American Medical News 1992 Harris Meyer - Abstracts

American Medical News 1992 Harris Meyer
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1st federal practice guideline given; on pain management. (the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research released medical practice guideline on March 5, 1992)HealthHarris Meyer
AMA, AHA face tough issues in seeking reform truce. (American Medical Association, American Hospital Association; includes related article)HealthJanice Somerville, Harris Meyer
Border doctor's northern exposure lets him see both sides. (Ian Thompson, North Puget Sound Radiation Therapy Center)HealthHarris Meyer
Canada to reduce physician training slots in system overhaul.HealthHarris Meyer
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
Disability law fear: what price equal access? (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; includes related article on insurance restrictions)HealthBrian McCormick, Harris Meyer
Doctor strike over strict cap heralds new era in Canada.HealthHarris Meyer
Employers team up with providers to tackle costs, quality; hope to see savings of up to 20%.HealthHarris Meyer
Extent of future savings from managed care questioned.HealthHarris Meyer
Firm says PRO and 2 others stole review criteria. (InterQual, Parkside Health Management Corp, Datamed Inc, Crescent Counties Foundation for Medical Care)HealthHarris Meyer
Health insurers change tune on reform proposal. (Health Insurance Association of America)HealthHarris Meyer
House says cost criteria OK in guidelines, but not HMOs. (American Medical Association House of Delegates accepts clinical practice guidelines; health maintenance organizations)HealthHarris Meyer
Joint Commission bans sanitizing peer review records. (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations)HealthHarris Meyer
Joint commission to crack down on altering QA records. (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, quality assurance)HealthHarris Meyer
Lab attacks may become a federal crime. (House and Senate legislation to protect animal research facilities, farms, meat processors)HealthHarris Meyer
Medicare HMOs, popular in places, not fulfilling Bush hopes. (health maintenance organizations; part 2)HealthHarris Meyer
Medicine split on global budgeting as pressures mount. (Doctors' place at the bargaining table)HealthHarris Meyer
Mink-lab attack prompts new research fears. (Animal Liberation Front destroys University of Michigan environmental laboratory)HealthHarris Meyer
New conservative Dem bill; reform chances over for '92. (health reform proposal by Conservative Democratic Forum)HealthHarris Meyer
New PPOs to ease Medicare patients into networks; 1st step of Bush reform. (preferred provider organizations) (part 1)HealthHarris Meyer
NIH panel backs new gallbladder surgery but vague on credentialing. (National Institutes of Health)HealthHarris Meyer
N.Y., Pa. to report surgeons' bypass outcomes.HealthHarris Meyer
Path clear for AMA cooperation on new PRO pilot. (American Medical Association; peer review organizations)HealthHarris Meyer
Presidential race may revive health reform push.HealthHarris Meyer
Procedure cuts stays but still may increase health costs. (laparoscopic cholecystectomy)HealthHarris Meyer
RAND/AMA set appropriateness guidelines for 7 procedures. (criteria for performing controversial medical procedures)(includes related article)HealthHarris Meyer
Regulating the health race: managed competition plan gains favor but political pounding looms.HealthHarris Meyer
Seeking place at the bargaining table: Clinton meets with supporters of Canadian-style insurance. (President-elect Bill Clinton on health insurance reform)HealthHarris Meyer
Shooting the learning curve: laparoscopic surgery problems trigger moves for better control of new procedures. (includes related articles about consequences of physicians performing treatments that are new to them)HealthHarris Meyer
Single-payer, not play-or-pay, best for health reform: House Democrats say in survey.HealthHarris Meyer
States and feds bounce reform ball back and forth. (healthcare reform; includes related article on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's tests of reform alternatives)HealthHarris Meyer
States release hospital outcomes, charges; doctor data to follow.HealthHarris Meyer
Study dims hope small-group reform will expand coverage. (health insurance subsidy for small businesses)HealthHarris Meyer
Surgical self-regulation under fire. (complication rate for laparoscopic cholecystectomy highlights need for more stringent oversight of credentialing process for surgical techniques)HealthHarris Meyer
Tighter rules urged on new gallbladder surgery.HealthHarris Meyer
Transplant outcomes report stirs 'excellence' debate. (results of organ transplant centers)HealthHarris Meyer
U.S issues guidelines on adult urinary incontinence. (U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)HealthHarris Meyer
Washington state ponders government-based system.HealthHarris Meyer
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