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December

� Court: Patients can't file federal privacy suits against doctors - Dec. 25
� Doctors may not be ready for single ID - Dec. 25
� Brief: Most uninsured not rich enough or poor enough to get coverage - Dec. 25
� Brief: FDA chief confirmed - Dec. 25
� Brief: Health plans must reveal Medicaid pay rates, Conn. court says - Dec. 25
� Last-minute Medicare pay package freezes rates, adds reporting bonus - Dec. 25
� Medicare begins posting physician price information online - Dec. 18
� New York health plan merger sparks fears of insurer monopoly - Dec. 18
� Court to rule on dying patients' access to experimental drugs - Dec. 18
� Brief: Medicare pays HMOs better than traditional plans - Dec. 18
� Brief: Dr. Frist nixes White House bid - Dec. 18
� Brief: Lawyers sue over Ill. liability cap - Dec. 18
� Medicare touts audit plan's success as doctors decry "bounty hunters" - Dec. 18
� Employee health coverage dips - Dec. 11
� Medicaid Commission adopts reform plan - Dec. 11
� Part D formulary guideline changes proposed - Dec. 11
� SCHIP renewal expected, but funding remains the question - Dec. 11
� Medicare drug price push faces hurdles - Dec. 11
� Brief: Mass. residents support universal care law, poll finds - Dec. 11
� Brief: Mont. hospital drops suit against physician-owned facility - Dec. 11
� Story Comment: Delegates say insurers should have same deadlines as doctors - Dec. 4
� Story Comment: AMA hits making any immigrant care illegal - Dec. 4
� Oregon to consider universal coverage proposals next year - Dec. 4
� New Congress necessitates a fresh look at tort reform measures, physicians say - Dec. 4
� Story Comment: Pay-for-performance draws doctors' ire - Dec. 4
� Brief: Insurer group's plan would cover most uninsured Americans - Dec. 4
� Brief: AMA to shore up emergency system - Dec. 4
� Brief: Promoting Medicare preventive care - Dec. 4
� Brief: AMA to push government to change Medicaid citizenship rule for newborns - Dec. 4
� Brief: AMA health system reform plan updated - Dec. 4
� Brief: AMA: Cigarettes should be fire-safe - Dec. 4
� Story Comment: Effort to stop Medicare cuts hits 11th hour - Dec. 4

November

� Pay-for-performance benefits are unproven, panel says - Nov. 27
� South Dakota votes down law to make performing abortions a felony - Nov. 27
� Brief: Texas doctor wins and loses in congressional bid - Nov. 27
� National health priorities shift as Democrats take control of Congress - Nov. 27
� Medicare E&M boost negated by 5% pay cut; specialists hit harder - Nov. 20
� Washington Supreme Court upholds doctor's right to sell medication - Nov. 20
� CMS plans to open drug data to researchers - Nov. 20
� Brief: Contractors tracking Medicare payments doing fine, audit says - Nov. 20
� Brief: N.Y. offers high-deductible plan - Nov. 20
� Brief: Pennsylvania expands SCHIP access - Nov. 20
� Brief: Utah helps pay for health insurance - Nov. 20
� Brief: Jury finds against Amerigroup in Illinois patient discrimination case - Nov. 20
� Brief: Study finds little difference in adverse outcomes between care settings - Nov. 20
� Mixed results for consumer-directed health plans - Nov. 13
� Generic biologicals blocked by lack of federal approval process - Nov. 13
� High court OKs doctors' suits over insurance pay - Nov. 13
� Brief: Study: Americans increasingly concerned about health care costs - Nov. 13
� Medicare D round two: Patients will have questions; here are answers - Nov. 13
� U.S. health care satisfaction paradox - Nov. 13
� Medicaid payment inching up - Nov. 6
� MedPAC developing options for Medicare formula - Nov. 6
� Florida doctors and lawyers turn to waivers after tort ruling - Nov. 6
� Details emerge on new pay-for-performance test plan - Nov. 6
� Feature: The cost of confusion: Trying to decipher FTC's rules on negotiation - Nov. 6
� Brief: Family physicians to rate insurance companies - Nov. 6
� Brief: Former FDA chief pleads guilty - Nov. 6
� Brief: Medicare error rate drops - Nov. 6

