patient connection boosts quality of care - March 19
- Organized medicine-backed lawsuit knocks down hospital's attempt at economic credentialing - March 16
- High court allows state claims against drugmakers over inadequate warning labels - March 16
- Emergency physicians object to plan to cut hospital beds - March 16
- Shortages forecast for orthopedic surgeons, gastroenterologists - March 12
- 3 hospitals join in 6-way kidney swap - March 12
- Scope of practice expansions fuel legal battles - March 9
- Doctors override most e-Rx safety alerts - March 9
- Fed court upholds New York City's calorie-posting rule - March 9
- Wash. completes final rules on physician-assisted suicide - March 9
- Mailing reminders boosts colon cancer screening - March 9
- Emergency doctors join push for better EMS helicopter safety - March 9
- Mass. bill aims to reverse court expansion of physician liability - March 9
- In the Courts: Doctor wants to share trials of liability suits with peers - March 9
- Doctors say clinics with high minority populations often short on supplies, time - March 5
- Racial gap found in saving patients after surgical complications - March 5
- ACP urges doctors and NPs to work together - March 2
- Calif. court denies extra MCAT time for students with learning disabilities - March 2
- Most IRB rules don't ban finder's fees for clinical trials - March 2
- Ethics Forum: Treating the homeless can go beyond medical care - March 2
- New treatment guidelines address chronic pain - Feb. 26
- Patients at teaching hospitals often unable to ID physicians - Feb. 26
- "Sunshine" bill sets $100 trigger for disclosing drug industry pay to doctors - Feb. 23
- Kidney foundation plan targets financial barriers to donation - Feb. 23
- States called lax in reviewing inactive doctors - Feb. 23
- Ohio sees drop in medical liability claims - Feb. 19
- Bomb severely injures Arkansas medical board chair - Feb. 19
- Octuplets case sparks ethics uproar over IVF excess and patient screening - Feb. 16
- To our readers: Changes at American Medical News - Feb. 16
- Early Innovators (book excerpt: Frontier Medicine) - Feb. 16
- States consider requiring hospitals to screen for MRSA - Feb. 16
- Hospital error-reporting systems falling short - Feb. 12
- EMS helicopter industry suggests safety changes - Feb. 12
- AMA makes Web site more doctor-friendly - Feb. 9
- Federal appeals court clarifies when doctor conduct is reportable - Feb. 9
- Doctor quits prison job over execution - Feb. 9
- Intricate cancer treatments raise drug error risk, study says - Feb. 5
- New Jersey court upholds certificate-of-merit rule - Feb. 5
- At the same table: Alternative liability resolution - Feb. 2
- Guidelines target stem cell medical tourism - Feb. 2
- In the Courts: Doctor stands up for patient care, wins case - Feb. 2
- Montana judge rejects stay of physician-assisted suicide ruling - Jan. 29
- Texas physician named "Country Doctor of the Year" - Jan. 29
- TV doctors' flaws become bioethics teaching moments - Jan. 26
- California's high court bans balance billing - Jan. 26
- Patient grows up to work beside his childhood doctor - Jan. 26
- Ethics Forum: At end of life, listen to patient's fears, values - Jan. 26
- Florida projects worsening doctor shortage - Jan. 22
- Experts hope Obama will address health disparities - Jan. 22
- Redefining death: A new ethical dilemma - Jan. 19
- Emergency care system gets low grades - Jan. 19
- Technology used wrongly harms patients, Joint Commission warns - Jan. 15
- EHRs may reduce medical liability risk, study shows - Jan. 15
- 150 years of Gray's: The iconic reference has spawned new generations - Jan. 12
- Quality reports for hospitals inconsistent - Jan. 12
- Group makes push to improve quality care and safety in hospitals - Jan. 8
- California doctors to continue battling ban on balance billing - Jan. 8
- Medical centers reveal doctors' industry pay - Jan. 5
- Defective directives? Struggling with end-of-life care - Jan. 5
- AHRQ funding safety research in ambulatory care - Jan. 5
- Supreme Court asked to examine Texas peer review case - Jan. 5
- Nevada medical board seeks to update discipline, licensing systems - Jan. 5
- In the Courts: Doctor liable for not providing sign language interpreter - Jan. 5
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- Individual insurance policy rules changing in Wisconsin - Nov. 6
