Index to AAPS News, August, 1986-April, 2006 3M and medical procedure codes 3/01,2 AAFP 1/94,2; 4/94,2 AAFP 10/00,2 AAFP 2/01,3 AAFP 2/02,2 AAFP, stand on universal coverage 10/99,2 AAN on right to die 12/03,1 AAP 1/94,2 AAP 10/00,2 AAP vaccine refusal form 4/06,2 AAPS associate membership 9/93,4 AAPS Medicare survey 1999 10/99,2 AAPS Non-Participation Policy 3/03,1 AAPS Nonparticipation Policy 4/95,3 AAPS Patients' Bill of Rights 1/98,1 AAPS survey, Arizona physicians on managed care 5/97,2 AAPS testimony 5/93,2 AAPS v HHS 8/02,3 AAPS v Clinton, payment of sanctions 3/98,3 AAPS v Thompson (HIPAA privacy rule0 2/02,3 AAPS v Clinton 10/95,1 AAPS v Clinton 12/95,1 AAPS v Clinton 12/94,1 AAPS v Clinton appeal 4/98,3 AAPS v Clinton 5/03,1 AAPS v HHS 11/02,3 AAPS v. Clinton 11/94,1 AAPS v. Clinton 5/97,2 AAPS v. Weinberger 8/95,1 AAPS v. Clinton 4/93, 1,3; 5/93,1,3; 6/93,1; 8/93,1,3; 10/93,3; 12/93,1; 2/94,3; 4/94,1; 5/94,3; 6/94,3; 8/94,2 AAPS v. FDA (pediatric rule) 12/01,3 AAPS v. Clinton, mootness 1/95,3 AAPS v. Bowen 11/88,1; 7/89,3; 9/90,1,3; 12/90,1; 6/91,2; 8/91,3 AAPS v. Weinberger 12/97,S2 AAPS v. FDA 1/04,3 AAPS v. Thompson 1/02,3 AAPS v. Thompson, privacy regs 10/01,3 AAPS v. Weinberger 9/99,1 AAPS v. Bowen I,II 1/93,3 AAPS v. Thompson on HIPAA privacy rule 3/02,3 AAPS v. HHS 1/03,3 AAPS v. Weinberger 3/89,4; 3/92,1 AAPS v. Clinton 9/00,3 AAPS v. Thompson 9/01,1 AAPS v. Clinton 4/00,1 AAPS v. Clinton 11/95,3 AAPS v. Clinton remanded 10/99,3 AAPS v. Clinton 10/94,1,3 AAPS v. Clinton 1/98,2 AAPS v. Clinton 4/95,3 AAPS v. Weinberger 1/98,1 AAPS v. HHS (Privacy Rule) 7/03,3 AAPS v. Clinton 1/99,3 AAPS v. Clinton, sanctions awarded 5/03,3 AAPS v. Weinberger 1/98,3 AAPS v. Clinton, sanctions in 2/98,1 AAPS v. Clinton 3/99,1 AAPS v. FDA 12/02,3 AAPS-PAC 1/94,3 AAPS-PAC report 3/00,2 Aaron, Henry 1/96,3 Aaron, Henry 3/06,1 AARP 11/97,1,S2 AARP 5/02,4 AARP 5/02,S1 AARP 5/95,S2 AARP 5/90,1; 10/92,S1 AARP 5/98,S2 AARP 6/01,S2 AARP 6/99,S1 AARP 7/02,2,4 AARP 8/95,S1 AARP 9/94,3 AARP and private contracting 4/98,S4 AARP and private contracts 12/97,S1 AARP prescription drug benefit 4/02,S2 abandonment 2/03,1 Abbott and Costello 8/00,1 ABC Nightline 12/99,4 ABC Plan, CMA 9/91,1 abortion 3/96,1 abortion 4/91,2 abortion 6/98,3 abortion access 4/92,2 abortion and breast cancer 2/02,3 abortion and liberty 12/88,2; 8/89,2 abortion backlash 1/02,4 abortion/breast cancer 12/03,3 abortion, breast cancer risk in 11/00,3 abortion, Clinton position on 4/95,S2 abortion coverage 5/94,S1 abortion, eugenic 8/05,2 abortion, Gore on 9/92 S1 abortion, in uniform benefits 6/93,1 abortion, information on 4/01,1 abortion, informed consent 8/02,3 abortion, insurance coverage 3/94,2 abortion, Jocelyn Elders and 2/93,S1 abortion, managed competition and 2/93,2 abortion, Missouri case 5/89,4 abortion, partial birth 4/00,3 abortion, partial birth 11/99,2 abortion, partial birth 11/96,S2 abortion, partial birth 8/05,2 abortion, partial birth 4/97,S2 abortion regulation lawsuits 12/88,3 abortion, standard benefit 9/93,S2 abortion, state laws 10/94,3 abortion training 4/95,2 Abortion funding 7/90,3 Abortion Non-Discrimination Act 8/02,3 Abortion, parental consent 8/90,4 abortions 7/93,3,S2 abortions, Canada 4/88,4; 7/89,2 abortions, Canada 3/00,1 abortions, public funding 1/90,3 Abramowitz, Kenneth 4/93,4 Abschöpfung 6/01,2 abuse, legal def. 9/00,2 Acadiana Coalition 1/95,2 access, "right" to 4/92,2 access and mandatory assign. 12/90,4 access problems 7/03,S2 access to courts 4/92,1 access under single payer 3/00,2 Access and Choice Act 12/99,S1 ACCESS Procedures Manual 3/96,3 accident insurance 8/98,4 accountability 9/98,1 accountability of federal agents 7/02,3 accountability v. autonomy 1/06,2 accountable health organizations 3/99,2 Accountable Health Plans 2/93,1 Accountable Health Partnerships 8/92,S2 accounting, government 9/02,1 accreditation and AMA 9/96,1 Accreditation Council for GME 9/93,1 ACGME 9/93,1 ACIP 10/00,2 ACLU 12/98,3 ACLU 2/96,1 ACOG 10/00,2 ACOG 3/93,2 ACP 6/90,1; 10/92,S1; 1/94,2 ACP/ASIM 3/03,1 ACP/ASIM 5/02,2 ACP/ASIM Center for Ethics 1/99,1 ACP/ASIM 11/02,4 acquittal, effect on sentencing 2/97,3 Action democratique du Quebec 6/05,1 active compression-decompression CPR 8/94,2 activism, judicial 1/92,3 Acton, Lord 10/02,3 actuarial estimates 5/00,4 actuaries, full employment for 2/00,4 Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care 7/00,1 Ada County, ID and MSA 11/95,1 Adams, Charles 11/01,1 Adams, Charles 2/00,3 Adams, Frank 2/04,3 Adams, John 4/98,S4 Adams, John 8/02,2 Adams, Mark 7/00,3 Adams, Sam 8/95,1 Adams, Samuel 12/01,2 addiction to welfare 9/97,2 Adkins, Lewis E 11/88,3 Adler, Steven J 2/99,4 Adlerstein, David 10/01,2 Administar 5/98,2 AdminiStar 2/96,4 AdminiStar Federal 2/01,3 administration, costs of 7/00,1 administrative cost in single payer 12/02,4 administrative costs, Medicare 9/02,1 administrative costs, Medicare 7/00,4 administrative costs 2/03,S2 administrative