October

� Health care premiums increase more slowly - Oct. 23
� Security problems found in Medicare computer network - Oct. 23
� Health IT bills stall in Congress - Oct. 23
� Texas dermatologist running for Congress - Oct. 23
� Brief: Ind. court rules against search of minors' patient files - Oct. 23
� Brief: Medicare acting chief takes reins - Oct. 23
� Doctors brace for fallout as seniors hit gap in Medicare drug coverage - Oct. 23
� Growing Hispanic populations present health care challenges - Oct. 16
� Illinois Supreme Court issues abortion parental consent rules - Oct. 16
� 3rd HIPAA criminal case hints at federal tactics - Oct. 16
� U.S. to ease Canadian drug import rule - Oct. 16
� Brief: Most uninsured kids have working parents - Oct. 16
� Brief: Pediatric group settles whistle-blower lawsuit - Oct. 16
� Out of time: Medicare pay revisions on hold until after November elections - Oct. 16
� Feature: Medicare payment -- past, present, future: Promise and challenges - Oct. 9
� Montana specialty hospital fight goes to state's high court - Oct. 9
� Brief: Federal advisory group calls for coverage for all by 2012 - Oct. 9
� Brief: Judge throws out challenge to Medicaid proof-of-citizenship rule - Oct. 9
� Brief: Bill would close SCHIP funding hole - Oct. 9
� Brief: Calif. universal health bill vetoed - Oct. 9
� Brief: Drug price increases slow down in second quarter - Oct. 9
� Physician service growth rate slows, easing Medicare premium increase - Oct. 9
� Rating Medicare carriers: Physicians mostly satisfied - Oct. 9
� HHS chief: Get ready for quality reporting - Oct. 2
� Feature: Medicare payment -- past, present, future: A "rational" system unraveled - Oct. 2
� Brief: Compounded drugs don't need FDA approval, federal court rules - Oct. 2
� Brief: HSA users satisfied, GAO finds - Oct. 2

September

� Feature: Medicare payment -- past, present, future: Prelude to a crisis - Sept. 25
� CMS chief to leave agency; claims drug benefit top triumph - Sept. 25
� Brief: Cancer drug case settled - Sept. 25
� Brief: Medicare coverage of cancer drugs - Sept. 25
� Brief: Perspectives on Medicare Part D - Sept. 25
� Brief: Public health contractors' security breaches - Sept. 25
� AMA steps up education efforts to patients, Congress to show impact of Medicare pay cut - Sept. 25
� Uninsured climb to 46.6 million - Sept. 18
� Connecticut groups sue to find out Medicaid HMO physician pay rates - Sept. 18
� Medicare is going on a short physician payment "holiday" - Sept. 18
� Brief: Medicare chief to leave post - Sept. 18
� Brief: Letter tells beneficiaries how to handle accidental Medicare premium checks - Sept. 18
� Americans calling for health care system reform - Sept. 18
� Georgia doctors take on Medicaid HMOs over slow pay - Sept. 11
� North Carolina project aims to shorten wait times for pediatric subspecialists - Sept. 11
� Brief: Medicare wants back millions in accidental Part D payments - Sept. 11
� Brief: Cleveland hospital system settles whistle-blower lawsuit - Sept. 11
� Price-posting initiative raises concerns about implementation - Sept. 11
� More conditions, more costs - Sept. 11
� Federal health IT bill reignites debate on patient privacy - Sept. 4
� Court vindicates Nevada doctor in latest twist of fraud case - Sept. 4
� Feature: Medicare pumps up cardiac rehab: Value well-documented - Sept. 4
� Brief: Mo. physician group loses antitrust case against hospital - Sept. 4
� Paperwork, low pay driving physicians from Medicaid - Sept. 4