- Former managed care official fined in United-PacifiCare merger - Nov. 6
- Recession leads many patients to skip routine care - Nov. 5
- Need a practice management system? Here's what to look for - Nov. 2
- AMA's flu site 1st to link to care after rating symptoms - Nov. 2
- Health care layoffs already exceed last year's totals - Nov. 2
- Health plans owned by doctors, hospitals are disappearing - Nov. 2
- Practice Management: Review what expanded ADA means for your practice - Nov. 2
- EMR packages being bundled as single product - Oct. 30
- Mass. physicians urge caution on payment overhaul - Oct. 29
- SEC inquiry sparks concern about HCA IPO - Oct. 28
- Practices lose financial ground as recession outpaces productivity - Oct. 26
- Health plans eye Medicaid as profit source - Oct. 26
- Rescission legislation vetoed - Oct. 26
- Technically Speaking: Smartphone use pushed by hospitals - Oct. 26
- Secondary use of EMR data seen reducing costs, improving quality - Oct. 23
- Coventry to buy Kansas health plan - Oct. 22
- AHIP, Blues association create payer portal - Oct. 21
- 850,000 physicians urged to be on lookout for signs of identity theft - Oct. 19
- Ownership loses its luster: Physicians less likely to go solo - Oct. 19
- Emergency departments offer online updates on wait times - Oct. 19
- Technically Speaking: Is speech recognition technology ready for prime time? - Oct. 19
- Contract Language: Plan to advertise? Be mindful of ethical, legal rules - Oct. 19
- H1N1 virus costing insurers millions - Oct. 16
- Michigan hospital to cut physician pay - Oct. 14
- Alabama Blues overhauls physician fee schedule - Oct. 13
- Social media behavior could threaten your reputation, job prospects - Oct. 12
- Retail clinics expanding services more than locations - Oct. 12
- Physician pay cuts on horizon at Michigan Blues? - Oct. 12
- Practice Management: How to code, bill for H1N1 flu vaccine - Oct. 12
- Medical supply costs stabilize - Oct. 9
- Employers shifting more health costs to workers - Oct. 8
- 850,000 doctors could be hit by potential data breach from insurer's stolen laptop - Oct. 6
- Antitrust exemptions for health, liability insurers targeted - Oct. 6
- Physician job search strategy shifts as Internet booms, economy busts - Oct. 5
- How electronic medical records affect staffing - Oct. 5
- Nonprofit Blues plans report declining earnings in 2008 - Oct. 5
- Practice Management: Review your sick-leave policy before flu season hits - Oct. 5
- Indiana, Ohio link health exchanges - Oct. 2
- Number of health care jobs increasing - Sept. 30
- CareFirst reserves under scrutiny by D.C. insurance regulator - Sept. 29
- Insurers say system reform won't put them out of business - Sept. 28
- Health insurers take to Twitter - Sept. 28
- Video games used to treat posttraumatic stress - Sept. 28
- Technically Speaking: Your practice really needs broadband - Sept. 28
- United, WellPoint accused of creating artificial grassroots lobbying efforts - Sept. 24
- Mass. turns spotlight on insurance executives' pay - Sept. 23
- California nursing association says insurers reject 22% of claims - Sept. 22
- Comparative effectiveness research: New ways to say "no" - Sept. 21
- Technically Speaking: Don't let EMRs cut into your doctor-patient time - Sept. 21
- Contract Language: Should you keep patients from commenting online? - Sept. 21
- Insurers under scrutiny for allegedly purging costly clients - Sept. 18
- Web site shows what health insurers pay Minnesota doctors, clinics - Sept. 17
- Patients more confident they can afford care - Sept. 15
- Practices must have plans for handling health data breaches - Sept. 14
- Rapid rise in COBRA enrollment creates billing hassles - Sept. 14
- Promise of stimulus money drives up health IT stock prices - Sept. 14
- Pennsylvania Blues plan ordered to back off from clawbacks - Sept. 11
- Hospital profit margins improving - Sept. 10
- Blues association gets out of banking business - Sept. 8
- H1N1 on the horizon: Here's how to prepare your practice -- and staff - Sept. 7
- Job-hunting in a recession: It may take some searching - Sept. 7
- More hospitals looking to merge, buy physician groups - Sept. 7
- Insurers expect to pay out 10% more for medical care - Sept. 7
- Practice Management: Hunting for a small business idea? Listen to your patients - Sept. 7
- Companies say health system reform is driving layoffs - Sept. 4
