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General Healthcare
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Pricey health care enough to make New Jersey sick |
An Economist Puts Down a Physician's Cri du Couer |
Massachusetts Medical Society Study Records Shortages of Primary Care Physicians for the First Time |
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The Mercury: The Beginning of the End for Liberals |
Health Costs Continue to Rise at a Fast Pace |
Silence is feeding N.J. graft |
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AMNews: Jan. 24, 2005. Resolved: To actively shape the future of medicine ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Jan. 24, 2005. Drug reimportation situation is shifting as Canada could cut availability ... American Medical News |
Weighing the Evidence for Expanding Physician Supply -- Cooper 141 (9): 705 -- Annals of Internal Medicine |
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USNews.com: Harried by the bureaucracy of medicine, physicians are pulling back from patient care (1/31/05) |
Power to the patient -- The Washington Times |
Codey says suspend property tax rebate |
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AMNews: Jan. 24, 2005. U.S. health spending hit $1.7 trillion in 2003 ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Feb. 21, 2005. Medical costs lead more people to bankruptcy ... American Medical News |
Mcgreevey Sucks |
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Digital Rx: Take Two Aspirins and E-Mail Me in the Morning |
The Manifesto of Dr. D |
AMNews: Letters to the Editor - Jan. 3/10, 2005 ... American Medical News |
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Free health care? - The Washington Times: Commentary - July 22, 2004 |
OpinionJournal - Featured Article - The Pain Killer Panic |
Arrests convince some all politicians corrupt |
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Unruly Special Session Looms (washingtonpost.com) |
AMNews: March 14, 2005. Physician shortage? Push is on for more medical students ... American Medical News |
Md.'s Campus Concerns (washingtonpost.com) |
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Neurosurgeon Files Patent Application For Universal Solution to Current Healthcare |
Four Steps Toward Solving Our 'Grand National Problem' |
Health Care Crisis Should Be on the Minds of Pennsylvania Voters, GOP |
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Cost-saving surgery lures 'medical tourists' abroad |
9 Things AHA's 'Pricing Transparency' Implies For You |
Hispanic and African American Adults Are Uninsured at Rates One-and-a Half to Three Times Higher Than White Adults |
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Administration Aims to Set Health-Care Standards |
Companies explore overseas healthcare |
Agencies Will Rate Quality of Care |
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Physician Group Decries 1.3 Million Rise in Uninsured |
The Value of Medical Spending in the United States, 1960?2000 |
Number of Uninsured Children Rises |
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Nearly Nine of Ten Who Seek Individual Market Health Insurance Never Buy a Plan |
Surgery abroad an option for those with minimal health coverage |
Notify the Triage Nurse Right Away if Medical Condition Worsens in an Emergency Department Waiting Room, Emergency Physicians Say |
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New National Scorecard: U.S. Health Care System Gets Poor Scores on Quality, Access, Efficiency, and Equity |
Scarce medical care cuts longevity in Greene, Fayette counties |
What's Really Propping Up The Economy |
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New National Scorecard: U.S. Health Care System Gets Poor Scores on Quality, Access, Efficiency, and Equity |
Fraud and abuse agency shares its 2007 plans |
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Heart care in poor, rural counties is ranked lower |
Hope, at thousands of dollars a dose |
Health Care Spending Growth Stays in High-Altitude Holding Pattern in 2005 |
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Releasing pay plan information may improve patient-practice relations |
Casey, Santorum agree health-care premiums too high |
Confident Democrats draft broad healthcare agenda |
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Answers in short supply about out-of-control healthcare costs and the uninsured |
Studies Look for Reasons Behind Racial Disparities in Health Care |
Doctors report low morale; many consider leaving medicine |
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The Road to Universal Coverage |
Medical claims 'mined' to find fraud |
New York looks at workers? health costs |
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AHIP launches campaign to insure every American |
Recent closing of hospitals cause concern |
State Lawmaker Introduces Bill for Universal Coverage |
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A Health Plan Only the People Could Like |
Health Insurance Costs May Hike Uninsured |
Needs of Patients Outpace Doctors - Los Angeles Times |
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Health savings accounts growing, but prognosis remains unclear - Orlando Business Journal: |
Doctor Tells Senate Leaders Infection Controls Save Lives, Money |
Bush administration to propose new tax breaks for medical expenses |
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Low Payments by U.S. Raise Medical Bills Billions a Year |
Fed-up doctor sidesteps insurance company limits - The Boston Globe |
Probe says US emergency care in trouble |
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Study: Emergency Rooms at 'Breaking Point' |
Rise of retail clinics giving doctors a chill | Chicago Tribune |
Overseas Surgeries Gaining Favor, Spawning New Mexico Businesses |
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Study: Doctors' pay falling |
Study: Doctors' pay falling - Nashville, Tennessee - Tuesday, 06/27/06 - Tennessean.com |
Retail clinics: The competition heats up - In Minnesota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield has exempted patients who use walk-in clinics from copays. - Medical Economics |
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Is your doctor paid to keep you healthy? Probably not. |
New Jersey healthcare group to repay $265 million to Medicare -- Business -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
USATODAY.com - AMA says health insurance should be required for those who can afford it |
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USATODAY.com - Health care report urges dialogue on reform |
Study: Canadians healthier than Americans - Yahoo! News |
Nurse Midwives Becoming More Mainstream |
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Deficit bill could derail doctor-owned hospitals -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
Wal-Mart's Unhealthy Care Leaves Taxpayers Paying the Bill Petition |
New Tax Breaks for Medical Expenses |
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FDA's sensitivity to safety concerns keeps effective new drugs off shelves |
Record Share Of Economy Spent on Health Care |
Editorial: New Jersey's Medical School Mess |
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U.S. Emergency Care Not Making the Grade: Report |
States Average a C-minus for Emergency Care |
FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush Signs Executive Order Raising Federal Pay |
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Healthcare, vexing to Clinton, is now at top of Bush's agenda |
MGMA 2005 Cost Surveys: Growing costs, deeper discounts mean stagnant margins for primary care groups |
Bush Takes Energy, Health - Care Agenda on the Road |
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Budget Cuts Take Aim at Medical Programs - Yahoo! News |
Health accounts would cost U.S. Treasury $59 billion |
Doctors' lounge: A tradition slowly dies - Medical Economics |
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When trust in doctor erodes, other alternatives fill the void |
President's plan aims to expand on savings accounts |
