Business and Health 1997: Vol 15 Index

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Do integrated delivery systems do it better? 9/97:39 More growth of the for-profits (SR), 1/97:50
Health care: Direct and home grown (NT), 2/97:12 More HMOs, fewer ER visits (DW), 12/97:56
Will direct contractors be the cost and quality GAG RULES Non-profits in public eye (SR), 6/97:63
champs? 3/97:38 Are gag clauses real? (NT), 11/97:14 Rural providers get a go-ahead (SR), 9/97:90
DisEASE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES Texas doctors duel with Columbia/HCA (NT),
Adult immunization: Shot in the (economic) arm, AAHP wants to play hardball (NT), 4/97:11 6/97:16
11/97:47 The first futility guideline (NT), 1/97:10
Allergy’s sting: It’s partly economic, 10/97:47 Guidelines: Don’t get caught without ‘em, 4/97:73
Are HMOs trouble for cardiac patients? (NT), HMO/docs team up on regs (SR), 5/97:53
12/97:12 Ten years’ worth of regs (SR), 4/97:77 INSURANCE REFORM
Attacking expenditures for asthma, 4/97:67 Capitol Hill tackles managed care (NT), 4/97:11
Cancer at work (NT), 11/12:97 Key firms reject reciprocal benefits (SR), 9/97:90
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Diabetes surges ahead but coverage falters (NT), The latest look at the uninsured ( 12/97:14
12/97:11 Managing the urge to regulate, 4/5/:23
Economic pains of rheumatoid arthritis, 2/97:55 HEALTH CarRE REFORM New season, same problem, 5/97:21
How business is dealing with the AIDS epidemic, A sop to labor? (NT), 5/97:9 Opting for alternatives in HIPAA enforcement
1/97:17 Battle over regulation ahead, 12/97:16 (SR), 4/97:78
Insomnia: Costs to lose sleep over, 6/97:57 The health care commission has promising The real cost of micromanagement, 9/97:81
Legal advice on HIV/AIDS at work (NT), 11/97:16 substance, 6/97:19
Osteoporosis: A cost (and bone) breakdown, Health care woes are long-time companions, l
9/97:77 11/97:17
Pro1s/t9a7t:e4 2c ancer: Sometimes it pays to do nothing, Insurers and docs unite on practice protocols (SR), LEGISLATION
2/97:62 49th to claim this exemption (SR), 7/97:46
The prostate’s economic squeeze, 7/97:40 It’s the money, stupid (SR), 11/97:52
AAHP sees the handwriting on the wall (NT),
Uncovering the hidden costs of allergies, 3/97:47 Managed care crackdown heats up (SR), 8/97:58 3/97:13
When joints—and costs—become inflamed, 12/97:47 Mandating choice (SR), 3/97:53 Benefits parity: What's a healthy mind worth?