- HSA account balances on the rise - Sept. 3
- COBRA enrollment doubles after premium subsidy kicks in - Sept. 2
- Sliding economy leaves physicians wary about collections - Aug. 31
- Once-influential health technology alliance set to disband - Aug. 31
- Tax refund deadline looming for money-losing practices - Aug. 31
- Technically Speaking: How to determine an EHR's "usability" - Aug. 31
- Patients choosing less-expensive options in plastic surgery - Aug. 27
- Judge finalizes United, shareholder settlement on stock backdating - Aug. 26
- Health plans get negative credit rating - Aug. 25
- EHRs have open-source software alternatives - Aug. 24
- Health plans' profits decline along with membership numbers - Aug. 24
- When patients lose jobs, physicians feel impact - Aug. 24
- Uptick in medical supply sales suggests recession may be easing - Aug. 24
- Technically Speaking: Tap into proper expertise and support before joining EHR "gold rush" - Aug. 24
- Blues plans choose online cost comparison tool - Aug. 21
- AHA cautions HUD against tightening hospital financing program - Aug. 19
- Consumer group that wanted Medicare data launches physician ratings site - Aug. 18
- Practices see slow progress in instant claims adjudication - Aug. 17
- Patient satisfaction with PPOs driven down by administrative hassles - Aug. 17
- Health information networks gain wider use - Aug. 17
- Practice Management: How to reduce your practice's credit card fees - Aug. 17
- United, Cisco plan national telehealth network - Aug. 14
- 200 Kentucky doctors booted from Humana networks - Aug. 13
- Employer mandates pick up another big business backer - Aug. 12
- "Gently" manged care (America's Health Insurance Plans annual meeting) - Aug. 10
- Mass. doctors urge caution as state ponders shift to global payments - Aug. 10
- Facility fees added to patient bills have some crying foul - Aug. 10
- Wikipedia shows NIH scientists the basics of adding to site - Aug. 10
- Pennsylvania to examine its Blues market - Aug. 10
- Okla. ob-gyn grows grapes of wine, not wrath - Aug. 10
- Practice Management: If job candidate has a criminal record, ask questions - Aug. 10
- Medical equipment increasingly likely to be leased, financed - Aug. 7
- Louisiana creates loan program for EHR purchases - Aug. 6
- Humana, Health Net protest loss of Tricare contracts - Aug. 4
- United to buy Health Net business in Northeast - Aug. 3
- Indiana medical association files complaint against WellPoint over payment problems - Aug. 3
- AMA report: Payers more accurate, transparent, but problems continue - Aug. 3
- Connecticut law requires insurers to list full fee schedule - July 31
- AMA announces partnership with e-prescribing vendor - July 30
- United predicts big savings in health IT adoption - July 28
- Number of retail clinics shrinking; growth slows as partnerships sought with hospitals - July 27
- Change in Tricare contractors disappointing news for Humana, Health Net - July 27
- Nonprofit medical systems see their financial health worsening - July 27
- Technically Speaking: Update employee policies to include guidelines for social networking - July 27
- Mass. bill would offer tax breaks for e-prescribing - July 24
- Aetna offers small businesses plan with no co-pay for preventive visits - July 23
- Californians back health insurance code of conduct - July 21
- Patient portion of fees often a mystery - July 20
- Dr. Expat: American physicians on foreign soil - July 20
- Wal-Mart backs employer mandate for health coverage - July 20
- Hospital financing gets easier with HUD's new insurance rule - July 20
- Technically Speaking: How CCHIT influences your health tech purchasing - July 20
- Hospital job growth flattens - July 16
- California begins licensing discount medical plans - July 15
- AMA enhances its e-prescribing help site - July 14
- Quality data have limited impact on patient behavior - July 13
- Senate report criticizes plans' use of Ingenix database - July 13
- Large health plans work together on medical home pilots - July 13
- Contract Language: Making sense of extended warranties for medical equipment - July 13
- N.J. bill would require certified health IT - July 10
- Mayo Clinic to open branch in Mall of America - July 9
- Florida insurers forced to honor assignment of benefits - July 8
- Hospital system tries letting patients read physicians' notes - July 6