Healthcare costs top benefit concerns in the U.S. |
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Bush Calls for Human Cloning Ban, Medical Liability Reform; Hails Abstinence, Adoption Policies for Aiding Reduction in Abortions |
President's Health Reform Agenda Draws Mixed Reviews |
Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress) |
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Health Care for All, Just a (Big) Step Away - New York Times |
ACP Online - ObserverWeekly - 26 April 2005 |
Career Shifts? |
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Americans for Free Choice in Medicine |
CNN.com - GOP building support for filibuster rule change - Apr 18, 2005 |
AMNews: April 4, 2005. Family medicine sees 8th consecutive year of Match losses ... American Medical News |
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Boston.com: National health insurance: the wrong Rx |
Curbing the Costs of Healthcare |
The New York Times Magazine - The Quality Cure? |
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Healthcare is Not a Right |
G O P.com :: Sign a Petition |
The Health Care Debate (Letter) |
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Campaign spending hits the roof |
LP: I survived Soviet health care--barely |
Coverage & Access | Washington Post Examines Physicians' Charging of Annual Fees, Other Payments To Address Rising Costs - Kaisernetwork.org |
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Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/16/2005 | Letters | What ails doctors goes beyond med school |
Plenty of Blame to Share for High Health Care Costs (Opinion) |
Jersey City MD drops 'ouster plot' suit |
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Health Care Reform |
URBAN-SUBURBAN HOSPITAL DISPARITIES GROW IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY |
AMNews: March 14, 2005. Health spending outpaces economy ... American Medical News |
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Michigan faces doctor shortage |
Magic City Morning Star: After Plundering our Votes and Pillaging our Trust, Democrats-in-GOP-Clothing Will Never Again Get a Free Pass to Wreak Havoc |
Agency Predicts Shortfall of Some Doctors - Yahoo! News |
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Physician shortage, aging boomers and reimbursement models complicate golden years |
Op-Ed: The Doctor Will See You for Exactly Seven Minutes |
Chicago Tribune | The emergency in the ER |
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Health Care for Everyone? (Mitt Romney Op-Ed) |
Massachusetts health plan seems unlikely to be U.S. model -- Trends -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising - Yahoo! News |
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New Survey Finds Rising Numbers of Uninsured In Moderate- and Middle-Income American Families |
Congress Shows Little Appetite for Bush's Health-Care Agenda |
Senate to Take Up Health Coverage Bill - Yahoo! News |
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Senate Takes Up Small Business Health Bill |
U.S. Newborn Survival Rate Ranks Low - Yahoo! News |
Senator: Money-strapped NJ should target health insurer surplus |
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Senators tackle health insurance woes as businesses cry foul -- Newsday.com |
Small Business Insurance Stalls in Senate |
Surgeon Faces New Challenges |
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Massachusetts legislation on insurance becomes law |
Charlotte Business Journal: Consumer plans to test M.D.s' business acumen - 2006-03-13 |
Lawmakers Speak Out On Matters Large and Small |
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President Bush Discusses Health Proposals, Other State Of The Union Themes While In Nashville |
The doctor is in - but at what price? |
Charlotte Business Journal: Cost-cutting moves could affect care, investment - 2006-03-13 |
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Law Keeps Federally Insured Doctors On Sidelines In Disasters |
CyRobby - Life in the Lab: Physicians are Greedy Bastards that are hurting the United States |
Aggravated DocSurg: A(nathe)MA |
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Hope for Health Care? |
Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/22/2006 | Health cost to double in decade |
Bush Moves to Return Focus to Energy, Health-Care Plans |
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USATODAY.com - States want info about drugmakers' gifts to doctors |
TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Outsourcing Your Heart -- May 29, 2006 |
Bush Spars with Democrats Over Health Agenda |
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State considers a gross receipts tax for businesses |
Physicians' on-call system may have to go through changes or die - Business First of Columbus: |
Bush Tries to Revive Struggling Health Initiative |
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In Connecticut, Bush talks of soaring healthcare costs |
Panel Said to Call for Closing 9 New York Hospitals |
The importance of paperless medicine |
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More Doctors Turning to the Business of Beauty |
Death rates per doctor to be listed |
GOP Lawmakers Add Provision to Passing Tax Package |
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Hospital serial killers are big threat, study says |
Health Policy 2007 |
Health care debate to heat up in 2007 |
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Medical Insurance ? Sorry, You're Not Covered! |
Doctors give drug reps less time |
City vs. City: When It Comes to Health Insurance Costs, Geography Matters |
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U.S. doctors are being trained in Cuba |
Comp remains low for pediatricians, surges for subspecialists |
HEALTH CARE: LOOKING FOR ANSWERS |
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FDA Drug Approval at Lowest Rate |
Lost time is cancer's hidden toll |
Merck, Pfizer Lead List of Drug Approvals in 2006 |
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The Doctor Is In |
Health care spending up 6.9 pct. in '05 |
AAFP-Led Coalition Urges Congress to Enact Health System Reform Based on Group's Principles |
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Crisis for nation's EDs |
Doctor morale shaky as practice stressors surge |
Death Knell May Be Near for Public Election Funds |
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A Good Start On Health Care Reform |
Comprehensive Reforms to Move Toward Patient-Centered Care Released by ACP |
New Approach |
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A Healthy Initiative |
The President's Health Insurance Proposal - A First Look |
Nation's Emergency Physicians Applaud President's Renewed Focus on Expanding Health Insurance |
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AMA applauds health care focus in State of the Union |
Physicians and Nurses Decry Bush Health Plan, Reject Reform Based on Private Insurance |
President Bush's focus on healthcare draws criticism, new hope |
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Making Health Care Affordable: Bush's Bold Health Tax Reform Plan |
President Bush offers a new initiative on health insurance |
Bush's Health Insurance Plan Includes Pros, Cons for Family Physicians |
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Health and Taxes |
Experts See Peril in Bush Health Proposal |
N.J. emergency rooms are 'maxed out' |
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Only 110 more days until the National Provider Identifier (NPI) compliance date! |
Spitzer?s First Budget Assails Health Care System |
Bill addresses ailing health care system |
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?The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now? |
Focus on patients, not profits |
Edwards risks tax hike for health plan |
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Perry proposes privatizing lottery to fund health care |
Convenient care clinic expansion |
The Psychodynamics of the Radical Liberal Mind |
