Practice Management

Managed Care; The Data Bank; Imaging Centers; Looking Ahead: CME in July; Accreditation; Internet Medicine

An underused resource: your hospital's medical librarian; PAs, NPs, and CNMs - the debate goes on; On the morality of using animals in research; Young doctors are every bit as dedicated.

Unless your billing department is vigilant--and fully staffed--some insurance claims could be coming up dry.

Think Tanks: Should we stop making a fuss over HMOs?

Managed Care; Docket Watch; Medigap; HMO Failures; Fraud and Abuse

California physicians are losing Medicare coinsurance payments as a result of signing PPO contracts. Here's how it's happening--and why it could happen to you.

The "culture of blame" surrounding medicine is the biggest impediment to improving patient safety, warns this veteran advocate.

It isn't hard or time-consuming to measure results. One key: Start small.

Too much unfinished business, the author thought. But when death was near, was he right to invervene so forcefully?

To the jury, the choice was clear. It awarded a young woman $13 million in punitive damages after Humana refused to pay for a procedure her doctor had advised.

Tired of waiting for the Web? Get connected fast.

Defying conventional wisdom, this doctor reluctantly acceded to his family's wishes.

Flashing back in Medical Economics

After misdiagnosis led to a serious operation for her daughter, the author wondered: Should I sue?

Regulation; Fraud 'N' Abuse; Tough Choices; Collective Bargaining; Children's Health.

Practice Parameters; Claims Processing; Managed Care; Fraud & Abuse; Complementary Medicine; Internet News.

Two top malpractice attorneys explain why some physicians are more likely to get sued. Basically, its a business decision, but some personal factors--like a doctors arrogance or poor bedside manner--can also weigh heavily.

Letters to the Editors

Two recent studies look at the growing popularity--and regional variations--of "abstinence only" policies in the public schools.

The elderly airplane passenger had swallowed a foreign object. Thank goodness for the author's ingenuity!

Reimbursement, Malpractice Survey, Complementary Medicine,"Questionable Doctors", Looking Ahead, Staff Raises

The aging boomers remain a powerful economic force. Investing in the industries they support could pay off big in the years ahead.

FRAUD AND ABUSE, REIMBURSEMENT, WRONGFUL DEATH, CAMPAIGN 2000, MANAGED CARE, ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, DID YOU KNOW?, HEALTH BENEFITS, ONLINE PRESCRIBING.

These nurse midwives had a hard time winning physician acceptance. Now they're not only accepted, but sought after.

FRAUD AND ABUSE, REIMBURSEMENT, WRONGFUL DEATH, CAMPAIGN 2000, MANAGED CARE, ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, DID YOU KNOW?, HEALTH BENEFITS, ONLINE PRESCRIBING.

When properly supervised, physician assistants and nurse practitioners should reduce your malpractice risk. "Properly supervised"--ah, there's the rub.

As a resident, the author discovered that clinical skills aren't all there is to medicine.

The author's daughter was born with a serious valve blockage. Would she survive her first days of life?

They want access to online health information, but they can't always distinguish between well-established clinical protocols and quackery.

Reimbursement, Quality Care, Medical Records, Tomorrow's Doctors, Medical Residents, Quoteworthy, Medicare, Looking Ahead