- Tennessee Medical Assn. sues collections firm - July 6
- Insurers defend rescissions, take heat for lack of transparency - July 6
- Practice Management: Going green can help your budget - July 6
- Confidence low that stimulus will drive health IT adoption - July 2
- United subsidiary joins with American Well to offer online visits nationally - July 1
- GE offers EMR financing - June 30
- Twitter: What's the use? - June 29
- Minn. health plan consortium develops online claims portal - June 29
- Final health plan reaches settlement over Ingenix database - June 29
- Practice Management: Overwhelmed by phone calls? Adding lines, staff not the answer - June 29
- Quick View: Ways patients are cutting health care costs - June 29
- Contract Language: Law means rethinking how you protect patient data - June 29
- New York physicians want possible Health Net deal scrutinized - June 25
- Social Security says test proves benefits of health data exchange - June 24
- Insurers' tobacco investments questioned - June 23
- More practices refusing to accept credit cards from patients - June 22
- Medical office buildings buffered from real estate slide - June 22
- AMA partnering with Microsoft on physician Web portal - June 22
- Technically Speaking: Before buying an EMR system, learn from others' mistakes - June 22
- Drug czar pushes Rx monitoring for all states - June 17
- Reactor shutdown creates medical isotope shortage - June 16
- Ingenix purchases claims-processing company - June 16
- Practices feel financial pressure as patients ration their own care - June 15
- 5 answers to your recession questions: Tips to keep your practice solvent - June 15
- Technically Speaking: Prepare to meet "meaningful use" EMR requirement - June 15
- Contract Language: Dissolving a practice takes more than closing the door - June 15
- WellCare settles SEC probe; announces layoffs - June 12
- Michigan attorney general tries to block Blues' rate hikes - June 11
- Less paperwork, more time with patients keep doctors in medicine - June 10
- BMI registries eyed as promising tool for fighting childhood obesity - June 8
- Researchers to study data from VA EMR system - June 8
- Doctors in Indiana and Ohio want action on claims delays - June 8
- Practice Management: Need to lay off employees? Be honest -- and work out details first - June 8
- More refining sought for computerized physician order entry systems - June 5
- Indiana patients to get reminder: Pay your doctors - June 4
- AMA, PPO group offer contracting guide - June 2
- Health plan requirements cost practices billions, with the per-doctor average near $70,000 - June 1
- How to spot a Ponzi scheme: Experts suggest ways to evaluate a pitch - June 1
- Massachusetts considers capitated insurance payments - June 1
- Health plan CEO pay declines in weakened economy - June 1
- Practice Management: Good scheduling can link vaccinations to well-child visits - June 1
- Hackers claim to have taken Virginians' health data - May 29
- United stops selling AARP limited-benefit insurance - May 28
- Scope expands for national personal health technology project - May 26
- Can a surge in physicians' use of smartphones ripple to health IT adoption? - May 25
- Poor economy makes physicians less inclined to leave a practice - May 25
- Care for the elderly may become more financially viable - May 25
- Technically Speaking: Rural physicians may face pharmacy hurdle in e-prescribing - May 25
- Michigan insurer pays physicians who convert to medical homes - May 22
- Layoffs continue at hospitals across the country - May 21
- Study quantifies prior-authorization burden - May 20
- Vendor as lender (HIMSS meeting) - May 18
- Analysts focus on health plans' medical cost numbers - May 18
- State medical societies strategize against collector - May 18
- Technically Speaking: Don't toss all your practice's e-mails in the virtual trash - May 18
- Blues plans see pushback on rate hike requests - May 14
- WellPoint offers two paid fellowships for physicians - May 13
- Mayo Clinic launches PHR - May 13
- Cigna backs off documentation requirements - May 11
- Company stops tapping physicians for "overpayments" - May 11
- Hospitals follow through on cost trimming, job cuts - May 11
- Maryland limits health insurance rescissions - May 6
- Google looks at health technology - May 6
- How to set your fee schedule: Experts advise updating it every 3 to 12 months - May 4
