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December

� Washington state denies Blues plan's rate hike request - Dec. 30
� Montana wants all residents to get Medicaid drug discounts - Dec. 28
� Texas officials seek flexibility on Medicaid coverage - Dec. 27
� Tennessee physicians to receive refunds in overpayment lawsuit - Dec. 27
� West Virginia hospital, health centers to sue state over inadequate Medicaid pay - Dec. 21
� Cardiologist cost Medicare millions in fraud, Senate Finance Committee alleges - Dec. 21
� Connecticut denies 20% hike in Anthem premiums - Dec. 21
� California fines 7 hospitals for breaches of patient data - Dec. 21
� New Pennsylvania law requires physicians to wear photo IDs - Dec. 20
� Private insurers found to control spending better than Medicare - Dec. 17
� Humana to pay $790 million for clinic chain - Dec. 15
� California hospitals, physicians may recoup millions in insurer payments - Dec. 13
� Medical home model beginning in Connecticut - Dec. 7
� Nearly half of new physicians in Illinois relocate - Dec. 3
� Anthem pays California hospitals $1.6 million in claims dispute - Dec. 2

November

� Medicare physician pay cut gets monthlong delay from Congress - Nov. 29
� Connecticut medical society testifies against Anthem rate hike - Nov. 29
� Health plans wonder about their role in ACOs - Nov. 29
� Medicaid managed care plan draws fire for lavish spending - Nov. 24
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: PECOS problems must be addressed - Nov. 22
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: CEJA forum debates limits of personal beliefs - Nov. 22
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Delegates approve guidelines for ACOs - Nov. 22
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Advanced care plans should be discussed - Nov. 22
� Discussion: A victory for the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship - Nov. 22
� Connecticut insurance commissioner resigns amid outcry over rate hike - Nov. 18
� Impact of California's Medicaid physician pay cut wasn't assessed properly, state court judge says - Nov. 15
� Federal rule drastically cuts wellness program in West Virginia - Nov. 12
� LA expands WellPoint lawsuit while targeting another insurer - Nov. 9
� Pertussis vaccine guidelines expand as disease spreads - Nov. 8
� Regional extension centers: Worth another look? - Nov. 8
� Alabama Medicaid drug formula could be model for other states - Nov. 2
� California nurse anesthetists can practice independently, judge rules - Nov. 1
� Wrong-patient, wrong-site procedures persist despite safety protocol - Nov. 1
� Louisiana cuts Medicaid pay again as state faces budget shortfall - Nov. 1
� Conn. insurance rate hikes prompt outcry amid politically charged backdrop - Nov. 1
� Michigan Blues defends use of "most-favored-nation" clauses - Nov. 1

October

� Tool kit aims to prepare physicians for legal implications of social media - Oct. 28
� Health Net to pay $1.9 million fine for incomplete benefit forms - Oct. 28
� Economic credentialing policy struck down by Arkansas high court - Oct. 18
� California counties get 2nd chance to challenge Medicare payments - Oct. 18
� California first to OK insurance exchange outlined under health system reform - Oct. 18
� Massachusetts pressing for shift to global payment system - Oct. 15
� Liability cap affirmed by Maryland high court - Oct. 14
� 20-state lawsuit challenging health reform law allowed to proceed - Oct. 14
� "Speed dating" growing as patients, doctors look to strike a match - Oct. 11
� Accountable care organization set up by Cigna, Atlanta physicians' group - Oct. 8
� Chicago doctors to spread system of reporting, reducing medical errors - Oct. 6
� Virginia struggles to retain physicians - Oct. 5
� HIV patients' privacy questioned by ACLU - Oct. 1

September

� Florida prescription drug monitoring program in jeopardy - Sept. 28
� Physician background doesn't tell the whole quality story - Sept. 27
� Physician practices have "multiplier effect" on local economies - Sept. 27
� California physicians sue over quality ratings - Sept. 27
� HHS call for more insured children clashes with state budget troubles - Sept. 20
� Doctor sells coffee to help Rwanda's poor - Sept. 20
� United's alleged violations balloon to nearly 1 million - Sept. 20
� 2 Medicare Advantage plans to join forces in $545 million deal - Sept. 17
� Health reform amendment thrown off Florida ballot - Sept. 13
� California adopting new insurance rate-setting rules - Sept. 13
� Ohio physicians team up with online lab firm to provide low-cost blood tests - Sept. 8
� N.C. Blues' request for 7% rate hike is lowest in 3 years - Sept. 8
� Oklahoma court halts 1% health plan tax - Sept. 7
� Feature: Katrina's legacy: Rethinking medical disaster planning - Sept. 6
� Patients' privacy, medical board's authority collide - Sept. 6
� Making movies and TV shows a family affair - Sept. 6
� Delaware Blues seeks merger with deep-pocketed Highmark - Sept. 6
� WellPoint becomes latest to open retail insurance store - Sept. 6

