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HCFA evaluation and management audits take a toll on practices
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How to Improve Physicians' Impact and Influence
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Merger failure means change for market
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WI physicians fight state data collection.
Warning that new legislation poses a threat to patient privacy, Wisconsin physicians are mounting a last-ditch campaign to kill legislation that would enable the state to collect financial and claims data directly from physicians' offices. -
MD legislature gives insurance chief power to censure HMO.
In an effort to make HMOs more accountable to the public, the Maryland legislature has unanimously approved a compromise bill that allows the state to censure HMO medical directors for inappropriately denying health-care coverage. -
Back Page Briefs 4/98
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New slogan in WA state: 'Trust, but verify'
Washington state officials have decided they can't rely only on the honor system to keep track of residents' eligibility for insurance subsidies under the Basic Health Plan (BHP) from year to year. -
No major disruption of Medicaid coverage under welfare reform.
Welfare reform has had a less disruptive effect on Medicaid coverage than many critics had feared, according to a new report by the General Accounting Office. -
KY rejects risk pool as cure for market ills, develops alternative
Rejecting a proposal to create a high-risk pool as a cure for an ailing insurance market, Kentucky lawmakers recently voted to try another strategy to cover individuals who may be costly to insure. -
HCFA approves batch of new state CHIP programs.
In a flurry of activity, the Health Care Financing Administration has approved five state children's insurance programs since late March.