- AMA takes first steps to build physician Web portal - May 4
- Contract Language: Stimulus package alters HIPAA rules for business associates - May 4
- Sam's Club ready to sell EMRs in 3 states - April 29
- Minnesota Blues launch online doctor visits - April 29
- What do patients really want from you? - April 27
- Texas Blues plan agrees to stop grading physicians on how much they charge - April 27
- WellPoint offloads pharmacy division - April 27
- Technically Speaking: Helping search engines find you more quickly - April 27
- Health Net fined over mishandled claims in Connecticut - April 22
- GE Healthcare/CDC partnership would link public health alerts to EMRs - April 22
- Forced out of retirement: Getting back into practice not always easy - April 20
- Senator calls for new look at Ingenix database - April 20
- Technically Speaking: Steps to take to eliminate spam from your e-mail diet - April 20
- Web sites help patients compare costs of care - April 15
- Physicians want more answers about N.J. insurer's proposed status change - April 15
- Self-insured companies going after doctors to recover "overpaid" claims - April 13
- Retail clinic offers free care to recently unemployed - April 13
- AMA offers e-prescribing help center - April 13
- Practice Management: How to handle patients who are always late - April 13
- Incentives shown to drive health IT adoption - April 8
- For-profit hospitals expect worse financial outlook in 2009 - April 8
- AMA sues WellPoint to recoup pay for doctors - April 6
- Broadcast your brand: Find the patients you most want to treat - April 6
- Health Net weighs jettison of health plans in 4 states - April 6
- Boston physicians cut their own salaries to help hospital - April 6
- Practice Pointers: How to calculate the right staffing for a smaller practice - April 6
- Kaiser outsourcing deal leads to job cuts - April 1
- Laborists become the newest hospital specialists - April 1
- Seasonal slump shutters 89 MinuteClinic locations - March 30
- Waning confidence in the health insurance status quo - March 30
- N.D. Blues gives its top exec the boot - March 30
- Contract Language: Red flag rules on identity theft take effect soon - March 30
- Technically Speaking: Interactive kiosks expanding beyond patient check-ins - March 30
- Utah laws take aim at access to care, physician payment - March 25
- More plans settle over Ingenix database use - March 25
- Shopping list: paper towels, diapers, EMR, milk - March 23
- Challenging your rating: You don't have to accept what the health plan says - March 23
- Technically Speaking: Texting can increase office efficiency, bottom line - March 23
- Quick View: Growth spurt in spending on disease-management technology - March 23
- Premera shutting down Arizona subsidiary - March 18
- Half of hospitals ended 2008 with an unprofitable third quarter - March 18
- No job, no bill: Physicians tell how they help longtime patients struggling during recession - March 16
- Aetna lets more patients see what doctors are being paid - March 16
- Most hospitals somewhere along road to EMRs - March 16
- Practice Management: Stimulus bill puts burden on physicians to tell patients of data breach - March 16
- Mass. RHIO spins off for-profit subsidiary - March 11
- First groups sign on for new capitation model in Massachusetts - March 11
- When patients declare bankruptcy: What happens to your unpaid bills? - March 9
- Most metro areas dominated by 1 or 2 health insurers - March 9
- Medical wiki blends social networking with research - March 9
- R.I. says Blues can't raise individual health premiums - March 9
- Retail clinics attracting legislator interest - March 4
- Investor dollars dwindling for clinical trials - March 4
- Has tech's time arrived? (Towards the Electronic Patient Record conference) - March 2
- United sets new basis for fee schedule - March 2
- Vacancy rates rising for medical office buildings - March 2
- Cigna develops cost-of-care estimator - March 2
- Surgical markers aim to reduce margin of error - March 2
- IBM launches 2 large health IT initiatives - Feb. 25
- Studies look at use, impact of computerized physician order entry - Feb. 25
- AMA takes on Aetna, Cigna over use of flawed database - Feb. 23
- Health plans adjust strategies to economic downturn - Feb. 23
- Invention keeps patients positioned for surgery - Feb. 23