August

� Oregon could provide case study on uninsured - Aug. 27
� Donkey Kong doctor loses throne, bragging rights - Aug. 24
� Pennsylvania insurance regulator to oversee health exchanges - Aug. 23
� Prescription data opt-out law upheld in Maine - Aug. 23
� Health credit cards under scrutiny by N.Y. attorney general - Aug. 23
� Fraud allegations to cost WellCare $427 million - Aug. 20
� Physician assistants can't perform needle electrodiagnostic tests, N.J. rules - Aug. 19
� Missouri voters reject federal insurance mandate - Aug. 19
� Tech company joins AMA's physician portal - Aug. 18
� Feature: Katrina's legacy: Moving beyond the storm - Aug. 16
� Doctor-pharmacist teamwork can apply to many settings - Aug. 16
� Doctor creates software to help kids "think like a king" - Aug. 16
� United-Health Net deal survives legal challenge - Aug. 16
� Arkansas doctor guilty in bombing that injured medical board chair - Aug. 9
� Plagiarism evidence found in residency applications - Aug. 9
� N.J. medical liability ruling gives patients flexibility in certification requirement - Aug. 9
� Virginia health reform suit avoids dismissal - Aug. 9
� Iowa practices get recruiting help from state medical society - Aug. 2
� Medical team gives Oregon woman a new face - Aug. 2
� Feature: Medical homes for Medicaid: The North Carolina model - Aug. 2
� Tenn. firm barred from pursuing alleged overpayments - Aug. 2

July

� Pertussis epidemic in California linked to vaccination gaps - July 26
� Health Net settles with Connecticut over data breach - July 26
� Illinois doctors to advise state officials on insurance complaints - July 23
� Emergency department visits increase in Massachusetts - July 21
� California doctors could face sanctions for letting unlicensed IMGs treat patients - July 20
� Anthem, Aetna submit new rate requests in California - July 19
� Physician payment can vary widely for same procedures - July 12
� Medicaid funding extension hitting roadblocks in Congress - July 12
� San Francisco plan for uninsured withstands final legal challenge - July 9
� Minnesota nurses vote to accept contract - July 7
� Nurse labor unrest hits two states - July 2
� Prompt-pay law extension vetoed in Georgia - July 1

June

� News AMA meeting: Hospitals may be trying to recoup settlement money - June 28
� What editorial writers are saying about medical marijuana laws - June 21
� Mass. physicians likely to see pay cuts - June 21
� Health plans consider adding "meaningful use" criteria in physician contracts - June 21
� Physician cost profiling varies widely, depending on formula used - June 17
� Idaho orthopedists settle antitrust case over alleged insurer boycotts - June 16
� U.S. opposes legal challenge to San Francisco employer mandate - June 14
� Wait time anxiety may be defused with information - June 14
� News AMA meeting: Renewed call for permanent solution to SGR - June 12
� Balance billing dispute settled in California - June 10
� Health plan mergers may face stricter scrutiny - June 10
� N.J. Blues executive pay comes under attack - June 8
� Liability cap faces legal challenge in West Virginia - June 4

May

� Physician Medicaid payments cut by 7% in Minnesota - May 31
� No economic hardship exception in Mass. health law - May 31
� Doctor's honey makes money for Tenn. hospital - May 31
� What editorial writers are saying about state efforts to restrict abortion - May 24
� EMR use in hospitals can increase costs - May 21
� New Missouri law requires faster insurance payments - May 20
� CHIP, Medicaid cuts in Arizona on hold for now - May 18
� Can doctors be compelled to provide futile care? - May 17
� Medicaid reform in Florida put on hold until next year - May 17
� Hospitals exchange of cost data clears antitrust hurdle - May 17
� Doctors rewarded by organized medicine's legal victories - May 17
� WellPoint rate hike proposal ignites second political firestorm - May 17
� Primary care shortage evident in Connecticut - May 11
� Pulitzer Prize awarded to physician for Katrina coverage - May 10
� Abortion restrictions: States test new tactics - May 10
� Quality reporting program loses backing of California Medical Assn. - May 10
� Colorado moves to start implementing health reform - May 6
� Hospital fulfills subpoena, gets hit with privacy suit - May 3
� Claims-based database promises greater transparency - May 3
� Pa. court orders state to restore medical liability funds - May 3

April

� Georgia doctors must be allowed to join Blues HMO - April 30
� Medicare fraud penalties tougher under proposed bill - April 29
� Colorado tax funds Medicaid expansion, hospital pay raise - April 28
� Data breach at Tennessee Blues could affect 1 million patients - April 27
� Infection checklist effort expands, but national rates unchanged - April 26
� Temporary high-risk insurance pools to start in July - April 26
� Medicare pay cut stopped again; doctors decry lack of permanent fix - April 26
� Maryland high court to address general liability cap - April 22
� N.Y. Blues' plan directors bump up their own salaries - April 21
� Tobacco tax increases not funding smoking prevention - April 20
� Doctor discipline by state boards increasing - April 19
� Illinois hospital not charitable enough to merit tax exemption - April 19
� Telemedicine coverage now mandated in Virginia - April 19
� Donkey Kong record now held by plastic surgeon - April 19
� Tough toenails? Doctor's "piggy paste" goes to market - April 19
� Insurance premium hikes pit health plans against states - April 19
� Tort reforms enacted in Utah - April 15
� Insurance preauthorization denials spark inquiries - April 15
� Health reform's next challenge: Who will care for the newly insured? - April 12
� H1N1 spike in Georgia raises concerns of possible third wave - April 12
� Physician profiling found wrong 22% of the time - April 12
� Oregon bill would let psychologists prescribe - April 9
� Tort reform: Damage cap struck down in Georgia, upheld in Missouri - April 5
� Health reform law, Arizona Medicaid cuts at odds - April 5
� Health reform faces state suits over insurance mandate - April 5
� Feature: Access to care: Communities aim to fill health care gap - April 5
� Ohio doctors get help turning inventions into products - April 5
� Highmark sues to block state review of Blues competition - April 5
� Insurance premium rate hikes delayed, revoked - April 2