August

� California moves to stop balance billing by emergency physicians - Aug. 28
� Moratorium for doctor-owned specialty hospitals now over - Aug. 28
� Brief: Drugmaker settles pricing suit - Aug. 28
� Brief: Senators aim to postpone imaging cuts - Aug. 28
� Brief: Medicare proposes new ambulatory surgery center rates - Aug. 28
� Medicare pay cut grows to 5.1%; physicians press for legislative fix - Aug. 28
� Off-label probes are looking into physicians' role - Aug. 21
� San Francisco plan to cover everyone - Aug. 21
� Brief: Blues' pay policy upheld by Calif. court - Aug. 21
� Seniors happy with Medicare Part D - Aug. 21
� Federal court overturns Md. employer mandate - Aug. 14
� House passes bill encouraging health IT - Aug. 14
� Brief: Federal government offers state grants to improve Medicaid - Aug. 14
� Brief: Uninsured rates higher for Hispanics, blacks - Aug. 14
� Brief: Medtronic settles kickback allegations - Aug. 14
� Bill would scrap Medicare formula, raise physician reimbursement - Aug. 14
� Doctors fear Medicare hospital pay changes may hurt care - Aug. 7
� States focus on doctor arrangements with imaging centers - Aug. 7
� Feature: Limiting access: Will Medicaid fail its citizenship test? - Aug. 7
� Brief: Plans fined under N.Y. prompt-pay law - Aug. 7
� Pre-election push on to fix Medicare payment - Aug. 7

July

� "Pay-for-quality" pilot project gets high marks - July 24
� Bill would crack down on dietary aids - July 24
� Brief: Part D plans' call centers get mixed reviews from GAO - July 24
� Medicaid citizenship rule eased, but access concerns persist - July 24
� Medicare Part D: Taking plans to task - July 24
� Medicare takes AMA advice, proposes E&M pay boost - July 17
� California doctors, hospitals battle Blues' new fee schedule - July 17
� Senate weighs alternatives to medical liability system - July 17
� MedPAC starts testing doctor efficiency - July 17
� Brief: High court takes on another "partial-birth" abortion case - July 17
� Brief: Bill would put a moratorium on Medicare imaging cuts - July 17
� Consumer groups report hike in Medicare Part D drug prices - July 10
� News Physicians push to delay move to new ICD code set - July 10
� Arrested development: The case for studying medical marijuana - July 10
� Brief: S.D. abortion ban to go to voters - July 10
� Brief: Uninsured figures show improvement - July 10
� News AMA to study drug pricing to see if limits are warranted - July 3
� News Liability and licensure hassles impede disaster response - July 3
� News Doctors vote to fight Medicare imaging cuts and audit project - July 3
� News AMA: More U.S. funds needed for immigrants' charity care - July 3
� Brief: AMA to work with scope partnership to oppose naturopaths' med licensure - July 3
� Brief: Doctors shouldn't be held at fault for bad advice from Medicare carriers - July 3
� Brief: AMA takes action on physician visas - July 3
� Brief: AMA adopts measure to boost doctors' bargaining power with health plans - July 3
� News AMA: Closing the uninsured gap hinges on personal coverage - July 3

June

� Advisory group recommends universal coverage - June 26
� Lawmakers balk at bigger role sought by Medicare quality groups - June 26
� CMS urges physicians to get national IDs before the rush - June 26
� Brief: Medicare managed care payments - June 26
� Brief: Medicare drug enrollment surges - June 26
� Brief: Md. physicians call for investigation to see if insurers have pricing monopoly - June 26
� Medicare to post prices for common physician services - June 26
� Government doctors get whistle-blower shield - June 19
� Mayo Clinic aims for health system reform - June 19
� Arizona doctor sees immigration bill as a hope for himself, others - June 19
� Brief: Medicare drug caps lead to more hospitalizations - June 19
� Brief: Medicare Part B Rx program deadline extended - June 19
� Tennessee passes health insurance reform package - June 12
� 2 new doctors join Medicare advisory panel - June 12
� Florida Supreme Court may look at peer review confidentiality - June 12
� Brief: Canadians healthier than U.S. counterparts, study finds - June 12
� Brief: CMS tightens drug plan marketing rules - June 12
� Brief: House rejects Medicare cuts - June 12
� Brief: Kansas appeals ruling on teen sex reporting - June 12
� New law lets states get tough on benefits for Medicaid patients - June 12
� Vermont passes health insurance reform plan - June 5
� Specialty hospitals face further scrutiny - June 5
� Doctors pledge to fight after federal tort reform bills stall - June 5
� Brief: Nevada launches drug reimportation Web site - June 5
� Brief: Medical equipment supplier settles charges of physician kickbacks - June 5
� Brief: Health plan bill stymied in Senate - June 5
� Physicians complain Medicare Part D decisions threaten patient care - June 5

