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