| American Medical News 1997 Linda O. Prager |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| Aetna challenges Texas law lifting HMOs' ERISA shield.(Aetna Health Plans of Texas, Employee Retirement Income Security Act) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| AMA blasts accreditor's review of credentials checkers. (American Medical Association) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| AMA to revise Sunbeam deal; leaders defend educational goal, but financial aspects draw criticism.(American Medical Association's marketing deal with Sunbeam Corp.) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Arizona court upholds medical board's right to discipline HMO doctor for UR decision.(John F. Murphy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Can new cost data save fate of liability reform in budget bill?(medical liability, 1997 budget bill) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| IMG's get their own section. (international medical graduates) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Joint commission to require outcomes data reports.(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Kaiser looks to overhaul arbitration. | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| NCQA widens its scope. (National Committee for Quality Assurance; includes related articles on certification, standards) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| OMSS takes on new 'how-to' function in revamp.(American Medical Association's Organized Medical Staff Section) | Health | Brian McCormick, Linda O. Prager |
| Oxford's gambit: specialist teams, doctor-specific data. (Oxford Health Plans Inc.) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Panel at work on patient bill of rights.(Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Physicians leery about PRO changes; HCFA to propose streamlining complaint process, giving patients more information.(Health Care Financing Administration proposal to streamline Medicare PRO's beneficiary complaint process) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Polls reveal patient angst about quality of health care. (two surveys illustrate widespread concerns about cost, lack of information) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Profiling gains acceptance within profession. (performance measurement of physicians)(includes related article on profiling's contribution to preventive care) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| Specialty of house: more representation.(American Medical Association House of Delegates) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| 'The bar has been set high': New AMA accreditation program sets high standards; now seeks participants.(American Medical Association) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
| YPS seeks AMA help to tackle restrictive covenants.(Young Physicians Section, American Medical Association) | Health | Linda O. Prager |
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