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SEIU PARTNERSHIP WITH FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, LABOR AND CIVIC LEADERS TO SPUR EFFORT TO FIX HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA |
Change and improvement: Linking CME to quality |
Health Care's A Mess--So What's the Solution? |
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Medicare | HHS Launches Pilot Program To Identify Medicare Billing Fraud for Medical Equipment |
State Watch | Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Takes Effect |
Capitol Hill Watch | Democrats Work To Reauthorize, Expand SCHIP While Bush Administration Tries To Limit Program Growth |
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Coverage & Access | ERISA Could Hurt States' Efforts To Expand Health Coverage of Uninsured Residents |
Capitol Hill Watch | Growing Number of Lawmakers Support Tobacco Tax Increase To Fund SCHIP Reauthorization, Expansion |
Election 2008 | Democratic Presidential Candidates Propose Pragmatic Approaches to Universal Health Care To Avoid Pitfalls of 1990s Health Reform Effort |
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Capitol Hill Watch | Republican Sens. Grassley, Hatch Urge President Bush To Consider SCHIP Reauthorization, Expansion Legislation |
Capitol Hill Watch | Sen. Enzi Introduces 10-Step Proposal To Expand Access to Health Care, Insurance, CQ HealthBeat Reports |
Want a healthy scare? Check out the cost of medical insurance |
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New York AG Objects to Insurer's Method for Ranking Doctors by Cost and Quality--Just What We Need in Health Metrics--Lawyers |
What Sicko Left Out |
Who Killed U.S. Medicine? |
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Doctors Rated but Can't Get a Second Opinion |
HILLARY, JOHN AND BARAK |
Sending Back the Doctor’s Bill |
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Health Care Marketplace | Salaries for U.S. Physicians Contribute to High Health Spending, Some Economists Say |
Rudy Giuliani Discusses His Commitment To Giving Americans Increased Control And Access To Health Care |
The Healthcare Blog |
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Childbirth at a Crossroads IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA |
Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources |
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS: Problems Remain with Primary Care Shortage Area Designation System |
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Grassroots PA |
Latest Placebo Gazette |
The Lancet: The Unspoken Issue That Haunts the UK General Election |
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From Dr. Anthony Caggiano: OVERCOME RESISTANCE WITH PERSISTANCE |
New Jersey: Demographics |
Banana Republic |
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Consumer Reports Survey: Patients and Doctors Disagree on Some Essential Issues |
CMS RELEASES U.S. HEALTH SPENDING ESTIMATES THROUGH 2005 |
Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Standard Deduction for Health Insurance Would Save Money for More Than 100 Million Americans |
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Politically Active Physicians Association - Home of the Fighting Docs |
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Tort Reform
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Clause in Health Care Plans Blocks Lawsuits |
Texas malpractice insurance rates dropping after Proposition 12 passage |
Medical Lawsuits by Thomas Sowell -- Capitalism Magazine |
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AMNews: Jan. 31, 2005. Keeping the issue alive: How to keep medical liability in the news ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Jan. 31, 2005. Liability premium shock is spreading, an AMNews exclusive survey shows ... American Medical News |
CNN.com - Tort reform important to U.S. future - Jan 6, 2005 |
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AMNews: Jan. 24, 2005. Bush stumping for liability reform in 'judicial hellhole' ... American Medical News |
Bar Sues Over Fee Aimed at MD's Malpractice Ills |
AMNews: Jan. 24, 2005. Nevada high court weighs in on part of tort reform law ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: Jan. 3/10, 2005. Insurer gives prize for ideas to curb lawsuits ... American Medical News |
Ehrlich's Bill (washingtonpost.com) |
Paying for Malpractice Insurance (washingtonpost.com) |
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Democrats Reap Donations Tied to Malpractice Fight (washingtonpost.com) |
State Supreme Court strikes down cap on malpractice awards - 2005-07-14 |
Study: Pennsylvania's malpractice fees driving away young doctors |
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AMNews: Feb. 7, 2005. Preventing lawsuits: Coalition pushes apologies and cash up-front ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Feb. 7, 2005. 5 steps doctors should take to achieve liability reform ... American Medical News |
Common Good: Thornberry Introduces Legislation to Create Special Health Courts |
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AMNews: May 9, 2005. Physicians rally on Capitol Hill for tort reform ... American Medical News |
AMNews: May 2, 2005. Florida bill would triple liability requirement ... American Medical News |
AMNews: May 9, 2005. New Jersey appellate ruling adds to physicians' liability worries ... American Medical News |
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Doctors Spend Day In Washington D.C. |
Jackson Action |
AMNews: April 18, 2005. Physicians in 4 states score tort reform wins ... American Medical News |
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Tort reform and civility: toward a national apology privilege |
Have State Caps On Malpractice Awards Increased The Supply Of Physicians? |
UH -Top Education Stories - Doctors push St. Luke's to forgo $25 million gift |
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AMNews: March 28, 2005. Three crisis states show improvement since tort reform ... American Medical News |
USATODAY.com - Insurers, not just lawyers, inflict real pain on doctors |
Policy Impact Strategic Communications |
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Senate Takes Up Class-Action Restrictions (washingtonpost.com) |
Malpractice insurers record healthy gains after tort reform |
Trial lawyers change a name, not their game |
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Opinion | Physicians 'Reluctant' To Disclose Medical Errors to Patients, Editorial States |
Liability Reforms Helping Sick and Injured Texans |
Trial lawyers might seek hike in malpractice awards |
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Conn. Trial Lawyers Again Call for Review of Med-Mal Rates |
N.J. program targets malpractice premiums |
Aon Study Finds Hospital Professional and Physician Liability Claims Stabilizing |
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Is there a doctor in the house? |
Connecticut court upholds doctors' right to pay only part of jury award |
Florida doctors and lawyers turn to waivers after tort ruling |
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Women's Access to Health Care Hurt by Medical Liability Crisis |
Malpractice claims data compiled |
Capitol Hill Watch | Senate HELP Committee To Consider Prescription Drug Safety Bill |
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Doctors' numbers decline in Pennsylvania |
PA taxpayers to pay $1 million to plaintiffs' attorneys following ACLU lawsuit |
USATODAY.com - 'Wrong site' surgeries on the rise |
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Vaccine makers helped write Frist-backed shield law - Nashville, Tennessee - Monday, 05/08/06 - Tennessean.com |
Malpractice suits often groundless, study says - The Boston Globe |
Medicine Needs Long-Term Fix (Letter to the Editor) |
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Math Divides Critics As Startling Toll of Torts Is Added Up |
Sometimes, it has to be said: 'I made a mistake' |
Trial Lawyers Inc. Health Care |
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Malpractice Debates |
In Pa., Vital Signs are Stable (Opinion) |
Doctors Respond to Emergency-Care Issues |
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Roundtable: Managing Litigation Risks |
