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Managed Care March 2001 Bob Carlson |
State Experiences Suggests Thompson, Bush a Tough Team People who know George W. Bush and Tommy Thompson best predict that between them, these former governors will get a patients-rights bill through Congress and make the federal health care bureaucracy work better...  |
Managed Care March 2001 Mark D. Abruzzo |
'Final' Stark Regulations Still a Work in Progress The Stark Law generally prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients for certain designated health services to entities with which the physician (or immediate family members) has a financial relationship...  |
Managed Care March 2001 |
Premiums outstrip medical costs for first time in 6 years Whether this pricing tactic helps health plans return to profitability remains to be seen, but it appears the industry's financial picture is brightening...  |
Reason April 2001 Ronald Bailey |
Goddamn the Pusher Man Why does everybody seem to hate the pharmaceutical industry?  |
Salon.com March 19, 2001 Ben Barber |
Fighting the plague The World Trade Organization steps into Africa's AIDS crisis, creating incentives for pharmaceutical companies to give some of their drugs away.  |
American Family Physician March 15, 2001 Thomas Hooton & Stuart Levy |
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Plan of Action for Community Practice Antibiotic resistance was once confined primarily to hospitals but is becoming increasingly prevalent in family practice settings, making daily therapeutic decisions more challenging.  |
American Family Physician March 15, 2001 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter AAFP Seeks Physicians to be Key Legislative Contacts... Online Site Offers Latest Health News... HRSA Awards $42.3 Million for Early HIV Treatment... President's Prescription Drug Proposal at Issue... NRHA Issues Legislative Agenda for 2001... U.S. Registry Created for Alopecia Areata... AHRQ Awards $5.5 Million for Domestic Violence Research...  |
American Family Physician March 15, 2001 Sarah Morgan & Lori Parry |
Quantum Sufficit Weather forecasts designed to give hospitals and primary care physicians early warning of projected increases in illnesses and injuries... 11 things physicians can do to build good doctor-patient relationships... Teaching hospitals vs. nonteaching facilities...  |
PC World March 15, 2001 Andrew Brandt |
Privacy Watch: Medical Records Privacy Law Threatened A handful of insurance and medical industry companies want to sell your personal data. A look at the current state of the law in the U.S.  |
Salon.com March 8, 2001 Amy Standen |
Ready for some lockjaw? There's no profit in the tetanus vaccine business, so a rare and hideous disease may soon strike more Americans...  |
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