American Medical News 1992 Brian McCormick - Abstracts

American Medical News 1992 Brian McCormick
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Allegations of therapist-patient sex trigger media frenzy. (case of Margaret Bean-Bayog)HealthBrian McCormick
Alternate dispute resolution key to Bush reform plan. (health care reform plan)HealthBrian McCormick
AMA enters doctor's lawsuit to 'opt out' of Medicare. (American Medical Association; suit pertaining to Medicare patients making private payment arrangements with doctors)HealthBrian McCormick
AMA reverses self-referral stance; exceptions cited, but house says practice is generally to be avoided. (American Medical Association House of Delegates) (Interim Meeting)HealthBrian McCormick
AMA seeks approval for collective bargaining by doctors.HealthBrian McCormick
AMA, state society on opposite sides. (Medical Society of New Jersey; self-referral)HealthBrian McCormick
AMA urges OK for local fee review; medical society panel could set pace for aggressive self-regulation.HealthBrian McCormick
AMA wants input in health reform plans. (American Medical Association)HealthBrian McCormick
Antitrust exemption proposal garners AMA support. (American Medical Association)HealthBrian McCormick
Article 99.HealthBrian McCormick
Bush administration stance on self-insurance raises concerns. (includes case highlights)HealthBrian McCormick
Canadians vow 'zero tolerance' for sex abuse by doctors.HealthBrian McCormick
Cancer concerns tied to peer review? (physician charges hospital used peer review to silence him)HealthBrian McCormick
Changing times: as a candidate, Bill Clinton made promises about health care. As president, what will he deliver?HealthBrian McCormick, Diane M. Gianelli, Laurie Jones, Howard Larkin, Harris Meyer, Linda H. Oberman
Commitment to caring is key to success. (attitude of incoming American Medical Association Auxiliary president Priscilla Gerber)HealthBrian McCormick
Competition causes shift among doctor insurers. (physician-owned professional liability insurers) (includes related articles)HealthBrian McCormick
Cost of liability depends on how you count. (physician's liability)HealthBrian McCormick
Deficient medical system could have cost lives in Gulf war.HealthBrian McCormick
Delays and costs are growing in malpractice courts.HealthBrian McCormick
Delegates consider slate of liability issues. (American Medical Association House of Delegates) (Interim Meeting)HealthBrian McCormick
Disabilities act will turn some physicians into plaintiffs. (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)HealthBrian McCormick
Disability law fear: what price equal access? (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; includes related article on insurance restrictions)HealthBrian McCormick, Harris Meyer
Doctors fighting back, taking lawyers to court.HealthBrian McCormick
Doctors' place at the bargaining table. (role of physicians in medical policy formulation)HealthBrian McCormick
Drug trafficking conviction overturned in cocaine-baby case.HealthBrian McCormick
Economic credentialing cases suggest: job over money. (physicians sue for hospital privileges)HealthBrian McCormick
Ethical issues playing increasing role in treatment. (Third International Conference on Health Law and Ethics)HealthBrian McCormick
Ethics panel spells out physician role in executions. (guidelines from the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs)HealthBrian McCormick
Feds claim victory in limiting 'self-referral.' (physician joint ventures)HealthBrian McCormick
Flaws surfacing in use of advance directives. (advance medical directives)HealthBrian McCormick
Florida restrictions include rate-setting provision. (Patient Self-Referral Act)HealthBrian McCormick
Fraud-busting efforts get house seal of approval. (delegates to American Medical Association Interim Meeting approve of the organization's efforts to stop physician fraud)HealthBrian McCormick
FTC warns: Crackdown coming on some self-referrals. (Federal Trade Commission)HealthBrian McCormick
Government questions motive in private contracting suit. (physician and Medicare patients seek right to contract for services independently)HealthBrian McCormick