- Texas physicians voice time, pay frustrations - Feb. 23
- Nonprofit hospitals face downgrades in credit ratings - Feb. 18
- Former CEO of Coventry Health Care takes job back - Feb. 18
- Fraying safety net: Insurer of last resort feeling financial pinch - Feb. 16
- States move to limit insurance rescissions - Feb. 16
- Contract Language: Noncompete clause may not restrict you - Feb. 16
- WellPoint becomes latest insurer to cut staff - Feb. 11
- MGMA calling for widespread swipe card adoption - Feb. 11
- Riding the revenue cycle: Coping with seasonal fluctuations - Feb. 9
- Insurers share doctors' financial pain, worry about networks - Feb. 9
- Kaiser call centers under scrutiny - Feb. 4
- Physician dissolves Tenet shareholder group - Feb. 4
- "Inevitable" Blues merger implodes at 11th hour - Feb. 2
- Easing into technology: Alternatives to a full EMR - Feb. 2
- Technically Speaking: Technology costs may be tax-deductible - Feb. 2
- Physicians asked to help with Rx abuse-prevention programs - Jan. 28
- Antibiotic giveaways stoke fear of patient pressure - Jan. 28
- United agrees to pay $350 million, scrap system that undercut fees - Jan. 26
- Health plans eye individual insurance market - Jan. 26
- Cash-strapped hospitals laying off record number of workers - Jan. 26
- Practice Management: Keeping rubber checks from clogging revenue flow - Jan. 26
- Health plans cut jobs in response to declining economy - Jan. 21
- Health data system gets trial run - Jan. 21
- Taking a financial history: Determining the health of your patient's credit rating - Jan. 19
- Online referral forum sees jump in health care hits - Jan. 19
- MBA project helps get business off on the right foot - Jan. 19
- United settles SEC backdating investigation - Jan. 14
- Privacy breach in California part of insurance fraud - Jan. 14
- Trading for treatment: Bartering makes a comeback - Jan. 12
- Contract Language: Hospitalist's role needs to be defined - Jan. 12
- Health plan offers cost data from 4 more states - Jan. 7
- Coalition works on third set of standards for claims processing - Jan. 7
- Knowledge on call: Finding new uses for smartphones - Jan. 5
- Maryland insurance commissioner seeks audit of CareFirst reserves - Jan. 5
- Blues merger faces opposition in Pennsylvania Legislature - Jan. 5
- Technically Speaking: Economic downturn adds new uncertainties to IT planning - Jan. 5
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- Organizations gather H1N1 flu resources online - May 5
- Radiologists, pediatricians urged to team up to find child abuse - May 5
- Substance abuse group develops new screening tools - May 5
- Accommodating aging: Helping your older patients live the life they want - May 4
- New federal policies sought to reflect HIV treatment gains - May 4
- Tight not always right for controlling diabetes - May 4
- Bariatric surgery found effective at lower weights - May 4
- Preventable injuries from epinephrine injectors on the rise - April 28
- Inflammation's connection to dementia proves complex - April 28
- "Mental health home" proposed to boost care for psychiatric illnesses - April 27
- Tobacco regulation closer with House bill's passage - April 27
- Genetic variants tied to stroke risk - April 27
- Geriatric Consult: Diagnosing different levels of dementia no easy task - April 27
- Conference explores tropical diseases being transmitted in U.S. - April 21
- Patients with migraine more likely to have PTSD - April 21
- Look beyond stereotypes to spot patients with eating disorders - April 20
- IOM studies boost in vitamin D requirements - April 20
- An alternative diagnosis to GERD centers on food allergies - April 20
- Five-drug polypill may slash heart disease risk - April 14
- Adult vaccines need PR boost - April 14
- Black-white cancer mortality gap starts with incidence rates - April 13
- Children whose celiac disease is detected early do better over time - April 13
- Space studies also meet health needs on Earth - April 13
- More people becoming at risk for prediabetes - April 7
- New HPV test to identify virus variants - April 7
- Changing history: The questions you ask patients keep expanding - April 6
- Psoriasis may reflect systemic inflammation, heart disease - April 6
- Risk of depression, anxiety in elderly can be cut - April 6
- Sometimes listening works better than testing - March 31
- Aspirin use as cardiovascular prophylaxis revisited - March 31
