| American Medical News 1996 Linda O. Prager |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| Agency shifts focus of guidelines work to research.(Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| AMA gets OK for accreditation, guidelines projects. (American Medical Association, American Medical Accreditation Program) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| AMA launches all-out effort to boost membership. (American Medical Association sees fewer doctors joining)(Annual Meeting News) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| As pressure grows, plan performance measures move toward outcomes. (quality of care measured by patient outcomes; report of Foundation for Accountability) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Board issuing more physician sanctions, but critics say 'wrist-slapping' isn't enough.(state medical licensing boards) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| California law requires accreditation for office surgery. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Capitation spurs doctor-driven utilitzation curbs, Calif. study finds.(hospital utilization) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| CMA subsidiary joins in evaluating California HMOs. (California Medical Association Institute for Medical Quality; health maintenance organizations) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Doctor-driven utilization controls: group cuts hospital stays 50% using protocols and home care. (physicians' group looks for effective ways to shorten hospitalization time) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Doctors see payoff in internal use of outcomes data. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Doctors vote on specialty to represent them in AMA house. (American Medical Association House of Delegates) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Dr. Seward lays cornerstone for AMA's next 150 years. (American Medical Association VP P. John Seward addresses group's 1996 Interim Meeting) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Gatekeepers on trial: primary care liability risks are rising with growth of managed care. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Groups embrace guidelines as part of managed care contract. (practice guidelines)(Guidelines on the Front Lines: An Occasional Series.) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Heart attacks a costly liability risk, insurer study finds. (Physician Insurers Association of America) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| House approves overhaul; coordination strategy, specialty ballot get nod. (new delegate rules for American Medical Association House of Representatives)(Annual Meeting News) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| House OKs 1-year ban on new patents for procedures. (Rep. Greg Ganske sponsors amendment which bars issuance of patents for medical procedures) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Inspector general: can PROs effectively teach and police? (Heath and Human Services; peer review organizations) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Joint Commission sets rules for performance systems.(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, medical organization performance evaluation systems) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Latest 'Consumer Reports' rates managed care plans.(periodical) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Massachusetts first up in AMA plan for doctor accreditation. (American Medical Association) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Mass. seeks to limit corporate role in clinical decisions. (Massachusetts) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| NCQA courts doctors with practicing physicians panel. (National Committee for Quality Assurance establishes Practicing Physicians Advisory Council) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| New quality commission cheered: health system advisers to include doctors, patients. (Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Nine Blues plans sign on to uniform medical policies. (Blue Cross plans) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Optometrists plead guilty to criminal price-fixing. (Texas' Lake Country Optometric Society) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Oregon profiling system: a model for the AMA? (Ambulatory Records Certification program; American Medical Association) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Pa. physicians incensed over hefty fees for malpractice fund. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Pa. physicians rally for tort reform; some risk licenses by refusing to pay premium surcharges. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Payers, providers open to AMA profiling ventures. (American Medical Association; Physician Performance Assessment Program) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Physician groups could be next target for NCQA quality measures. (National Committee for Quality Assurance) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Physicians surveyed about health plans. ('Physicians' Health Plan Assessment Survey') | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Physician voice issues take key role in managed care debate. (American Medical Association voices opposition to gag clauses, presses for physician autonomy) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Private accreditation too lax, consumer group charges. (Public Citizen criticizes Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Quality data target providers, payers. (use of physician-specific outcomes data in Pennsylvania and New York)(includes related article about practices in other states) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Quality group to form physician advisory panel. (National Committee for Quality Assurance) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Quality tools pare liability risk. (identifying physicians with practice problems) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Questions raised about impact of guidelines in Maine project. (practice guidelines as a liability defense) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Reducing medical errors. (conference looks for ways to reduce errors in healthcare field) (includes related article on nonpunitive error reporting) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Survey questions usefulness of cardiac mortality data. (impact on cardiac care) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| The science of measuring satisfaction; physician groups try to find insight in reading patient ratings. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Tort reform focus now shifts to state legislative action. (medical reform) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Young physicians press for solutions to doctor glut. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| YPS: more to quality than board certification. (American Medical Association Young Physician Section) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
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