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CMA's 2005 Legislative Wrap Up
The 2005 legislative year was almost entirely eclipsed by the special election called by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Very few people actually focused on legislation, including the legislators themselves. —By Dustin Corcoran |
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The Loss of a Giant: CMA's 2004 Legislative Wrap Up
This year is the first time in many years that this commentary is not being written by Steve Thompson. —By Dustin Corcoran |
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New Laws 2005
The first crop of legislation from the Schwarzenegger administration has been harvested and, bumper crop though it was with nearly a thousand enacted bills, less of it will affect physicians than in the recent past. —By Catherine Hanson, J.D |
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Physician, Help Thyself
The Physician-Physician Assistant Team: The Doctor's Perspective.
—By Larry Rosen |
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Information on Demand
CHA Unveils "San Diego Medical Information Network Exchange"
—By Stephen Carson, M.D. |
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Ventura Docs Fight an 800-Pound Gorilla
An interview with John Hill, M.D., one of over 250 physicians embroiled in a medical staff self-governance battle at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura.
—By Ron Lopp |
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HIPAA Transactions: 10 Steps to Compliance
HIPAA's administrative simplification requirements will revolutionize
the business of health care. Are you ready to take the next hurdle?
—By Nileen Verbeten |
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New Laws 2004
From Worker's Comp reform to the elimination of the triplicate prescription system, an array of new laws will alter the medical-legal landscape next year.
—By Catherine Hanson, J.D |
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CMA in Wonderland: 2003 Legislative Wrap-Up
—By Steven M. Thompson |
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Ethnic Physician Summit
This cohort of men and women from diverse countries
and cultures—attendees at the first Ethnic Physician Summit—are motivated
by one common goal: to improve the health of their communities. —By
Robert Beltran, M.D. |
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California Dreamin'—Texas
Looks to
Golden State's Liability Insurance Reforms
Physicians across the nation are turning to a package
of reforms enacted more than a quarter century ago in California. |
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Should Physicians Be Responsible For
Reporting Their Patients to the DMV?
Could required reporting motivate patients to conceal seizures
from their physicians and thereby negate potentially useful changes in
therapy and even harm the doctor-patient relationship? |
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Don't
Let It Happen To You
While on call for a juvenile patient's physician, Dr.
John Schafer prescribed an antibiotic over the phone after discussing
the patient's history and symptoms with the father. A year later,
Dr. Schafer was shocked to find himself cited by the Medical Board
of California for prescribing a "dangerous drug" without an exam.
—By John Schafer |
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Prescription
for Trouble
While prescription drug manufacturers reap record profits,
widespread
drug shortages are raising health care costs and threatening patient care.
—By Andrea Adelson |