- New findings add to complexity of asthma treatment: coverage from AAAAI clinical meeting - March 30
- Simpler drug packaging doesn't increase patient compliance - March 30
- Forget the gimmicks when it comes to dieting - March 30
- CDC warns of variances in influenza strains - March 30
- HPV vaccine reduces risk for strains not in shot - March 24
- New blueprint will guide autism research - March 24
- Treating metabolic disorders may aid neurologic health - March 23
- Geriatric Consult: Honing in on varied causes of urinary incontinence - March 23
- Supplements may not fix middle-aged, elderly dietary deficiencies - March 17
- Review of Lyme disease treatment guidelines begins - March 17
- Receding gains: Will the economy erode public health partnerships with physician offices? - March 16
- Chemoprevention one option in prostate cancer screening advice - March 16
- Obesity in children, teens may be linked to allergies - March 16
- Sleepiness may heighten death risk in elderly - March 16
- Being young doesn't mean being healthy - March 10
- Research identifies genetic link between GI problems, autism - March 10
- The long goodbye: The challenge of discontinuing antidepressants - March 9
- Flu shot strongly recommended for children, teens - March 9
- Groups collaborate with guidance on A1c levels - March 9
- Vessel disease in the eyes could signal heart disease, too - March 9
- Reports of Q fever on upswing - March 3
- Federal help sought to boost teen mental health - March 3
- Landmark ruling finds no link between vaccine and autism - March 2
- The script for getting fit: Help your patients move off the couch - March 2
- Ocean may hold clues to antibiotic resistance - March 2
- Women at heightened risk for stroke death - March 2
- Napping to ease tension headaches could set up vicious cycle - Feb. 24
- Study targets role of anti-inflammatory drug in fighting diabetes - Feb. 24
- Disease diagnosis often prompts patients to make healthier choices - Feb. 23
- FDA spells out rules for reprints of articles about off-label drug use - Feb. 23
- Antiviral resistance eliminates drug from flu arsenal - Feb. 23
- Physician education not enough to increase use of care guidelines - Feb. 17
- Immunochemical tests found better than guaiac for fecal occult blood - Feb. 17
- Patient choice can help target dyspepsia care - Feb. 16
- Geriatric Consult: Addressing involuntary weight loss - Feb. 16
- Sensitive topic? Teens will talk to you - Feb. 10
- Diabetes rates continue to climb - Feb. 10
- FDA, CDC scrutiny follows surge in accidental opioid overdoses - Feb. 9
- Scanning the options: Alternatives in breast imaging technology - Feb. 9
- Number of targeted therapeutics awaiting FDA approval on the rise - Feb. 9
- Study notes continued MRSA upsurge in kids' ENT infections - Feb. 9
- Millions of dollars pledged in latest round of polio eradication - Feb. 3
- "Telestroke" centers aim to speed stroke care - Feb. 3
- FDA to study TV drug ads' influence on U.S. consumers - Feb. 2
- Hand washing, alcohol-based rubs help curb influenza outbreaks - Feb. 2
- Aromatic cold salves may not be safe for babies - Jan. 27
- CDC expands pneumonia vaccine recommendations - Jan. 27
- Keeping prevention in perspective: Has the value of screenings been oversold? - Jan. 26
- Obesity numbers steady, but well short of health goals - Jan. 26
- Hepatitis outbreaks linked to poor infection control - Jan. 20
- Many have psychological distress, few seek help - Jan. 20
- Research at odds over impact of flu vaccine - Jan. 19
- Obama on front lines in battle to stop smoking - Jan. 19
- Geriatric Consult: Depression not a "normal" part of aging - Jan. 19
- Alternative therapy use documented in new survey - Jan. 13
- Kaiser fills a biobank with a wealth of data - Jan. 13
- Study supports use of no-sedation colonoscopy - Jan. 12
- FDA wants closer scrutiny of new diabetes drugs - Jan. 12
- Combination of drugs found most effective asthma treatment - Jan. 12
- Genetic discoveries link obesity to the brain - Jan. 6
- Older treatments effective remedies for IBS - Jan. 6
- Teens' health care often a missed opportunity - Jan. 5
- Call for widespread HIV tests has been only partially heard - Jan. 5
- Report focuses on long-term effects of battlefield brain injuries - Jan. 5
- MRSA-fighting drug is approved by FDA panel - Jan. 5
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