Yes, Virginia, prevention pays (NT), 10/97:10 Nur(NsTe) ,p ra3c/t9i7t:i1o5n ers get the gatekeeper function 9/97:46
Bill and Hillary and Harry and Louise, 10/97:16
E Public programs, private impacts, 2/97:18 Budget bill bugs (NT), 10/97:9
Tear down, ye gates (NT), 5/97:17 Budget deal stirs winds of change, 9/97:19
ELectiveE SURGERY HMOs Business hook-up to state health plan (SR),
Elective surgery, selective coverage, 8/97:48 Are HMOs trouble for cardiac patients? (NT), 5/97:54
EmeRGENCY CARE 12/97:12 Congress diddles while reform lags, 8/97:19
Are you prepared for a medical emergency? 8/97:55 The big just get bigger (NT), 10/97:11 Congress gets back to work (NT), 2/97:10
Dark clouds over deals in the Sunshine State (NT), Consumer protections (SR), 11/97:53
EmPLOYER-PROVIDED BENEFITS
2/97:9 Enroll now! (SR), 5/97:54
(Almost) risk-free health plan selection, 2/97:59 External appeals on the way (SR), 7/97:45 Finally, FDA reform (NT), 12/97:9
Big gains in family-friendly benefits (NT), 6/97:16 HMO appeals, small employer refunds (SR), 3/97:54 The heavy load of implementing portability,
Big ranges in health benefit costs (DW), 2/97:64 HMO/Indemnity trade-offs: The consumer 3/97:18
Employee rewards, employer perceptions, 3/97:45 perspective (DW), 1/97:52 Lawmakers take aim at managed care (SR), 2/97:62
Flex doesn’t mean fringe-free (NT), 8/97:15 HMO report cards (SR), 12/97:52 Leaders in breast cancer mandates (SR), 2/97:61
Health plan enrollment goes self-service, 9/97:75 HMOs divided over regulation (NT), 11/97:10 Maelstrom over patient rights (NT), 12/97:10
The latest breakdown on benefit dollars (DW), HMOs follow the money (NT), 9/97:9 MEWA coughs up restitution (NT), 9/97:15
2/97:64 Kaiser gives Californians one-stop shopping (NT), The price of state mandates (NT), 10/97:11
The latest productivity booster (NT), 9/97:12 2/97:17 Prompt payment, please (SR), 11/97:53
Pinning down the value of premier benefits, 2/97:31 Length of stay, HMO responsibility (SR), 4/97:77 Regulating zisk shifting (SR), 8/97:57
ERISA Me(dSiRc)a,r e5 /9d7e:m5o3 protest, less HMO restrictions Straightening out a domestic partner law (NT),
Crushing your health plan’s legal protection, 8/97:40 3/97:10
ERISA gets another HMO off the hook (NT), More HMOs, fewer ER visits (DW), 12/97:56 Suing HMOs: Is Texas law a legal tornado? (NT),
5/97:18 Oxford’s stock gyration ticks off investors (NT), 7/97:9
Malpractice: Not an ERISA preemption (NT), 12/97:10 Who gets the liver? (NT), 1/97:11
1/97:9 PacifiCare’s financial woes (NT), 8/97:10 LonG-TERM CARE
No vesting rights under ERISA (NT), 3/97:16 Profits shrink as membership grows (SR), 12/97:53
Why bother with long-term care coverage? 1/97:23
Ranking health plans (SR), 8/97:57
ETHICS
Managed care’s new ethics, 12/97:24 State to Oxford: Ante up (SR), 5/97:53 M
Home HEALTH CARE
Money is no obstacle to end-of-life care, 11/97:27
San Francisco docs draft suicide protocol (NT), Home health: The fed’s latest target (NT), 5/97:9 MALPRACTICE
7/97:10 Home health takes a holiday (NT), 10/97:11 Making doctors’ records accessible (SR), 4/97:78
EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT HospPiTALs Malpractice: Not an ERISA preemption (NT),
Paying for experimental treatments (SR), 8/97:57 Can Columbia/HCA mend its fences? (NT), 1/97:9
9/97:13 Medical errors: Common and costly (NT),
F Can Columbia restore its luster? (NT), 10/97:9 11/97:13