Code Blue: The Case for Serious State Medical Liability Reform |
Don't Blame the Doctors (Letter to the Editor) |
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Emergency Care Needs Insurance Rx (Opinion) |
Neurologists Take a Stand on Bearing Witness - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today |
Malpractice Crisis Lingers (Letter to the Editor) |
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A Probusiness State of the Union (Analysis) |
State Of The Union: Affordable And Accessible Health Care |
American Family Physicians Call For Liability Reform Now |
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Malpractice Insurance Crisis is Far From Over (Letter to the Editor) |
Bush Lists Health Care, Tax, Energy Policies on '06 Agenda |
The Tort Wars, at a Turning Point |
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Hospitals risk losing specialists in ERs |
Calculating Malpractice Claims |
Calculating Malpractice Claims |
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Medical-Malpractice Insurance Crisis is Abating, Some Say |
Signs of 'Crisis' Fading |
Insurers Paid 31% Less for Claims Between 1986, 1994 Than Reported, Study Says |
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Malpractice Crisis is Over, Group Says |
Malpractice Insurers Inflated Losses, Study Finds |
Rendell Must Change Tack to End Liability Mess (Letter to the Editor) |
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It's OK to Apologize |
Statement Declaring End of Crisis Suspect (Editorial) |
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Malpractice Developments in Two States |
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The Cost of Delivery |
Nominee Puts Emphasis on Malpractice |
Investigate Why Doctors Are Disappearing - Doctors For Medical Liability Reform |
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Malpractice Claims Rose Against New York City Last Year |
Kill All the Lawyers, Cut Costs? |
Nominee puts emphasis on malpractice |
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Reforms to Medicare Physician Payments, Malpractice Laws Unlikely This Year, Lawmaker Tells AMA Conference |
Jury-Awards Legislation (Opinion) |
Neurosurgeons Flee High Insurance Costs |
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Rendell Vetoes Liability Bill |
Mandatory Health Courts Injurious to Patient Rights (Letter to the Editor) |
Medical Malpratice Bill Advances In Two States |
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A Cancerous Development in Hub: Malpractice Suits Spike Over Botched Diagnoses |
Law Keeps Federally Insured Doctors On Sidelines In Disasters |
A State Health Court Would Be In Order |
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Jury rejects claim that Vioxx caused death -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
Lawyers, doctors agree on malpractice reform |
Malpractice bill advances - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington |
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Doctors consider giving up obstetrics, say risk is too great - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington |
Discipline Doctors Who Err (Opinion) |
Proposed Long-Term Care Legislation Outlined |
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Americans for Insurance Reform Report Says Med-Mal 'Crisis' is Over |
Wisc. malpractice awards for pain, suffering limited to $750,000 |
Florida Medical Malpractice Market Competitive, Report Finds |
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Malpractice insurance law seems to be working |
Who Killed the Mass Torts Bonanza? (Opinion) |
U.S. Tort Costs Total $261 Billion in 2005, According to Tillinghast Study |
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Competition gives Illinois doctors malpractice insurance options |
Maryland's Biggest Malpractice Insurer to Cut Premiums 8% |
Malpractice Reform Seen as a Necessity |
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Malpractice damages in '05 topped $119 million |
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Developments Related to Medical Malpractice in Four States |
Surgeon Meets Malpractice Attorney |
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Malpractice payouts decline |
Medical Justice Services: Controlling the spread of frivolous lawsuits |
Medical Malpractice Risk Retention Group Launched in New York |
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Capitol Hill Watch | American Medical Association Adjusts Strategy on Lobbying for Medical Malpractice Legislation |
Patient, protect thyself |
Pediatricians Find Barriers to Reporting Medical Errors |
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Low Health Literacy Puts Patients at Risk: The Joint Commission Sets Forth Solutions to National Problem |
Dan Popeo: Money for nothing: Judges and lawyers abuse our legal system |
Lawsuit reform battle heats up again at state Capitol |
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Pa. physicians fearing boost in malpractice insurance fees |
Do pediatricians face a malpractice crisis? |
New York Doctors Frustrated Over Malpractice Insurance Hike |
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Do-It-Yourself Tort Reform |
Pennsylvania Reviews Malpractice Insurance |
NC medical malpractice award limits approved by General Assembly |
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Medical Economics - Malpractice: How to stay out of harm's way |
Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (DL SunSITE) |
Sick of Lawsuits? You Should Be! |
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Common Good: Health Courts: A Better Approach to Malpractice Reform |
Association of Trial Lawyers of America: How It Works with Ralph Nader Against Tort Reform |
The Growth Of Physician Medical Malpractice Payments: Evidence From The National Practitioner Data Bank |
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HB393 - TORT REFORM - Byrd, Richard |
MSDC Survey Confirms Escalating Medical Liability Crisis |
A message from your Doctor about the Medical Liability Crisis |
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Trial Lawyers Inc. |
Mini Documentary - Windows - Doctors For Medical Liability Reform |
A2424: Establishes Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Premium Increase Review Panel in Department of Banking and Insurance. |
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American Urological Association -- Medical Liability Reform NOW! |
Animation 5 - Doctors For Medical Liability Reform |
American College of Surgeons -- Legislative Alerts and Updates |
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New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act |
New Study Demonstrates Medical Liability Insurance is Fairly Priced |
CBO Report: Limiting Tort Liability for Medical Malpractice |
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FALLING CLAIMS AND RISING PREMIUMS IN THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE INDUSTRY |
The Effects of Tort Reform: Evidence from the States |
Liability for Medical Malpractice: Issues and Evidence |
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Medical Liability Survey Reaffirms More Ob-Gyns Are Quitting Obstetrics |
NJ Malpractice Analysis |
Medical Malpractice Summary Index of States |
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Public Citizen | Congress Watch | Congress Watch - Letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris |
JCAHO Medical Liability System Hinders Patient Safety |
Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Premium Assistance Fund - Premium Subsidy |
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The Battle for Tort Reform: The Maryland Experience |
Association of Trial Lawyers of America: How It Works with Ralph Nader Against Tort Reform |
Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 - Comprehensive Medical Liability Reform - S. 243 - Summary |
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Contact Your Senate Candidates to Sign Medical Liability Pledge |
American College of Surgeons -- Legislative Alerts and Updates |