March

� Health care cuts upheld by California court - March 29
� Tort reform faces constitutional challenge in Washington - March 26
� Assisted suicide laws cited in 95 deaths in Washington, Oregon - March 25
� California medical board furloughs ruled legal - March 22
� Health plan merger in Mich. abandoned after regulators object - March 22
� Quality care brings physicians higher pay - March 18
� Physician groups, hospitals seen driving health care costs in California - March 17
� AMA announces more partners in Web portal project - March 16
� Skyrocketing health premiums drawing scrutiny from states - March 15
� Discount medical plans come under state scrutiny - March 8
� Health plans extend their market dominance - March 8
� United withdraws request for patient records in Connecticut - March 2
� Infection rates drop as Michigan hospitals turn to checklists - March 1
� Fla. doctor beats insurer -- in small claims court - March 1
� Oklahoma physicians see Medicaid pay cut reduced - March 1
� Discussion: Fighting to protect tort reform laws - March 1
� Boston hospital giving raises again; doctors took pay cut - March 1

February

� Flu-shot mandate nets 98% vaccination rate in Mo. health system - Feb. 26
� MultiPlan clarifies re-credentialing letters - Feb. 25
� Doctors who aid in executions unlikely to face sanctions - Feb. 22
� Calif. doctors sue to ensure nurse anesthetists are supervised - Feb. 22
� Cost increases tied to market power's impact on payment: Mass. study - Feb. 22
� N.H. high court halts state raid on liability fund - Feb. 22
� Smokers need not apply at Tenn. health system - Feb. 19
� Conn. doctors left out of Anthem's "most-favored" policy waiver - Feb. 17
� Liability cap shot down by Illinois high court - Feb. 15
� Health insurance mandates face resistance from states - Feb. 15
� Conn. doctors wary of faxes seeking patient data - Feb. 15
� N.Y., Minnesota consider new rules on pharma gifts - Feb. 12
� Physician rights reaffirmed by Florida ruling - Feb. 11
� Highmark resists state review of Blues competition - Feb. 11
� Hawaii considers medical spending threshold for insurers - Feb. 11
� Work force issues to be examined in physician survey - Feb. 10
� Indiana, North Carolina host Medicare quality demos - Feb. 10
� Telehealth network expanded in California - Feb. 9
� Calif. limits how long HMO patients wait for appointments - Feb. 8
� Pa. Blues plan may pursue capitation - Feb. 8
� "Speed dating" matches physicians, patients - Feb. 8
� Wisconsin high court to rule on liability fund raid - Feb. 5
� Insurer invites members to rate coverage - Feb. 5
� Kansas Medicaid call center staying open - Feb. 4
� Florida's health plan for the uninsured has few takers - Feb. 1
� Surgery center wins right to pursue antitrust claim - Feb. 1
� Discussion: Protection from prying eyes: Physician Medicare data stays confidential - Feb. 1
� Connecticut sues Health Net over data security breach - Feb. 1
� Conn. medical society sues to block United-Health Net deal - Feb. 1

January

� Maryland high court upholds medical liability cap - Jan. 28
� Medicaid fraud in Florida highest for home health services - Jan. 27
� Halting ambulance diversions didn't affect ED waits - Jan. 25
� Tobacco, texting, trans fats all subject to new state laws - Jan. 25
� Idaho, Illinois allow external review of insurance denials - Jan. 25
� Phishing schemes are becoming sneakier in targeting doctors - Jan. 25
� Arkansas doctor charged in bombing that injured another physician - Jan. 20
� Calif. budget proposal requests $6.9 billion in federal funds - Jan. 19
� Physician-assisted suicide legal in Montana, court rules - Jan. 18
� Organized medicine pushes back on expansions of scope of practice - Jan. 18
� Automakers transfer retiree health benefits - Jan. 18
� Ohio launches hospital comparison Web site - Jan. 14
� Anthem's "most-favored-nation" contracting under scrutiny - Jan. 13
� Coventry buys Wichita plan, adds 120,000 members - Jan. 12
� Kansas cuts Medicaid physician pay by 10% - Jan. 11
� Appeals court rejects effort to sell Medicare physician claims data - Jan. 11
� Medicaid rolls grew 5% in 2008 - Jan. 5
� Ohio court to decide what damages are reasonable - Jan. 4

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