Feds search Columbia/HCA for fraud (NT), 5/97:12 Medical malpractice awards at an all-time high
(NT), 8/97:16
FAMILY AND Mepicat Leave Act For-profits meet resistance (SR), 5/97:53
Fixing dysfunctional family leave, 3/97:22 Hospital downsizing: Mixed views of its effect (NT), MEpicaip
1/97:12 Managing Medicaid: How the numbers add up (SR),
FRAUD
Hospital patients’ gripes (NT), 3/97:13 6/97:64
a]: Blowing the whistle on health care fraud, 11/97:51 Hospital profits up and so are for-profit Medicaid funds struck from federal budget (SR),
Feds search Columbia/HCA for fraud (NT), 5/97:12 conversions (NT), 4/97:20 9/97:89
Fraud settlement, sex bias (SR), 6/97:63 The incredible shrinking Columbia/HCA (NT), Mediplan reforms that will stir up the market,
Health care fraud hits home (NT), 9/97:9 12/97:11 7/97:16
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INDEX 1997
MEDICARE (SEE ALSO RETIREE BENEFITS) OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS/HEALTH ISSUES Information vs. privacy (SR), 12/97:52
Consumers win on Medicare HMO appeals, Downsizing workplace stress, 11/97:45
4/97:74 Equating health and productivity, 9/97:23 Q
Feds on the trail of megabuck Medicare Pushing productivity past the breaking point,
overpayments (NT), 8/97:9 4/97:31 QUALITY
GAO has new Medicare payment formula up its OSHA Gauging the for-profit backlash (NT), 10/97:11
sleeve (NT), 4/97:20
Health discount cards not for everyone (NT), OSHA pushes ergonomics again (NT), 1/97:12 HMO fines, executive incentives (SR), 6/97:64
4/97:16 Reinventing OSHA, 1/97:15 The new quality teams, 11/97:41
Inside the Capitol: Small biz breaks, Medicare OUTSOURCING PBGH report card gives Kaiser top grades (NT),
safeguards (NT), 6/97:9 Don’t get stung by a sweet outsourcing deal, 7/97:34 10/97:10
Marketing managed care to retirees, 9/97:29 Ten tips for picking top health plans, 10/97:23
Medicare competitive demo set to go (SR), 3/97:54 Triangulating quality (NT), 4/97:14
Medicare demo protest, less HMO restrictions What's behind those satisfaction surveys? 8/97:29
(SR), 5/97:53 You don’t have to be the biggest to get the best
Medicare’s facelift (NT), 7/97:14 PARTNERSHIPS deals, 4/97:38
Mediplan reforms that will stir up the market, Aetna says good-bye to AAHP (NT), 6/97:15
7/97:16 May I stretch the envelope, please? (NT), 5/97:13 R
Older and sicker and happier in an HMO (NT), PHARMACEUTICALS
9/97:16 Big Apple advocate bites PBMs (NT), 2/97:14 RETIREE BENEFITS
On Medicare cuts and a coalition, 3/97:51 Do Rx drugs cost too much? 10/97:51 CalPERS wants a few good bids (NT), 11/97:16
The perils of narrowing the Medicare net (NT), Drug coverage on the up-and-up (NT), 2/97:10 Marketing managed care to retirees, 9/97:29
8/97:11 Drug makers to pay up as court ends delay (NT}, Retiree coverage shrinks (DW), 11/97:56
Sweet deal for diabetics (NT), 9/97:15 7/97:9 Sears dismantles retiree benefits (NT), 11/97:10
Vot(iNnTg), wi2t/h9 7:t1he6i r feet: Medicare-risk (dis)enrollees FDA launches MedGuide (NT), 2/97:13 RISK-SHARING
MENTAL HEALTH FFiDnaAl lyo, veFrDhaAu l reifmomrimn e(nNtT ),( NT1)2,/ 971:19/ 97:9 Providers reap risk-sharing rewards (NT), 11/97:16
Regulating risk shifting (SR), 8/97:57
Benefits parity: What's a healthy mind worth? Guaranteed choice in prescriptions (NT), 3/97:10
9/97:46 The inside story on OTCs, 1/97:41 $
Gearing up for parity (DW), 12/97:56 Is this the way to manage pharmaceutical costs?