costs, public schools 10/02,4 administrative costs 8/91,2 administrative costs 7/00,S2 administrative costs, single payer 3/00,2 administrative costs, Medicaid 11/02,2 administrative efficiency 11/04,2 administrative efficiency 3/06,4 administrative law 1/00,1 administrative law 3/02,1 administrative law 9/00,3 administrative law, testimony concerning 6/98,S1-2 administrative law 10/92,4; 1/93,2 administrative law 6/98,3 administrative overhead, Canada 11/94,2 administrative pricing, Medicare 1/00,S1 administrative pricing, Medicare 4/02,S2 administrative savings 2/93,2 administrative simplification 8/98,4 administrative simplification 8/98,1 administrative simplification 9/96,1 administrative simplification, effect on hospitals 7/00,S2 administrative simplification 8/96,4 administrative simplification 5/97,1 administrative simplification 11/94,1 administrative simplification 8/96,1 administrative simplification 6/98,4 administrative simplification 6/97,3 administrative simplification 8/95,4 administrative simplification 2/01,1 Administrative civil rights act 11/97,3 Administrative Discipline Committees 4/04,4 Administrative Medicaid Outreach Program 6/99,3 Administrative Procedure Act 3/98,1 Administrative Procedure Act 11/97,3 Administrative Procedure Act 4/01,3 Administrative Procedure Act 5/95,3 Administrative Procedure Act, Montana 6/02,3 Administrative Procedure Act 8/98,1 Administrative Procedure Act 11/90,3; 6/91,2; 3/92,3; 9/92,3; 10/92,3 Administrative Procedure Act 9/00,3 Administrative Procedure Act 12/01,3 Administrative Procedure Act 6/97,3 Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA) 11/02,4 Administrative Simplification Rules 6/05,3 Administrative Simplification 5/99,1 Administrative Simplification, Clinton Task Force 5/03,1; 7/03,1 administrators, power increase with Medicare 10/98,4 Adult Protective Services Act, Arizona 2/03,3 advance directives 5/05,1 advance directives 12/03,1 advance directives 2/91,2; 2/93,2 Advance Beneficiary Notice 4/98,1 Advance Beneficiary Notice 4/98,S3 Advanced Beneficiary Notice 9/99,1 adverse selection 3/98,S2 adverse selection 7/96,S1 adverse selection 1/96,S2 adverse selection 2/92,2 adverse selection 5/00,S1 adverse selection 2/03,1 advertising, direct drug 5/02,4 advisory opinion 9/96,S1, 10/96,2 Advisory Board Company 3/96,2 Advisory Board Company 12/98,3 Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry 5/97,1 Advisory Committee on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry 1/98,S2 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 5/00,2 Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform 3/02,2 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 3/00,3 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 12/99,3 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 1/01,3 advocacy v. lying 6/00,3 Aetna 10/05,1 Aetna 12/99,3 Aetna 5/95,2 Aetna of Georgia 4/91,1; 1/93,3 Aetna settlement 7/03,3 Aetna settlement and AMA 8/03,4 Aetna/US HealthCare 8/00,S2 affidavit for Medicare opt out 3/98,3 Affirmation of Citizens' Rights 3/97,4 Affirmation of Citizens' Rights 2/97,4 Affirmation of Citizens' Rights 4/97,4 Affordable Health 8/95,2 AFL-CIO 9/94,3 age discrimination 6/98,3 Age Concern England 3/00,S2 Agency for Health Care Quality Research 9/98,S1 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 2/95,3 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 9/04,1 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 3/98,S1 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 1/98,4 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 1/96,2 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 1/06,2 aging 1/01,S1 agricultural subsidies and doctors 4/97,S1 Aguilar, Georginia 9/99,4 AHA 8/94,1 AHA guidelines 1/06,1 AHA v. Sullivan 9/91,3 AHCCCS 1/87,1; 8/92,1 Ahmed, Jamil 7/05,1 AHPs (Accountable health plans) 2/93,1 AIDS 6/88,3; 1/89,2; 2/89,4; 3/89,1; 11/91,2 AIDS, funding for AZT 5/87,4 AIDS legislation 11/89,4 AIDS patients, leak of file 11/96,2 AIDS Prevention Act 7/90,4 AIDS testing 1/88,4 AIDS, toll mounts 4/89,2 Aimster 1/04,3 Akula, John 6/01,3 Al-Jadda, Souheil 9/90,1; 12/90,1 Alabama Board of Medical Examiners 5/03,3 Alamo 11/93,1 Alaska Airlines 12/00,2 Alaska, state employees' insurance claims 3/97,4 Albert, Carl 8/00,2 Alberta Bill 11 6/00,2; 7/00,2 Alberta Bill # 37 1/99,2 Alberta Health and Wellness 3/02,2 Alberta, private pay in 4/95,2 alchemy of tears 4/96,1 ALEC 1/94,2 ALEC 9/94,2 Alerre, Richard 3/03,3 Alexander, Dan 7/01,3 Alexander, Dan 6/03,3 Alexander v. Sandoval 7/01,3 Alfredson v. Lewisburg Comm Hosp 9/91,3 Alien and Sedition Act 4/98,S4 aliens, undocumented 4/03,1 All Kids Count 9/99,2 All Kids Count 8/98,3 All Kids Count 5/00,2 All Kids Count 5/99,2 All Kids Count 9/00,2 All Kids Count 5/97,2 All Kids Count 6/01,3 Allard, Wayne 8/01,S1 Allegheny General Hospital 3/96,2 Allen, Doris Houser 12/99,3 Allen, Lewis G 8/93,2 Allen, Shirley Anne 12/97,2 Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield physician bonus 10/98,4 Alliance for Human Research Protection 1/04,3 Alliance for Managed Competition 4/95,1 Alliance for Human Research Protection 12/02,3 Alliance for Health Reform 5/97,2 Alliance for Human Research Protection 9/02,2 Alliance for Human Research Protection 5/02,3 Allison, Ronald 2/05,4 Allison v. Merck 3/02,3 allowances, tables of 6/02,4 Alper, Philip 1/05,4 Alper, Philip 2/90,1 Alper, Philip 1/04,4 Alper, Philip 5/04,4 Alpha Center 1/95,2 Alpha Center 6/98,1 alternative dispute resolution 2/92,S2; 10/92,S2; 6/94,S1 alternative medicin3 3/96,S2 alternative medicine, spending for 10/02,1 alternative medicine 11/98,2 Altman, Stuart 2/93,S1; 4/93,S1; 6/94,S2 Altman, Stuart 2/99,1 Altman, Stuart 6/99,1 Alzheimer's, denial of treatment 10/97,3 Alzheimer's disease 7/95,4 Alzheimer's disease 10/02,3 AMA, & AAPS v. Clinton 2/94,3 AMA & database copyrights 11/98,1 AMA 10/00,2 AMA 10/02,1 AMA 5/90,4; 2/91,3; 10/91,4; 11/91,2; 1/94,2 AMA 7/02,4 AMA 8/98,1 AMA, AAPS v. Clinton & 4/94,1 AMA and use of RICO against pro-life organizations 10/98,4 AMA and Compassionate Competent Care Initiative 12/97,4 AMA and HIPAA 2/02,4 AMA and HIPAAdocs Corp 1/03,2 AMA and accreditation 9/96,1 AMA and EPEC 1/99,1,4 AMA and CPT revenue 1/04,2 AMA and CPT 2/02,1 AMA and relative value scale 6/92,S1 AMA and AARP, AFL-CIO 9/94,3 AMA and EPEC 2/01,2 AMA and Archer-Kyl 11/97,S2 AMA and private medicine 12/97,S2 AMA and professional courtesy 3/01,4 AMA and RB-RVS 9/00,2 AMA and fraud 1/01,4 AMA and graduate medical education 4/97,2 AMA and HIPAA 7/01,3 AMA and ATLA 9/98,2 AMA and private contracting 9/97,1 AMA, and MMR vaccine 5/00,2 AMA and patients' rights 12/99,2 AMA and Aetna settlement 8/03,4 AMA, brief in NOW v. Scheidler 1/94,2,3 AMA code of ethics 7/99,1 AMA coding 4/06,1 AMA, Common Ground Proposal 3/01,S2 AMA Council on Judicial Affairs on nutrition as Rx 12/03,1 AMA Council on Medical Education 1/04,4 AMA CPT monopoly 10/00,3 AMA CPT contract 9/01,2 AMA, CPT profits 3/01,2 AMA delegates 3/99,2 AMA E&M Guidelines 2/95,3 AMA, endorsement of Medicare reform 12/95,S1 AMA ethics 8/94,4 AMA, evolution of 12/95,2 AMA/HCFA CPT contract 6/98,1 AMA/HCFA partnership 5/00,1 AMA/HCFA E & M Documentation guidelines, proposed resolution concerning 6/98,2 AMA/HCFA CPT agreement 8/00,4 AMA/HCFA E&M codes 2/98,4 AMA/HCFA CPT contract 9/98,3 AMA/HCFA monopoly 2/99,4 AMA/HCFA E & M Documentation Guidelines (also see "E and M or E&M) 6/98;1 AMA/HCFA contract on CPT 12/98,1 AMA, in Veeck v. SBCCI 7/00,3 AMA, in Veeck amicus 5/00,1 AMA Institute for Ethics 1/99,1 AMA marches 5/93,S2 AMA membership 1/88, 4 AMA on right to die 12/03,1 AMA, on privacy regs 4/00,1 AMA, on Medicare 12/95,2 AMA on privacy 4/01,1 AMA on Terri Schiavo 5/05,2 AMA on P4P 9/05,2 AMA on absolute immunity 4/04,3 AMA on language regulations 3/01,1 AMA on practice guidelines 12/89,4 AMA on feeding tubes 5/05,1 AMA on public-private partnership 4/00,2 AMA on Kassebaum-Kennedy 9/96,1 AMA on Clinton's task force 4/93,1 AMA on managed competition 2/93,1 AMA on HIPAA privacy 9/01,1 AMA, PAC contributions 7/93,S2 AMA physician masterfile 3/97,2 AMA Physician Masterfile 4/00,2 AMA Physician Masterfile 12/98,3 AMA Policy E-2.067 on torture 6/03,2 AMA, principles of medical ethics 11/99,3 AMA principles of medical ethics 2/01,3 AMA Principles of Med Ethics 7/91,1 AMA, role in CPT codes 11/99,3 AMA, role in CPT codes 4/97,3 AMA, RWJF grants 4/03,4 AMA, support for positions 8/96,2 AMA supports practice guidelines 10/89,4 AMAP 2/99,2,4; 6/99,2 ambiguous rules, prosecutions in 1/02,LS Ambrose, Willard J 2/95,4 ambulatory surgery center delicensed 1/00,1 ambulatory surgery 7/92,4 ambulatory surgery facility 11/00,3 Ambulatory Surgery Clinics 1/01,4 Amendment, First 2/92,3 Amendment, Fourteenth 2/92,3 Amer Assoc Retired Psn 5/90,1 Amer College Hyperbaric Medicine 5/92,3 America's Health Insurance Plans 10/05,S2 American Academy of Neurology 1/99,1 American Academy of Neurology 6/01,4 American Academy of Family Physicians 8/99,4 American Academy of Actuaries 7/96,S1 American Academy of Family Physicians 2/99,1 American Academy of Actuaries 8/95,S2 American Academy of Family Physicians 1/94,2 American Academy of Neurology 8/03,1 American Academy of Pediatrics 6/01,2 American Academy of Pediatrics 5/99,2 American Academy of Neurology, code of ethics 10/97,4 American Academy of Actuaries 2/96,S1 American Academy of Actuaries and K-K 9/96,1 American Academy of Pediatrics 1/94,2 American Assoc Clinical Urologists 4/95,1 American Association of Medical Colleges 4/01,1 American Association of Health Plans 7/98,S1 American Association for the Advancement of Science 6/99,2 American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin 10/01,3 American Bar Association 7/01,1 American Bar Assoc, on insurance reform 2/95,S2 American Bar Association 5/96,3 American Bar Association 12/00,2 American Board of Internal Medicine 