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Medicare Cutbacks
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AMNews: Dec. 27, 2004. AMA reaffirms commitment to fight Medicare pay cuts ... American Medical News |
AMNews: April 18, 2005. CMS reports spike in Medicare spending on physician services ... American Medical News |
Interview with J. Bruce Henriksen, MD: The Past Is Prologue |
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Docs Face Serious Medicare Cuts - Atlantic Highlands Herald - Atlantic Highlands, NJ |
AMNews: Nov. 17, 2003. Medicare formula spells pay cut of 4.5% for physicians in 2004 ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Jan. 3/10, 2005. Medicare zeroes in on E&M coding as key source of payment mistakes ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: Feb. 14, 2005. Projected growth puts Medicare, Medicaid at risk for cuts ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Feb. 14, 2005. Physicians blast Medicare plan to curb surgery center procedures ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Feb. 7, 2005. New Medicare pay rules: Time to revisit your contracts ... American Medical News |
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Medical Economics - Medicare fees: Will they ever fix the formula? |
AMNews: April 25, 2005. AMA warns Medicare payment cuts would harm patient care and access ... American Medical News |
AM News: April 7, 2003. Medicare pay: 2004 forecast looks gloomy ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: June 2/9, 2003. Medicare payment outlook is dismal ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Jan. 24, 2005. Medicare drug choices called too restrictive ... American Medical News |
AMNews: April 4, 2005. Medicare pay boost iffy under budget plan ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: April 11, 2005. Medicare trustees: Gloomy forecast for physician reimbursement rates ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Dec. 13, 2004. Deficit could force Medicare reductions ... American Medical News |
AMNews: May 23/30, 2005. Physicians score victory on Medicare surgicenter coverage ... American Medical News |
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Doctors wary of Medicare audit plan's incentives |
AMNews: May 9, 2005. Medicare pay cuts threaten physician tech investment ... American Medical News |
Philly Burbs: Another Blow to Patients |
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AMNews: Editorial - May 9, 2005. Medicare cuts threaten patient care: Questions of access and technology ... American Medical News |
Medicare taps reserve fund to pay doctors |
AMA: Burgess bill important step toward ensuring seniors get needed health care |
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AMA testifies to Congress: Address Medicare physician payments to preserve seniors' access to care |
Physicians Anticipate Medicare Payment Cuts |
Physicians brace for Medicare payment cuts |
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MEDICARE POSTS AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION |
As time runs out, AMA urges action to stop Medicare physician cuts |
ASA protests CMS proposed rule, which includes substantial cuts to anesthesiology |
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Reactions are mixed to Medicare drug plan |
Most Americans alarmed by impending Medicare cuts that will harm seniors' access to care |
CMS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SUPPORTS PHYSICIAN-HOSPITAL COLLABORATIONS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE WHILE GETTING BETTER VALUE |
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Medicare costs to increase for wealthier beneficiaries |
MEDICARE SURVEY FINDS OVERALL SATISFACTION IN CONTRACTOR-PROVIDER RELATIONSHIP |
New U.S. law on Medicaid requires proof of citizenship |
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Medicare and Medicaid security gaps are found |
Medicare cuts for imaging tests prove latest headache for doctors |
Medicare cuts for imaging tests prove latest headache for doctors |
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Seniors fret over changes in Medicare drug program |
Time to take another look at Medicare drug plans |
Administration Opposes Democrats' Plan for Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices |
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AMA meeting kicks-off year-end push for Congressional action to stop Medicare cut; save seniors' access to health care |
Physicians may have to close doors to Medicare patients |
The Senate Reconciliation Bill: Wrapping Doctors in More Medicare Red Tape |
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JS Online:Numbers detectives sniff out Medicare fraud |
Placing Limits on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits May Lower Spending on Medications but May Also Raise Other Health Costs |
Limits on Medicare drug benefits may raise other health costs |
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Medicare posts hospital payment information |
Study finds Medicare operators often give bad information |
Calls to put off Medicare deadline intensify - The Boston Globe |
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Medicare to alter rules on prescription coverage -- Federal Government -- HealthLeadersMedia.com. |
CMS ANNOUNCES STEPS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CONSUMER-DIRECTED HEALTH PLANS IN MEDICARE. |
Medicare rates to be posted -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
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Frist seeks health reforms |
New Offensive on Medicare Drug Benefit |
Medicaid, Medicare Growth to Slow |
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Medicare rehab 'cap' surprises many |
Medicare millions loom for businesses |
The Lesson of Sam the Shirt-Maker |
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Large Increase in Medicare E/M Payments: a Win for Internists and Patients. |
Physicians may cut staff, services with drop in Medicare reimbursements |
The Urgent Need to Reform Medicare's Physician Payment System |
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Medicare, Medicaid to offer better basic diabetes coverage |
AMA: Last-minute congressional action stops Medicare physician payment cut that would have threatened seniors' access to care |
Congress halts 5 percent Medicare cut for physician services |
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Last-Minute Inserts Offer Benefits in Medicare Bill |
CMS TO SEND OUT SECOND ANNUAL MEDICARE PROVIDER SATISFACTION SURVEY |
Last-minute Medicare pay package freezes rates, adds reporting bonus |
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Medicare Premiums Will Surge For Some |
AMA outlines 2007 agenda with focus on uninsured, Medicare reform and quality improvement |
Legal restraints cause Medicare participants to pay more for drugs, study finds |
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Federal law signals crackdown on health-care fraud |
Bush?s Medicare Budget Would Raise Premiums |
Medicare Payment Cuts Will Accelerate Primary Care Collapse American College of Physicians Asserts |
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Medicare advisory panel backs doctor pay hike in 2008 |
Medicare | CMS Proposes 9.9% Reduction in Medicare Physician Fees for 2008 |
Capitol Hill Watch | Congress This Week To Consider Legislation That Would Reauthorize, Expand SCHIP, Make Changes to Medicare |
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CMS PROPOSES POLICY, PAYMENT CHANGES FOR PHYSICIANS' SERVICES IN 2007 |
CMS Proposed Rule for PPS Update and Policy Changes for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule |
Getting Paid - November/December 2004 - Family Practice Management |
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HR 709 |
Quick Facts about Medicare's New Coverage for Prescription Drugs |
Quick Facts about Medicare's New Coverage for Prescription Drugs for people who get Supplemental Security Income benefits or help from their state Medicaid program paying their Medicare premiums |
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Introducing Medicare's NewCoverage for Prescription Drugs |