May

� Court considers South Dakota law on abortion consent - May 22
� House panel debates pros, cons of state "Wal-Mart" bills - May 22
� CMS urges limits on Part D drug changes - May 22
� Brief: Iowa Legislature passes "I'm sorry" bill - May 22
� Medicare forecast of 4.7% pay cut renews calls for pay reform - May 22
� Court sides with doctors on reporting teen sex - May 15
� Resigning health IT chief: Efforts on track - May 15
� Brief: Doctor sentenced in case that sparked concern about government searches - May 15
� Brief: Medicare will go bankrupt sooner than previously thought, trustees say - May 15
� Uninsured week spotlights issue; agreement on solutions elusive - May 15
� Charity drug programs get tentative go-ahead - May 8
� Senate looks at small business insurance - May 8
� Part D enrollment deadline draws near - May 8
� Brief: Missouri Senate acts on medical records measure - May 8
� Brief: Fund infusion for SCHIP - May 8
� Brief: Health IT chief to step down - May 8
� Health group advocates market-based solutions - May 1
� Cancer research advocates hope Congress will nix cuts - May 1
� Oregon wrongful death liability cap is upheld - May 1
� Feature: Medicare's therapy squeeze: A new barrier to care - May 1
� Brief: Medicare Rx fraud program questioned - May 1
� Brief: Poll shows wide support for Mass. health reforms; governor signs bill - May 1
� Brief: Fla. high court upholds law requiring doctors to give abortion-risk info - May 1
� Doctors get new tool to cut Part D hassles - May 1

April

� Medicare physician spending growth worries U.S. officials - April 24
� Florida passes bill limiting doctors' liability share - April 24
� United States fares poorly in international patient survey - April 24
� Brief: Mo. Senate passes bill requiring state OK of liability premium hikes - April 24
� Massachusetts mandates insurance coverage for all; costs at issue - April 24
� Fraud probes don't override doctor-patient privileges - April 17
� Ohio lawsuit merit rule faces test - April 17
� HHS offers physicians funds for Katrina care - April 17
� Brief: Okla. House and Senate pass reimportation bills - April 17
� Brief: Bill would stop new citizenship documentation rule for Medicaid from going into effect - April 17
� Brief: Transitional coverage expires for Medicare drugs - April 17
� Brief: CMS issues final Medicare rule on power wheelchairs - April 17
� Medicaid anti-fraud effort launched - April 17
� FDA nominee faces Senate fight over Plan B - April 10
� Wisconsin governor signs liability cap - April 10
� Health centers struggle to recruit clinicians - April 10
� Senate dismisses Bush's plan for Medicare budget cuts - April 10
� Brief: Millions more sign up for Medicare drugs - April 10
� Brief: Vermont Senate approves "I'm sorry" legislation - April 10
� Brief: Medicare rate freeze law challenged - April 10
� Doctor payment cut could limit access for military families - April 10
� Medicare mover and shaker planning to leave Congress - April 3
� Federal anti-meth law targets access to pseudoephedrine - April 3
� Doctors take Pennsylvania antitrust case to U.S. Supreme Court - April 3
� Brief: Group settles with N.J. pathologist - April 3
� IOM report seeks sharper focus for Medicare quality improvement groups - April 3
� Medicare pay cuts could affect care - April 3

March

� HSAs are attracting both young and old - March 27
� FBI retains access to medical records under the newly reauthorized Patriot Act - March 27
� Policy leaders tell AMA physicians: Medicare pay reform is a priority - March 27
� Brief: Employees resigned, fired over patient records theft in Oregon - March 27
� Brief: Wisconsin passes medical error tracking bill - March 27
� Wisconsin lawmakers OK $750,000 tort cap - March 27
� Medicare drug not covered? You can help patient appeal - March 20
� New Medicare price review panel proposed - March 20
� Brief: Physician groups blast Medicare imaging cuts - March 20
� Brief: Lawmakers try to reopen drug benefit - March 20
� Brief: Liability reform package becomes law in Washington state - March 20
� South Dakota abortion law to challenge Roe v. Wade - March 20
� Involuntary outpatient treatment for mentally ill spurs new debate - March 13
� Medicare agrees to cover bariatric surgery - March 13
� Medicaid to offer HSA pilot program - March 13
� Brief: Medicare Part D enrollment rises - March 13
� Brief: High court to hear late-term abortion case - March 13
� AMA leads project to develop quality measures by year's end - March 13
� CMS: Care management pilot off to good start - March 6
� Oregon computer theft spurs patient privacy lawsuit - March 6
� Feature: Preparing for the worst: Are America's doctors ready? - March 6
� Brief: Slowdown in spending on physician services predicted - March 6
� Brief: Ga. court rules venue provision in tort reform law unconstitutional - March 6
� Medicare ban extended 6 months; new specialty hospitals blocked - March 6