5/02,2 American Chiropractic Association 4/98,S2 American Civil Liberties Union 6/01,1 American College of Physicians on private contracting 4/98,S4 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1/94,2 American College of Physicians 6/97,2 American College Phys 2/90,1; 1/94,2 American College of Physicians 11/95,1 American College of Physicians 12/02,1 American Conservative Union Health Care Tour 9/94,3 American Council on Science and Health 5/95,3 American Council for Health Care Reform 4/93,1 American Enterprise Institute 6/00,3 American Farm Bureau 8/92,2 American Farm Bureau Federation 12/92,2 American Health Legal Foundation 4/00,3 American Health Lawyers Assoc 6/98,2 American Health Legal Foundation 12/98,3 American Health Information Mgt Assn 8/02,2 American Health Law Association 9/00,1 American Health Legal Foundation 11/00,3; 12/00,1 American Health Information Community (AHIC) 2/06,1; 4/06,1,3 American Hospital Association 8/98,2 American Hospital Assn on HIPAA cost 10/01,3 American Hospital Assoc 5/97,3 American Hospital Association 4/01,1 American Hospital Association (AHA) 3/01,S1 American Hospital Association 3/97,1 American Hospital Association 3/99,3 American Institute for Economic Research 3/99,3 American Legislative Exchange Council 2/02,2 American Legislative Exchange Council 6/01,2 American Legislative Exchange Council 1/94,2 American Legislative Exchange Council 5/00,2 American Life League 1/90,2 American Lithotripsy Society 10/92,3 American Medical Association 7/98,1 American Medical Association Program 2/99,2,4; 6/99,2 American Medical Peer Review Assoc 2/92,4 American Medical Informatics Association 6/98,4 American Medical Students Association 12/99,2 American Medical Association as quislings 7/98,4 American Medical Association, and Flexner Report 6/99,2 American Medical Association on private contracting 4/98,S4 American Nurses Association 3/01,S1 American Pain Society 2/05,3 American Physicians Insurance Exchange 5/96,2 American Postal Workers Union 11/02,S1 American Psychiatric Association 5/99,S2 American Psychiatric Association 1/96,3 American Psychiatric Assoc 1/92,2 American Psychiatric Association, Ritalin suit 1/01,3 American Psychiatric Society 7/03,3 American Psychiatric Association 2/96,1 American Psychoanalytic Association 1/03,3 American Psychoanalytic Assn 7/03,3 American Public Health Association 1/03,2 American Public Health Assoc 4/92,2 American Society of Dermatology v. Shalala 5/00,1 American Society of Dermatology v. Shalala 4/97,3 American Society of Internal Medicine/American College of Physicians 7/00,S2 American Society of Internal Medicine, on asset seizure 2/97,3 American Society Intern Med 2/90,1 American Society of Dermatology v. Shalala 6/97,3 American Society of Dermatology 10/95,3 American Surgical Hospital Association 3/04,3 American Trial Lawyers Assoc 9/98,2 Americans for Tax Reform 7/98,2 Americans for Tax Reform 3/05,2 Americans for Tax Reform 8/01,2 Americans for Free Choice in Medicine 10/97,2 Americans for Tax Reform 12/97,S1 Americans with Disability Act and peer review 11/02,3 Americans With Disabilities Act and pain Rx 11/96,2 Americare 3/92,S2 Americcan Bar Association 11/97,3 anabolic steroids 10/97,4 Anders, George 7/97,S1 Anders, George 5/95,2 Andersen, Arthur, conviction reversal 9/05,3 Anderson, AV 10/99,4 Anderson, E Ratcliffe 8/99,3 Anderson, E. Ratcliffe 6/01,2 Anderson, E. Ratcliffe 7/01,1 Anderson, Gary 5/91,3 Anderson, Ron 6/90,1 Anderson, Tony 12/03,3 Andrews, Mike 8/92, S2 Anello, Andrew 9/01,3 anesthesia in ASCs 9/00,4 anesthesia, mortality due to 4/00,2 anesthesia, payment for 1/96,4 Anesthesiologists Affiliated v. Sullivan 10/91,3 Angell, M 3/97,1 Angell, Marcia 11/98,2 Angell, Marcia 8/01,1 Anguilo, James 4/98,2 Annas, George 5/02,3 Annas, George 7/04,3 Annas, George 5/05,1 Annas, George 1/96,3 Annas, George 1/02,1 Annis, Ed 4/98,4 Annis, Edward 12/89,2 anthrax scare 3/02,1 Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) 1/03,1 anti-competitive behavior 10/02,3 Anti-Deficiency Act 5/93,3 anti-dumping act 2/96,3 Anti-Dumping Act 9/91,3; 3/93,3; 7/93,3; 8/94,3 anti-hassle legislation 1/91,2 Anti-hassle bill 9/90,2, 11/90,4 anti-HMO lawsuits 10/98,S1 anti-kickback law 10/91,3; 10/92,1,3; 3/93,3; 6/93,2 anti-kickback rules 2/01,1 anti-kickback rules 6/02,3 anti-kickback statute 2/96,3 anti-kickback statute 12/00,3 Anti-Kickback Statute and discounts to uninsured 2/04,1 Anti-Ku Klux Klan Act 10/90,3; 11/91,1,3 anti-tobacco legislation 8/98,1 anti-tobacco movement 11/00,1 antibiotics, peptide 5/02,3 Antietam 11/01,1 Antietam 11/01,S1 antikickback law and waiver of copayments 1/05,3 Antikickback charges 3/05,3 Antikickback law 4/02,3 antineoplaston 4/05,3 antineoplaston 4/97,3 antineoplastons 7/97,3 antinepotism law 4/93,1; 5/93,3 antitrust 1/97,3 antitrust and govt 4/06,3 antitrust law and PPOs 9/87,3 antitrust law 7/96,3 antitrust law 3/96,3 antitrust law 3/87,3; 4/87,3; 8/87,3; 12/87,3; 