Medicare Fee Schedule - 2007 |
Physician Fee Schedule |
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AMA (Washington) Take action -- Stop Medicare physician payment cuts and protect patients |
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Medicaid and Charity Care
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World Magazine - Healthy Alternative |
What Will the Medicaid Citizenship Law Mean for Healthcare? |
Planned Medicaid Cuts Cause Rift With States |
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Medicaid Patients Increasingly Concentrated Among Physicians |
Medicaid is too Important to Fail |
Hospital Charity Care Is Probed |
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Hospitals, advocates debate charity care |
Three in New York bilked Medicaid of millions using fake billings, U.S. says |
Medicare and Medicaid security gaps are found |
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Medicaid Spending Rises Only Slightly |
In Medicaid, private HMOs take a big, profitable role |
'Hospital-based' clinics can charge more |
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'Hospital-based' clinics can charge more |
Charlotte Observer | 05/22/2006 | Health care clinics can't keep up with demand |
AMNews: April 4, 2005. Underinsured and overlooked: The growing problem of inadequate insurance ... American Medical News |
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Medicaid Rules Toughened on Proof of Citizenship |
Insurers say Medicaid payments too low |
Proportion of doctors giving charity care declines |
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S1782 Imposes 6% Tax on Certain Procedures |
NJ.com: NewsFlash - NJ Senate RollCall Budget |
McGreevey betting on fiscal follies |
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Almost $89M for charity care in Hudson |
AMNews: March 21, 2005. Medicaid reform may be too late for some states ... American Medical News |
AMNews: April 4, 2005. Increase in health center funding falls short ... American Medical News |
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Article | Don't Despair over Disparities, by Sally Satel and Jonathan Klick |
AMNews: April 11, 2005. Federal court rules Oklahoma Medicaid doctor pay too low ... American Medical News |
AMNews: April 25, 2005. Uninsured a problem hard to grasp, solve ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: May 16, 2005. States face 'meltdown' over Medicaid ... American Medical News |
AMNews: May 23/30, 2005. States trying to recoup Medicaid money ... American Medical News |
Cuts in Medicaid eyed for storm cost |
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Rising fees for on-call specialists have hospitals seeing red |
Study: Nearly half of all ER physician care goes uncompensated |
Medicaid, Medicare Growth to Slow |
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Medicare, Medicaid to offer better basic diabetes coverage |
Medicaid Continues to Strain State Budgets |
Getting Reimbursed For Treating Undocumented Immigrants |
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The illegal effect: Who pays for treatments? |
Managing Uncompensated Care While Improving Health Status |
Tax credits, more care for children key to coalition's plan for uninsured |
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Capitol Hill Watch | Senior Advisers to President Bush Would Recommend Veto if SCHIP Expansion Legislation Passes, White House Officials Say |
Administration News | Bush Administration Opposes Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund SCHIP Expansion, HHS Secretary Leavitt Says |
Election 2008 | Sen. Clinton Promises Federal Aid To Help Fund Health Insurance for Children, Other Programs |
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Administration News | President Bush Threatens Veto of SCHIP Legislation, Saying It Would Lead to People Dropping Private Health Coverage |
Medicaid | Growing Number of Physicians Not Accepting New Medicaid Beneficiaries Amid Federal Payment Cuts, Rising Health Costs |
Zarephath Health Center: Good Samaritan to the |
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Prompt Payment
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1998 Assembly Bill 234 - Prompt Payment of Healthcare Claims within 30 days |
1998 Assembly Bill 2119 1st Reprint- Provides Prompt Payment Incentives for Using Healthcare Claims Technology |
1998 Senate Bill 1228 - Extends Provisions of Prompt Payment Legislation to All Health Insurers |
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S 2419: Prompt Health Care Claims Processing and Reimbursement Act |
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Managed Care
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AMNews: April 18, 2005. Are HMOs dead? Or just on life support? ... American Medical News |
USATODAY.com - Supreme Court opens HMOs |
Health debit card offered / Visa, Blue Cross and Blue Shield will join forces |
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North Carolina Blue Cross hails lower profits |
HMOs' profits rise as enrollment declines |
AMA Attacks WellPoint-WellChoice Merger |
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FOXNews.com - Business - Health Insurer WellPoint to Buy WellChoice for $6.5B |
HMO log profits up 10.7% in '04 - 2005-08-08 |
CBS News | WellPoint to Buy WellChoice in $6.5B Deal | September 27, 2005 14:29:47 |
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Medical Economics - Will managed care die in court? |
WSJ.com - Insurer Reveals What Doctors Really Charge |
Physicians irked with Humana antitrust settlement |
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Aetna's Second-Quarter Profit Rises as Enrollment Increases |
Cheaper Health Insurance |
Health savings accounts: An insurance reform success |
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AMNews: May 16, 2005. Out of network, out of luck: The perils of breaking the tie ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Editorial - May 2, 2005. The right to reject what plans demand: The Montana radiology case ... American Medical News |
AMNews: June 2/9, 2003. Fewer Americans uninsured all year, new report finds ... American Medical News |
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UrologyTimes - Lawsuit against health insurers granted class-action status |
AMNews: Nov. 8, 2004. Blues plan sues physicians who won't join network ... American Medical News |
Medical Economics - Insurers not paying? Fight back |
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Medical Economics - Big practice problems: What our experts would do |
AMNews: April 11, 2005. Outcry builds over doctor-rating project ... American Medical News |
listeners call in to discuss whether doctors work for profit or for the benefit of their patients |
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AMNews: Editorial - April 4, 2005. Health plans' dominance: More muscle in more markets ... American Medical News |
Blue Cross eyed as funds source |
Health insurance markets out of whack |
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AMNews: March 7, 2005. Tiered physician network pits organized medicine vs. United ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Feb. 21, 2005. Florida doctor sues health plans over out-of-network payments ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Feb. 7, 2005. Michigan doctors want protection from the Blues ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: Feb. 7, 2005. ED doctors protest Blues payment shift ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Feb. 7, 2005. CIGNA settlement deadline nearing ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Jan. 24, 2005. Emergency physicians in Virginia exit Blues network ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: Editorial - Jan. 3/10, 2005. You ain't nothin' with a blank contract ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Jan. 3/10, 2005. New Jersey doctors sue insurer over forced payback ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Dec. 20, 2004. Anthem, WellPoint merge into largest health plan ... American Medical News |