Gr(aNyT )a,r ea6s/ 9r7e:m1a7i n despite mental disability guide Mai(lD Wo)r,d er9 /p9h7:a9r4m acy reporting for duty (NT), Same-Day SURGERY
The high cost of anxiety, 8/97:51 10/97:10 Outpatient mastectomies on the rise (NT), 6/97:15
Mental health parity (SR), 1/97:50 Off-label drug coverage (SR), 9/97:90 SCREENING
WPaeriigtyh ifnogr ai n piont tapnacriet(yN T)(S,R ),1 2/1907/:9172: 54 Ret4a/i9l7 :p1h4a rmacists join forces to get rebates (NT), Finding the value in health screening, 2/97:44
SELF-INSURANCE
MERGERS Rx cost hikes trigger transfer of risk (NT), 7/97:10
CIGNA steps up to managed care (NT), 4/97:12 User-friendly OTC labeling (NT), 4/97:13 Feds, state target self-insurers (SR), 2/97:61
Fed7s/ 97m:o4v5e to block metropolitan merger (SR), Wh(aNtT ),p ri3c/e9 7i:s 1r3i ght when measuring drug costs? SHMMOAsL L anBd USseIlNf-EiSnsSuEraSn ce go head to head, 4/97:54
Humana goes on a buying spree (NT), 7/97:14 When workers fight flab, 7/97:39 Inside the Capitol: Small biz breaks, Medicare
MedPartners acquires Aetna U.S. Healthcare PPM PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE safeguards (NT), 6/97:9
(NT), 4/97:12 Purchasing pool maintains low rates (SR), 5/97:54
San Francisco docs draft suicide protocol (NT),
Oh(iNoT )k,i ll4s /9C7o:l1u2m bia's acquisition of Blues plan 7/97:10 Slow start for purchasing co-op (SR), 10/97:54
Small firms boost coverage (SR), 2/97:62
PHYSICIANS
PacifiCare/FHP clears regulatory hurdle (NT), SOCIAL ISSUES
4/97:12 Docs and patients see eye to eye (NT), 12/97:14
PPM to swallow up long-time rival (NT), 12/97:12 Eye on physicians (SR), 6/97:63 Benefits: One size does not fit all, 5/97:22
Sierra Health gets cold feet over PCA acquisition Making doctors’ records accessible (SR), 4/97:78 Fraud settlement, sex bias (SR), 6/97:63
(NT), 4/97:13 NLRB gives HMO docs unionization nod (NT) Researchers find sex-based coverage bias (NT),
1/97:13 2/97:16
MSAs (Mepicat Savincs Accounts) Plowing into the doctor glut (NT), 3/97:10 Time bombs in American health care, 6/97:22
An IRS guide to MSA kick-off (NT), 1/97:13 Who’s calling the health care shots? 10/97:30 SUBACUTE CARE
Dueling regs stall MSA sales (SR), 9/97:89 PORTABILITY A big niche for a lower notch of care, 5/97:45
IRS ruling on MSA deductibles (NT), 6/97:17
MSA sales off to a slow start (NT), 9/97:15 Car(rNiTe)r,s b1e1n/d9 7:H1I4P AA’s portability provisions SUBSTANCE ABUSE
What’s holding back MSAs? 11/97:34 Targeting substance abuse, 2/97:53
Feds enforcing portability (SR), 8/97:57 7
N Portability rules phase in compliance (NT), 5/97:13
POS (Point-oF-SERVICE)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR QUALITY Kodak puts experience in the picture (NT), 9/97:10 TECHNOLOGY
AssurRANcE (NCQA) POS required (SR), 6/97:63 The birth of the on-line age, 1/97:31
PPOs
NCQA benchmarks all over the map (NT), Health plan enrollment goes self-service, 9/97:75
11/97:12 (PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS) Internet access, workers’ comp controversy (SR),
NCQA gears up for behavioral health accreditation Are PPOs facing extinction? (NT), 8/97:11 7/97:45
(NT), 3/97:9 Thumbs up for electronic benefits info (NT), 6/97:10
Consumer protections (SR), 11/97:53
NC(QNTA) , r6e/e9v7a:l1u0at es Texas Kaiser amid state probe How PPOs meet the competition (DW), 5/97:56 What's up on the web: Disabled employees, 8/97:37
What's up on the web: Employee benefits, 2/97:41
PREGNANCY/PRENATAL CARE
What’s up on the web: Health promotion, 6/97:39
0 And baby makes three, 6/97:55 What's up on the web: Organizations, 4/97:51
PRIVACY What's up on the web: Work-life programs,
OBESITY A peek at the fed’s proposed privacy standards 10/97:37
When workers fight flab, 7/97:39 (NT), 9/97:10 What's up on the web: Year-end review, 12/97:33
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