7/88,1,3; 8/88,3 antitrust law, malpractice insurance 7/87,3 antitrust law 2/06,1 antitrust violations 6/96,3 antitrust WSMA 9/91,1 Antk-Kickback Statute 8/04,1 Antos, Joe 6/00,3 Antos, Joseph 5/03,S2 Antos, Joseph 6/04,S2; 7/04,S1 Antos, Joseph 7/03,S1 Antos, Joseph 11/05,S1 Antos, Joseph 12/02,S2 any willing paying subscriber 9/01,4 any-willing-provider laws 6/03,3 AOA on Medicare opting out 10/99,4 APHA 4/92,2 appeals, Medicare 1/00,S2 appeasers v. collaborators 1/96,4 Appel, Saul 9/91,2 Appell, James Z 12/95,2 appendectomy, cost 2/92,1 Appleby J 10/01,1 Aragon Consulting Group 5/96,2 arbitration 2/91,3 Arbroath, Declaration of 3/00,2 Archer, Bill 11/97,1 Archer, Bill 2/98,1 Archer, Bill and CLIA 8/95,S2 Archer, William Reynolds III 9/93,S2 Archer, William Reynolds 9/02,2 Archer, Yvonne 7/00,3 Archer, Yvonne 2/01,3 Archer-Jacobs bill 10/95,S2, 12/95,S2 Archer-Kyl bill 11/97,1,S1 Aristotle 5/02,4 Arizona chapter 1/02,2 Arizona Chapter 5/02,2 Arizona Citizen Action 5/01,4 Arizona Diabetes Initiative 4/04,1 Arizona Emergency Powers Bill 3/02,2 Arizona health budget 8/92,1 Arizona Health Plan 5/90,2 Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System 1/98,2 Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System 8/98,3 Arizona, HMO disclosure 2/96,1 Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) 7/04,2 Arizona Medical Association 7/98,1,2 Arizona Medical Association 7/02,2 Arizona Medical Association 4/98,2 Arizona MSAs 6/94,1 Arizona physicians on KidCare 1/98,2 Arizona Republic 9/00,4 Arizona Supreme Court 5/05,3 Arizona Supreme Court 1/05,3 Arizona Supreme Court 2/03,3 Arkansas Medicaid tax 7/91,2 armed auditors 11/98,3 armed auditors 12/98,2 Armey, Dick 4/01,1 Armey, Dick on HIPAA error 9/01,1 Armey, Dick 8/01,3 Armey, Dick 8/01,S2 Armey, Dick 6/93,S2; 11/93,3; 2/94,2 Armey, Dick 4/99,S1 Armey, Dick 7/01,1 Armey, Dick 6/01,1 Armey, Dick 1/95,S1 Armey, Dick 3/01,S2 Armey, Richard 1/98,S2 Armey, Richard 1/96,S1 Armstrong, John 9/05,2 Arnett, Grace Marie 8/98,S1 Arnett, Grace Marie 6/94,S2 Arnett, Grace Marie 2/95,S1 Arnett, Grace-Marie 10/00,2 Arnett, Jerome 4/93,3 Arnett, Jerome 12/90,3; 1/92,1; 9/92,3; 1/93,3; 3/93,1 Arnett, Jerome 5/02,2 Arnett, Jerome 5/02,4 Arnett, Jerome 9/96,3 Aronovitz, Leslie 12/01,1 Arrow, Kenneth 2/03,1 Arrow, KJ 4/03,1 Arsenau, James 7/97,4 Arthur Anderson 8/02,3 artificial nutrition and hydration 7/05,1 Artinian, Gary 5/97,3 Artinian, Gary 2/97,2 ASA and MSAs 12/95,2 asbestos and WTC collapse 11/01,2 ASCA 3/03,2 Aschman, Diane J 8/03,2 ASD v Shalala 10/95,3 Ash, Timothy Garton 6/01,2 Ashburn, Michael 2/05,3 Ashburn, Michael 10/05,3 Ashburn, Michael 4/05,3 Ashman, Richard 5/95,1 ASIM 6/92,S1 ASIM and CLIA 9/90,3 ASIM on practice guidelines 12/89,4 Asimov, Isaac 12/05,1 Asimov, Isaac 7/98,1 Askanazi, Dr. 11/02,3 Assar v. Crescent Counties Found 3/94,3 assaultative behavior 9/97,3 asset forfeiture 8/92,2; 1/93,1; 6/93,2; 11/93,2; 1/94,2,3 asset forfeiture 3/98,4 asset forfeiture by Inquisition 4/02,1 asset forfeiture 1/03,1 asset forfeiture and private insurers 2/99,3 asset forfeitures, amount 12/93,3 asset freezes 2/97,3 asset freezing 5/00,3 asset seizure, WA 1/04,3 asset seizure 7/93,2 asset seizures, MediCal 12/00,4 assets and judgments 1/05,2 assets, protection of 12/04,3 assigned v. unassigned claims 6/96,3 assignment, mandatory for drugs 3/02,4 assignment, Medicare 5/92,3 assignment of benefits 8/03,3 assignment of benefits and fraud 8/96,2 assignment of benefits 3/98,1 Assignment, mandatory 3/90,4; 5/90,1,2,4 Assignment rates 10/90,2 assignments, effect on fraud 3/98,2 assisted suicide 12/98,4 Associated Press, amicus brief 6/93,3 association health plans 4/02,S1 Association Health Plans 12/04,S2 Association Health Plans (AHPs) 9/05,S1 Association of American Medical Colleges 6/02,1 Association of American Medical Colleges 2/05,2 Association of Trial Lawyers of America 8/01,1 Association of Trial Lawyers of America 9/02,S1 Association of Academic Health Centers 4/01,1 Assurant Health 9/05,2 Astin 11/98,2 Astorino, Arthur 1/95,2 Astorino, Arthur 5/94,2 Astrue, Michael 12/92,3 Atkins, Susan 5/99,2 Atlanta Dermatolog Assoc 12/91,3 Atlantic Institute for Market Studies 10/00,2 Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Convention 6/01,4 Atlas Shrugged 1/02,4 atrial fibrillation, therapy of 2/99,2 Atta, Mohammed 12/02,3 attainder, bill of 12/90,1 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 1/01,1,3; 2/01,4 attestation statement 3/91,1 Attorney DR 4-101(A) 6/98,2 Attorney General subpoena power 5/98,3 attorney-client privilege 4/99,1 attorney-client privilege 2/99,3 attorney-client privilege 6/98,2 attorney-client relationship 1/01,2 Atwater v. Lago Vista 7/01,1 audit, Medicare, risk of 9/00,4 audits, HCFA 12/00,3 audits, Medicare carrier 7/90,4 audits, Medicare 2/00,2 audits, Medicare 8/99,3 audits of US federal agencies 7/02,2 audits, prepayment 7/00,4 Ault, Thomas 7/96,2 Ault, Thomas 8/97,S1 Ault, Thomas 