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National Post - Woman Offered Free Surgery in Detroit |
Humana's 4th-quarter profit soars 34 percent -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
Top 10 Managed Care Trends for 2005 and 2006 -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
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Weiss: HMOs earned $7 billion in first half of 2005 |
Big bucks for Aetna's new CEO |
HCA's 4th-quarter earnings rise |
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New York BlueCross parent on cost-cutting mission |
CIGNA reports progress despite lower profits, likely layoffs -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
Aetna, CIGNA Telling Their Members More About Doctors |
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Workers risk getting dumped by docs - San Francisco Business Times: |
Backdate Backlash |
The Check Is Not in the Mail |
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Economist's View: The Cost of Getting Paid |
Aetna's stock soars to record high -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
Large insurers are big winners in new Medicare benefit -- Federal Government -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
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Business :Health Care CEO Accumulates Billions |
The Perfect Payday |
Healthcare Crisis - Citizens of New Jersey-Did You Know? |
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Aetna asks state to approve rate increase for small business coverage |
Aetna CEO's first day: Business as usual -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
Acquisition of WellChoice Inc. brings surge in membership boosting WellPoint Inc. net profit by 35% |
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Aetna's Posts 2nd Consecutive Weak Quarter; Investors Concerned |
Insurers taking hard look at pre-authorizing scans |
Insurers to help consumers make informed choices |
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The Secret's Out |
Aetna joins national trend of rewarding docs for good care |
New York doctors? group sues two insurers, charging unfair coercion |
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UnitedHealth's McGuire could leave with $1.1 billion |
Old options still haunt an insurer |
Senate panel seeks details from UnitedHealth on McGuire's exit pay |
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Grade Your Payers: The AAFP/FPM Survey of Physicians' Experiences With Third-Party Payers |
State explores payment levels to providers of medical care |
City Sues to Block Linkup Between 2 |
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UnitedHealth Cleans House |
Kaiser income shoots up 37% in 3rd quarter |
Despite New York City?s objection, court lets health insurers Combine |
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Health insurance CEOs feast on exec pay |
McGuire's rise ends with his fall |
Insurer drops plan that drew fire |
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Insurers look to rein in orders for imaging procedures |
Insurers want 2nd opinion before scans |
A novel plan helps hospital wean itself off pricey tests |
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UnitedHealth has healthy year despite mess over options |
Area doctors say reimbursement from insurers is fading fast |
People left holding bag when policies revoked |
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Health insurer's switch to for-profit status would bring in $2B for budget |
S 2419: Prompt Health Care Claims Processing and Reimbursement Act |
A1003: Requires that chiropractic physicians, podiatric physicians, allopathic physicians, and osteopathic physicians be reimbursed at same rate as other health care providers under various health and accident plans. |
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A439: Requires health insurers to cover medical transportation services under certain circumstances. |
A310: Prohibits participating providers under managed care plans from charging certain fees; establishes penalties therefor. |
A303: Requires installment payments for maternity services. |
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A 3719: Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form. |
Weiss Ratings: HMO & Health Insurance News Releases |
RICO ACT, Jeff Grell, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, RICO, Attorney at Law - Civil RICO in a Nutshell |
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2003 Executive Compensation and Stock Options at Publicly Traded Managed Care Firms |
Report Abstract of the General Accounting Office |
A1286: Limits period for reimbursement for overpayment on health and dental claims to 180 days, establishes claims appeal process, requires examination of claims processing and payment records, and imposes penalties for violations. |
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A1169: Requires health insurers to disclose how they establish usual, customary and reasonable fees for health care providers. |
A264: Excludes certain payments from methodology used by managed care carriers to determine usual, customary and reasonable fees. |
A1397: Provides in-network benefits to patient with disability for services provided by out-of-network provider under certain circumstances. |
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S1314: Requires managed care carriers to provide certain physicians with fee schedules. |
S11 (2000) Requires managed care plans to pay in-network health care facilities full contractual rate regardless of whether treating practitioner is in-network or out-of-network provider. |
A 3496: Health and Dental Claims Authorization, Processing and Payment Act |
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A4329: Requires reporting and review of insurance carriers' health care claims processing and payment histories. |
Horizon Blue Cross of New Jersey 2004 Annual Report |
A4330: Requires managed care companies to pay health care claims based on assignment of benefits and disclosed fee schedules; requires coverage under certain conditions; authorizes civil actions against violators. |
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,A4335: Requires certain disclosures from carriers; establishes new health care claims payment and appeals process; limits use of utilization management under certain circumstances. |
Senate Bill 282: Requires HMOs that contract with DHS to reimburse hospitals for emergency services based on cost of those services. |
A 3743: Limits period for reimbursement from providers for overpayment on health care claims to 18 months. |
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Competition in Health Insurance |
S920: Requires managed care plans to deem valid referral for a covered health care service as satisfying requirements for prior notification. |
A297: Concerns third party payment for maternity services. |
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Government Interference
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Senate Approves Posting of MD Profiles |
AMNews: Dec. 20, 2004. Criminal checks increasingly a fact of life for physicians ... American Medical News |
AMNews: Dec. 13, 2004. Confusion surrounds new national doctor ID number ... American Medical News |
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Hospital Groups Blast New Jersey Bed Tax Plan - by Karla Dial - The Heartland Institute |
For doctors, mandatory sensitivity training |
AMNews: April 25, 2005. Cultural competency now law in New Jersey ... American Medical News |
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AMNews: April 4, 2005. Research documents disparities, but solutions remain elusive ... American Medical News |
NEW JERSEY REGISTER VOLUME 37, NUMBER 3 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2005 RULE PROPOSAL LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINER FEES |
AMNews: Feb. 14, 2005. California medical board could be facing real changes ... American Medical News |
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A2797 Assembly Committee Substitute |
A2797 Prescription Monitoring Bill |
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today |