Guarding against inappropriate transfers. (patient screening systems)HealthBrian McCormick
Guidelines may focus stricter look at mergers. (federal guidelines, merger of corporations)HealthBrian McCormick
Health fraud prosecutors increasingly turning to civil arena.HealthBrian McCormick
HHS ruling keeps the heat on physician self-referral. (Health and Human Services broadens anti-kickback law)HealthBrian McCormick
Higher premiums could spur renewed tort reform interest. (includes related articles)HealthBrian McCormick
Hospital ordered to hire pharmacist with HIV. (Westchester Counter Medical Center, Valhalla, New York)HealthBrian McCormick
Hospitals settle suit alleging anti-competitive ad rules.HealthBrian McCormick
Is economic credentialing really thriving? (hospital survey; includes related article on damage suit by anesthesiologist Jan Robert Purgess)HealthBrian McCormick
Judges more likely to side with malpractice plaintiffs.HealthBrian McCormick
Justice stance: no such thing as 'small' fraud. (FBI and the Justice Department)HealthBrian McCormick
Liability insurers still concerned with HIV transmission risk. (from physician to patient)HealthBrian McCormick
Medicare can extrapolate to demand repayment. (calculation of overcharges from sample audit)HealthBrian McCormick
Medicine, law urged to focus more on organ donations.HealthBrian McCormick
Mild reaction to silicone liability risk. (beast implants)HealthBrian McCormick
More than the poor: courts and Congress expand scope of patient transfer law. (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act; includes related article)HealthBrian McCormick
Most doctors say they practice defensive medicine. (American Medical Association survey)HealthBrian McCormick
N.Y. charge limits overturned; victory may be fleeting. (limits on billing Medicare patients)HealthBrian McCormick
Organized medicine's open door. (to gas and lesbian physicians; includes related article)HealthBrian McCormick
Perjury charges stem from medical expert's testimony. (Anthony Palmaccio, witness in malpractice case)HealthBrian McCormick
Physical therapists push self-referral ban in Missouri.HealthBrian McCormick
Private contracting suit dismissed, but plaintiffs claim victory. (Stewart vs. Sullivan; Medicare patients and doctor sue for right to arrange private payment system)HealthBrian McCormick
Professional autonomy: incoming AMA president wants to listen to the voices of individual physicians. (John Lee Clowe)HealthBrian McCormick
Providers told to work with payers to ensure role in reform. (Interim Meeting)HealthBrian McCormick
Psychiatrist gives up license to avert disciplinary hearing. (Margaret Bean-Bayog)HealthBrian McCormick
Referral ban softened: frustrated physicians OK self-referral if doctors disclose ownership interests.HealthBrian McCormick
Researchers look to drastic malpractice system reforms.HealthBrian McCormick
Self-referral divestiture. (physician joint ventures are quickly becoming a thing of the past)HealthBrian McCormick
Self-referral restrictions hit New York.HealthBrian McCormick
Self-referral tug of war: Ethical policy vs. state politics.HealthBrian McCormick
Setbacks on self-referral bans: some doctors heartened, but others say tightening trend continues.HealthBrian McCormick
Something for everyone: both sides claim victory in latest antitrust ruling. (case against dentists in Tucson, Arizona)HealthBrian McCormick
Suit aims to stop Medicare ban on private contracts. (private payment arrangements with physicians)HealthBrian McCormick
The fraud police; AMA joins FBI effort to identify and thwart health care fraud. ('Operation Goldpill')HealthBrian McCormick
The man who would save the system. (Dr. Billy Jones)HealthBrian McCormick
The many faces of economic credentialing.HealthBrian McCormick, Howard Larkin
Tort reform proponents want losers to pay legal costs.HealthBrian McCormick
Use of drug trafficking law hit in cocaine-baby case. (Jennifer Johnson convicted of delivering drugs through umbilical cord)HealthBrian McCormick
What office changes are required under disabilities act? (1990 American with Disabilities Act)HealthBrian McCormick
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