11/95,3,4 Ault, Thomas 10/95,3 Ault, Tom 7/95,1 Auschwitz 11/00,1 Auschwitz 7/91,2 Austin, R Marshall 2/92,3 AustinTxMD 2/98,4 Australia 3/99,2 Australia 9/90,4 Australia, medicine in 3/06,2 Australia, pain management 6/03,2 Australian Doctors Fund 3/97,2 autism 1/03,1 autism 4/04,2 autism 5/00,2 autism and vaccines 7/04,2 autism, ArMA resolution 7/04,2 Autism Research Institute 1/01,1 autoimmune reactions to vaccines 7/99,2 automobile costs vs medical 10/00,1 Automotive Service Assoc 11/95,2 autonomous decision-making 6/98,3 autonomy, physician, in Britain 3/00,2 autonomy v. accountability 1/06,2 autopsy 11/98,3 autopsy of a prosecution 1/02,LS Avorn, Jerry 4/05,3 Ayala v Tenet 2/03,2 Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood 10/05,3 Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood 3/06,3 B7 exclusion 2/97,3 Babbitt, Bruce 1/95,3 Babel 3/01,1 Babic, Stephen 6/98,1 baby boomers 5/05,4 baby boomers 11/95,S2 Baby Boom and Medicare 7/97,1 bad faith, standard for 9/00,3 Badger, Doug 5/04,S1 Baesler, Scotty 8/94,2 Bailey, Joseph P. 1/90,1 Baker, John S 8/02,3 Balaklaw, Lee on double taxation 7/05,4 Balaklaw, Lee 3/98,4 Balaklaw, Lee 3/01,4 Balaklaw, Lee 7/99,4 Balaklaw, Lee 1/96,4 Balaklaw, Lee 2/96,4 Balaklaw, Lee 5/98,4 Balaklaw, Lee 6/99,4 Balaklaw, Lee 6/03,4 balance billing, OH 4/92,1, 2/94,1 balance billing, ban enforced 4/95,3 balance billing in Ohio 12/94,3 balance billing, WV 6/91,1; 9/92,3 balance billing and Ohio law 8/96,3 balance billing ban, RI 10/87,4 balance billing limits 6/92,S2 balance billing 8/97,S2, 9/97,2 balance billing ban 2/93,3 balance billing ban stands in MA court, 12/87,2 balance billing, need for 5/95,4 Balance billing, NY 10/90,2 Balance billing 3/90,4; 5/90,1; 7/90,4; 11/91,2; 6/93,1 Balance Billing Law, New York State 6/02,4 balanced budget, econometric analysis of 2/96,S2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 4/98,S1-2 Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 12/00,S1 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 12/00,S1; 1/01,S2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 1/98,1 Balanced Budget Act 9/99,1 Balanced Budget Act 3/98,S1; 6/98,3 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 1/00,S1 Balanced Budget Act of 1995 1/96,S2 Balanced Budget Act 5/99,2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 10/01,S1 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 8/97,S1, 9/97,1,2; 10/97,S1; 11/97,S1 Balanced Budget Agreement 4/98,S1 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 7/02,S1 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 12/99,S2 Balanced Budget Act 4/98,1 Balanced Budget Amendment 3/95,S2 Balanced Budget Act 5/99,S1 Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 7/00,S1 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 10/98,S2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 7/98,S2 Balanced Budget Act 6/00,4 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 10/00,1 Balanced Budget act and residency slots 2/05,2 Balanced Budget Act 5/00,S1, S2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 7/00,S1; 8/00,S2 Balanced Budget Act Sect. 4507 1/98,S1 Balanced Budget Act 1997, section 4507 12/97,3 Balanced Budget Act section 4507 2/98,S1 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 4/01,S2 Balanced Budget Act 4/98,S4 Balanced-Budget Liberalism 4/98,S1 Baldree, Mark 12/02,4 Ball, FM 11/96,4 Ball, Frederic M. 12/95,2 Ball, James Austin 10/95,4 Ball, John 2/93,1 Ball Memorial Hospital v. Mutual Hospital Ins. 1/97,3 Ball, Robert M 10/95,2 Ballon, Jonathan 4/97,4 Baltzan, Marc 9/91,1 Banisar, Dave 9/98,2 Bank Secrecy Act 3/06,3 bankruptcies, medical 10/04,2 bankruptcy & civil monetary penalties 4/91,3 bankruptcy 3/05,1,2,S2 bankruptcy 5/00,3 bankruptcy, Canada 8/91,2 bankruptcy, federal 7/97,S2 bankruptcy, Medicare 6/95,S1 bankruptcy, Medicare 10/95,S1 bankruptcy, Medicare 6/90,4; 7/93,2 bankruptcy, nursing homes 4/00,S2 bankruptcy of Medicare 6/97,S2 Bankruptcy Code and CMPs 2/96,3 Baratta, Pasquale 3/99,4 Barber, Hugh 5/97,4 Barchet, Stephen 3/00,4 Barchet, Steve 1/05,4 Barchet, Steve 8/02,4 Barchet, Steve 4/02,4 Barchet, Steve 1/02,4 Barchet, Steve on Best Practices 2/05,4 Barchet, Steve 6/02,4 Barchet, Steve 4/01,4 Barchet, Steve 6/99,4 Barchet, Steve 9/01,4 Bard, C.R. Inc. 8/94,1 Barents Group 7/98,S1 Barkett, Justice 4/92,3 Barnes, William A 3/97,4 Barr, Bob 5/05,S2 Barr, Bob 2/98,2 barratry 1/92,2 Barrett, Patrick 11/95,2 Bartlett, Roscoe 6/95,S1 Barton, Joe 7/03,S1 Barton, Liza 11/94,4 Bartz, Nicholas 3/97,3 Bartz, Nicholas 8/97,3 basic health benefits WSMA 9/91,1 Bass, Ron 11/95,3 Bassett, Steven 3/06,4 Bast, Joe 8/93,S1 Bastiat, Frederic 4/97,1 Bastiat, Frederic 6/05,2 Bastiat, Frederic 6/02,2 Bastiat, Frederic 2/97,2 Bastiat, Frederick 6/00,3 Bastiat, Frederick 3/99,4 BATF 1/03,1 BATF 5/98,1 Bathsheba 8/98,2 Battiano, Faye 5/95,2 Battisella, Roger 2/99,S1 Baucus Amendment 8/90,2 Baucus, Max 1/02,S2 Baucus, Max 