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Opinion Journal 9/2 |
OpinionJournal - from The Wall Street Journal |
Editorial Page |
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Doctors, health plans against pay rule proposed in New Jersey |
SS11: Requires physician cultural competency training as a condition of licensure. |
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S144 |
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New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners Rule Proposal - OCTOBER 4, 2004 |
Senate Bill 1939 - Repeal of the Ambulatory Care Tax |
A3439 2R Prohibition of Access Fees by Physicians |
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New Regulations to Facilitate Adoption of Health Information Technology |
Repeal Cosmetic Surgery Tax in New Jersey |
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Scope of Practice
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AMNews: Feb. 7, 2005. Nonphysicians eager to pick up prescription pad ... American Medical News |
Rendell wants more health care by nurse practitioners |
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HIPAA
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Medical Privacy Law Nets No Fines |
Hospitals get the green light to share EHRs |
Doctors Slow to Adopt E-Records for Patients |
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Address patient privacy when going electronic |
Patient data taken in theft |
Court: Patients can't file federal privacy suits against doctors |
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HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Electronic Health Care Claims Attachments; Proposed Rule |
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Joint Negotiations
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Health Plan Carrier/Provider Joint Negotiation |
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Stem Cell Research
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AMNews: April 18, 2005. Bills would OK federal funds for more stem cell lines ... American Medical News |
His blue bark is worse than his green bite | Home News Tribune Online |
Stem cell bill divides California officials -- State/Local Government -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
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Support for stem cell research set for Senate vote : Proponents confident that bill will pass with enough support to override a veto |
First Bush Veto Maintains Limits on Stem Cell Use |
White House Softens Tone On Embryo Use |
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Stem cell bills top Senate agenda |
Scientists urge greater scrutiny of studies |
New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Borrowing $270 Million for Stem-Cell Research |
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House Passes Bill Relaxing Limits on Stem Cell Research |
Governor to offer aid for stem cell center |
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Practice Management
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Medical Economics - Secret weapons for a successful practice |
Medical Economics - How to respond to nasty letters |
USATODAY.com - Micro practice makes perfect? |
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More insurers reimburse doctors for online care -- Technology -- HealthLeadersMedia.com |
The waiting game |
TO: CHIEF RETENTION OFFICER |
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Prevent social engineers from obtaining your data |
Pay staff for the performance that they deliver |
Pros and cons of outsourcing your facility's back-office activities |
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Level-II vs. Level-III Visits: Cracking the Codes |
What Do We Really Know About Patient Satisfaction? |
Plan for the effects of consumer-driven care |
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Diagnosing real estate ailments can boost physician's bottom line |
Self-Pay Markets in Health Care: Consumer Nirvana or Caveat Emptor? |
Cosmetic procedure: Your office may need a makeover |
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DocSavings.com |
ICD-9 Coding Tools From FPM |
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Pay for Performance
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Docs to be paid for quality, not quantity, of care | IndyStar.com |
The Perils of Pay for Performance |
Pay for Performance or Compliance? A Second Opinion on Medicare Reimbursement |
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AMNews: March 1, 2004. Fair pay a sounder approach than 'pay for quality' ... American Medical News |
AMNews: March 21, 2005. AMA: Medicare pay-for-performance must be voluntary and not punitive ... American Medical News |
AHQA Applauds IOM Recommendations to Reward and Assist Providers to Improve Health Care Quality |
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New Demonstration Program Tests Financial Incentives for Improved Quality and Coordination in Small to Medium Sized Group Practices |
The Implementation of Pay-For-Performance in Rural Hospitals: Lessons from the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project |
MEDICARE ADDS PERFORMANCE-BASED PAYMENTS FOR PHYSICIANS |
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Electronic Medical Records
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Electronic Health Records Still Not Routine Part of Medical Practice, Says New Study |
Debunking EMR Myths |
Address patient privacy when going electronic |
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Bill to Promote Electronic Health Records |
Americans See Access to Their Medical Information as a Way to Improve Quality, Reduce Health Care Costs |
Most Americans Want Electronic Health Data, But Fear For Privacy |
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Electronic health data geared to mobile workers |
FIVE NATIONAL EMPLOYERS IMPLEMENT ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS |
Feds clear way for hospitals to give docs EHR technology |
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EHRs may not come quickly, but they?re not dead either |
Verify that you?ve gone electronic with all of your new PFI entries |
Congress sends health IT back to drawing board |
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Comments being Sought on building Anti-Fraud into EHRs |
VA and Defense agree to build joint electronic health system |
Free Prescribing Software May Benefit Some FPs |
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U.S. EHR market to approach $5 billion by 2015 |
The Benefits of Electronic Medical Records Sound Good, but Privacy Could Become a Difficult Issue |
EHR Use Alone Doesn't Improve Care, Say Studies |
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New Bill Proposes 'Health Record Trusts' That Pay Doctors To Use E-Health Records |
Electronic Health Record Use and the Quality of Ambulatory Care in the United States |
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Health Savings Accounts
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Kaiser's new plan offering / High deductibles with low premiums for Californians |
High-deductible health policies don't see growth |
Companies slow to pick up on HSAs |
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UnitedHealth sees explosion in HSA and HRA enrollments - San Francisco Business Times: |
Low Corporate Contributions to Health Savings Accounts Threaten Consumer-Driven Health Model, Vimo Report Warns |
New Law Encourages Use of Health Savings Accounts |
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Congress adopts measures to boost health savings accounts |
Plan for the effects of consumer-driven care |
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Single Payor Healthcare System
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Medicare For All |
Canada?s social system expected to collapse soon |
Health Insurance for All Is Considered in New Jersey |
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A Canadian Doctor Describes How Socialized Medicine Doesn't Work |
On The Fence Films : A Short Course in Brain Surgery |