February

� Delaware physician whistle-blower wins free-speech appeal - Feb. 27
� CMS plans to cut billions from Medicare imaging payments - Feb. 27
� Medicaid changes will hurt patient access, doctors say - Feb. 27
� Brief: Drug-pricing lawsuit gets class-action status - Feb. 27
� Brief: Former FDA chief moves to lobbying firm - Feb. 27
� Brief: Suit filed against "Wal-Mart" law - Feb. 27
� Missouri practice files antitrust suit against hospital - Feb. 20
� More states are allowing bare-bones health coverage - Feb. 20
� HSAs, tort reform top health agenda - Feb. 20
� Brief: Arizona doctors drop plans for tort reform ballot initiative for now - Feb. 20
� Brief: Kansas court throws out lawsuit on publicly funded abortions - Feb. 20
� Brief: Medicare requires insurers to extend emergency drug supply - Feb. 20
� Brief: Medicare drug benefit costs drop - Feb. 20
� Medicare reimbursement frozen; focus returns to pay formula - Feb. 20
� Where medical money goes - Feb. 13
� Health savings account enrollment triples in 2005 - Feb. 13
� Ohio clarifies doctor role in patient privacy - Feb. 13
� States' governors use varied approaches to focus on covering the uninsured - Feb. 13
� Brief: Kansas Senate passes package aimed at Medicaid fraud - Feb. 13
� Brief: Maryland governor offers tort reform plan - Feb. 13
� Uncle Sam wants you for disaster response team - Feb. 6
� Supreme Court sends New Hampshire abortion notification law back for fix - Feb. 6
� Feature: Capitol Hill's year ahead: Medical issues old and new - Feb. 6
� Brief: Bush calls for HSA improvements, association health plans - Feb. 6
� Brief: HHS awards e-prescribing grants - Feb. 6
� Brief: Medicaid, SCHIP eligibility cuts would hurt emergency departments - Feb. 6
� Brief: Maryland Legislature overturns veto of "Wal-Mart" health insurance bill - Feb. 6
� Brief: States delve into tort reform issues - Feb. 6
� Prescriptions go unfilled as Medicare D sees rocky start - Feb. 6

January

� Nevada drug importation program gets go-ahead - Jan. 30
� Missouri tries to apply abortion consent law in other states - Jan. 30
� National spending growth on doctor services rises - Jan. 30
� Brief: R.I. overrides medical marijuana veto - Jan. 30
� Brief: New Mich. whistle-blower law targets Medicaid fraud - Jan. 30
� Brief: Medicare mandates drug backup plan - Jan. 30
� Medicare panel recommends 2.8% payment hike for 2007 - Jan. 30
� AFL-CIO backs bills requiring health benefits - Jan. 23
� Medicare Part D less of a bargain than the VA for prescription drugs, study finds - Jan. 23
� CMS plans swift action on Medicare pay - Jan. 23
� Brief: Bill aims to limit lawsuits against flu vaccine makers - Jan. 23
� Brief: Eli Lilly settles claims it wrongly marketed off-label uses for Evista - Jan. 23
� Brief: AstraZeneca to continue prescription drug assistance - Jan. 23
� Brief: Doctors still seeing Medicare patients - Jan. 23
� Medicare eases quality reporting, warns of annual pay battles - Jan. 23
� Doctor found guilty after government search - Jan. 16
� Pennsylvania groups sue over automatic Medicare enrollment - Jan. 16
� Medicare pay cut begins but likely to be short-lived - Jan. 16
� Spending bill shortchanges rural health, critics charge - Jan. 16
� Brief: Mental health parity law renewed - Jan. 16
� Financial trouble predicted for Medicare - Jan. 2
� Florida doctors wary of Medicaid overhaul - Jan. 2
� Congress boosts VA mental health care - Jan. 2
� Brief: Medicare drug enrollment problems - Jan. 2
� Brief: Ariz. sues over drug prices - Jan. 2
� Medicare pay freeze not yet final, but likely - Jan. 2

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