8/96,2 Baucus, Max 2/04, S1 Baucus, Max 1/04,S2 Baucus, Max 1/91,2; 8/92,2 Baucus, Max 8/03,S1 Baucus, Max 12/02,S1 Baucus, Max 12/01,S1 Baucus-Grassley Provision 11/02,S2 Baucus-Grassley Provision 12/02,S1 Bauman, Z 2/94,3 Baumholser v. Amax Coal Co 7/98,3 Bayer Corporation 4/04,2 Beach, James L 2/03,3 bearer transactions 4/01,2 Beauchamp, Roger 9/02,4 Beauchamp, Roger 10/02,4 Beauchamp, Roger 6/02,4 Becker, Taj 1/02,3 Becker, Taj 7/05,3 Becker, Taj 3/01,4 Becker, Taj 6/00,3 Becker, Taj 5/02,2 Becker v. Kroll 7/05,3 Beckmann, Petr 6/00,2 Beckmann, Petr 9/95,2 Beckmann, Petr 1/92,2 Beebe, Michael 10/02,1 behavior as a disease determinant 1/03,2 behavior modification 2/91,1 behavioral adjustment 8/91,1 Belden, Allan "Luke" 12/00,1 Belkin, GS 11/01,3 Belkin, Michael 7/99,2 Bell v. Burson 11/90,3 Belloc, Hilaire 8/05,2 Beltran, Delfin 7/01,4 Ben-Asher, David 12/89,4 Bender, Andrew 11/00,2 Bender, Andrew 9/91,2 Benefits Improvement and Protection Act 3/02,4 Benjamin, Brent 12/04,3 Benjamin, Charles 12/03,3 Benjamin, Charles 11/00,3 Bennahum, David 7/99,3 Bennett, Benjamin 8/04,1 Bennett bill on privacy 8/96,1 Bennett, Bob, Sen. 2/95,S1 Bennett, J Claude 9/93,1 Bennett, JK 4/87,1 Bennett, John 2/00,2 Bennett, Robert 8/94,S2 Bennett, Robert 6/97,S1 Bennett, Robert 3/95,S2 Bennett, Sen. 2/96,1 Bennett, Sen. 1/96,3 Bennett, Senator Robert 7/99,S2 Benoit, Cathy 5/03,2 Benson, Pamela 8/92,2 Bentham, Jeremy 7/04,2 Bentsen, Lloyd 2/92,3; 5/92,S1 Berek, Judith 5/00,3 Berek, Judith 2/97,3 Berenson, Robert 9/00,1 Berenson, Robert 6/98,1 Berenson, Robert 12/00,S2 Bergman, William 9/93,S2 Beria 5/02,1 Berkebile, R.D. 5/90,1,4 Berman, Jerry 11/97,2 Bernardin Amendment 11/02,1 Bernhoft, Robin 9/91,4 Bernstein, Stephen 10/01,3 Berrey, Bedford 11/86,2 Berry, Robert 3/05,4 Berry, Robert 12/04,4 Berry, Robert 9/04,4 Berry, Robert on TennCare 9/05,4 Berry, Robert on Lord of Rings 9/05,1 Berry, Robert 3/01,2 Berry, Robert on EMRs 1/05,4 Berry, Robert and tax subsidies 11/04,4 Berry, Robert 10/04,4 Berry, Robert on overhead 8/05,4 Berry, Robert on price transparency 12/05,4 Berry, Robert, why work? 7/05,4 Berry, Robert on hidden costs 6/05,4 Berry, Robert on Columbus 6/05,1 Berry, Robert on drug costs 4/05,4 Berry, Robert on TennCare 2/04,4 Berry, Robert 5/04,1 Berry, Robert 7/03,2 Berry, Robert 8/03,4 Berry, Robert on the village 7/04,4 Berry, Robert 8/04,4 Berry, Robert 4/03,2 Berry, Robert 7/03,4 Berry, Robert on liability insurance 2/05,4 Berry, Robert 11/00,4 Berry, Robert 5/04,4 Berry, Robert 5/03,2 Berry, Robert 10/05,4 Berry, Robert on insurance requests 3/04,4 Berry, Robert 12/03,2 Berry, Robert on trust in govt 11/05,4 Berry, Robert 10/05,1 Berry, Robert on value 1/06,4 Berry, Robert 2/06,4 Berry, Robert on universal care 3/06,1 Berry, Robert 3/06,4 Berry, Robert on rationing 4/06,4 Bersin, Alan 4/97,3 Bertelsman, Wm O 12/90,3 Berthelsdorf, Siegfried 11/02,4 Bertram, Jonathan 4/06,1 Berwick, Donald 10/99,2 best practices 4/04,1,2; 5/04,4 Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) 12/02,3 beta blockers 2/99,2 Bethany Women's Health Care and Birth Center, and MSAs 7/99,3 Bethell, Tom 11/90,1 Bett, Bari 1/02,4 Betts, Rebecca 2/98,2 Betzold, Senator 6/01,2 Bickett, James L 12/96,3 Biddle, Bob 10/97,1 Biden, Joseph 1/92,4; 6/92,1 Biel, Leonard 8/02,4 Bieri, Peter V 10/87,3 Bierig, Jack 10/98,2 Big Brother 10/02,1 Big Business, exemption from managed competition 6/93,S1 Bilder, Paul 11/99,3 Bilirakis, Michael 12/97,S2 Bilirakis, Michael 4/92,S2; 6/94,S1 Bilirakis, Michael 1/98,S1 Bilirakis, Mike 12/99,S1 Bill 11, Alberta 6/00,2;7/00,2 Bill 114 2/03,4 Bill 114 (Quebec) 11/02,2 Bill 21 (Canada) 5/98,2 billing arrangements, private 10/91,2 billing error rate 4/97,3 billing, Medicare 10/91,2 billing practices, insurance 4/99,3 Billings, Frank 6/99,2 bills of rights 7/98,S1 Bingaman, Anne K. 7/96,3 biometrics, fraud detection 9/04,3 Bion Diagnostic Sciences 7/00,S2 biopsy, breast, payment for 8/98,4 Biotechnology Industry Organiz 8/94,4 bioterrorism 1/02,1 bioterrorism 5/02,2 Bipartisan Commission on Future of Medicare 4/01,S2 Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act 12/99,S1 Bipartisan Leadership Group 6/93,1 Bipartisan Medicare Commission 8/99,S2 birth defects, reporting of 12/03,2 Bishop, Keith 2/97,S2 Bismarck 7/96,4 Bismarck 8/87,2; 7/91,2; 3/92,4 Bissell, Nicholas 8/97,3 black box edits 9/99,3 black market 2/91,2 Black, Edwin 12/03,2 Black, Edwin 9/01,3 Blackburn, Roy 6/00,4 Blackburn, Roy 1/00,4 Bladeck, Bruce 8/97,S1 Blagojevich, Gov. Rod 5/05,3 Blair, Tony 2/98,2 Blair, Tony 3/01,4 Blakely v. Washington 8/04,3; 8/04,3 Blanchard, TP 4/98,S4 Blank, Harvey 8/95,4 Blankley, Tony 11/01,1 Blaylock, Russell 11/95,2 Blaylock, Russell 11/95,1 blended pay 2/06,4 Blendon, Robert 6/04,S1; 7/04,S1 Blendon, Robert 8/93,S1, 5/94,2 Blevins, Sue 9/02,1 Blevins, Sue 4/01,1 Blevins, Sue 10/02,1 Blevins, Sue 3/96,S2 Bliley, Thomas 11/96,S2 Bliley, Thomas 5/95,3 Bliley, Tom 12/99,S1 Bliss, Michael 3/02,2 Bloche, M Gregg 6/00,3 Block, Marshall 5/90,4 Blome, Dexter 10/95,2 Blome, Dexter 3/93,1 bloodborne pathogens standards 10/92,1 Bloom v. O'Brien 3/94,3 Blount, Richard L 2/93,4 blue roof program 4/06,4 Blue Choice 5/96,2 Blue Cross, to be Medicare sole carrier 8/00,2 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 6/01,1 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois 5/00,3 Blue Cross, Pennsylvania 2/03,1 Blue Cross Alabama 3/88,4 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan 6/99,3 Blue Cross, role in fraud investigations 3/97,3 Blue Cross, first prepayment scheme 1/04,1 Blue Cross 5/95,2 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 4/02,2 Blue Cross WV 4/91,3 Blue Cross and coding audits 4/97,4 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 11/95,1 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Minnesota 11/95,2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of KY 11/90,3; 4/91,2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Ohio 10/95,2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois 9/98,3 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama 7/98,3 Blue Cross gag order 11/87,4 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 5/90,3; 10/93,1 Blue Cross of California, penalized for MSAs 2/97,S2 Blue Cross 9/94,3 Blue Cross of California 9/02,2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield, preferences to 2/06,2 Blue Shield of California, fine for altering claims 8/96,3 Blue Shield and contractor performance 2/06,3 BlueCross/Blue Shield payment mechanism 4/03,1 BlueCross/BlueShield of Illinois 2/00,3 BlueCross/BlueShield Michigan 10/04,3 Blues, antitrust violations of 2/02,1 Bluhm, William 3/98,S2 Blum, Mike 3/00,3 Blumenstein, James 8/01,1 Blumenthal, David 7/92,S2 Blumstein, James 12/01,2 Boadicia, Queen 2/00,1 Board of Medical Examiners 2/90,3 Board of Trustees of Not-for-Profit Hospitals 4/99,S1 Board of Medical Examiners, inconsistencies 8/97,4 boat race 10/00,4 Boehner, John 12/99,S1 Boehner, John 11/99,S1 Boese, John 3/00,3 Boggs, Danny 9/90,1 Bogle, John 5/04,4 Bond, Christopher 5/03,2 Bond, Douglas 9/99,3 Bond, Michael 5/97,2 bone density scans 12/00,S2 Bone Mass Measurement Act of 1997 12/00,S2 bonfire for managed care contracts 2/00,2 Bonfire of the Vanities 4/91,3 Bongiorno, Frank Paul 2/03,3 Bonilla, Carlos 10/93,S2 Bonior, David 6/93,1 Bonior, David 9/97,S1 Boo-Jump test 2/97,4 book-entry settlements 4/01,2 Boone, Beverly Gale 12/03,3 Boortstin, Robert 10/93,S1 Booz, Robert 5/04,1 Borchers, Samia 10/95,2 Bordeaux, Deborah 6/03,2 Bordeaux, Deborah 3/03,3 Bordeaux, Deborah 1/06,3 border control 5/05,S1 Border Patrol 4/03,1 Boreen, Stuart 7/02,4 Borelli, Nelson 2/00,3 Borelli, Nelson 2/01,4 Boren, David 7/93,S1 Borisov, political prisoner 11/01,3 Bork, Robert 1/98,1 Bork, Robert 2/00,2 Bork, Robert 9/99,1 Bormann, Martin 1/99,1 Boronow, Richard 11/95,2 Boston Consulting Group 8/00,S1 Boswell, Donna 12/01,1 Boswell, Donna 7/01,3 Botto, Lorenzo 4/05,3 Boucher, Pierre 1/97,2 Boulris, Craig 12/02,3 Boulter, Beau 3/88,1 bounties 10/01,4 bounty hunters, CMS 9/05,3 bounty hunters 3/03,3 bounty system 10/96,2 Bovard, James 2/98,3 Bovard, James 3/98,4 Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital 9/00,3 Boxer, Barbara 11/96,S2 Boxer, Barbara 2/99,S2 Boxer, Barbara 9/01,S2 Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 9/00,4 Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale 4/00,3 Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 8/00,3 Boycott, Charles 7/97,4 Boyd, Claud 3/97,4 Boyd, Claud 8/89,1; 9/90,4; 12/90,2 Boyd, Eileen 6/91,2; 8/91,3 Boyer, Jeff 3/05,2 Boyle, Coleen 5/00,2 Boyle, Philip 4/00,2 Boyles, John 4/96,3 Boyles, John 1/90,2; 10/92,4 Boyles, John H 10/02,4 Boyles, John 11/97,3 Brackney, John 1/02,LS Braddock Bill 12/91,1; 7/92,2 Braddock, Dennis 9/91,1 Bradley, Bill 2/00,S1 Bradley, Bill 11/96,S1 Brailer, David 8/05,1 Brailer, David 7/92,S2 brain drain, Canadian 10/98,2 brain drain, U.S. 12/02,4 brain drain, Canadian 10/00,2 Braithwaite, William 4/03,3 Braithwaithe, William 11/02,3 Branch Davidians 6/93,S1 Brandeis, Justice Louis 10/01,2 Brase, Twila 8/98,3 Brase, Twila 12/03,2 Brase, Twila on EBM 9/04,4 Brase, Twila 3/04,4 Brase, Twila 4/04,1 Brase, Twila on EBM 2/05,2 Brase, Twila 1/00,2 Brase, Twila 4/99,4 Brase, Twila 1/98,2 Brase, Twila 9/98,2 Brase, Twila 2/05,1 Brase, Twila 1/03,2 Brase, Twila, on OASIS 5/99,2 Brase, Twila 4/99,3 Brase, Twila 8/99,3 Braun, Beatrice 4/98,S4 Braverman, Eric 8/97,4 Bray, Thomas 9/02,2 Brazil, currency devaluation 11/05,4 breast cancer and abortion 2/02,3 breast cancer and abortion 11/00,3 Breaux, John 7/01,S1 Breaux, John 2/02,S1 Breaux, John 5/01,S2 Breaux, John 1/00,S1 Breaux, John 4/99,S2 Breaux, John 12/93,S2 Breaux, John 5/00,S1 Breaux, John 11/00,2; 3/01,S1 Breaux, John 9/01,S2 Breaux, John 7/97,S2 Breaux, John 3/98,S2; 4/98,S2 Breaux, John 3/99,S1 Breaux, Sen 11/95,S2 Breaux, Sen. 8/97,S2 Breaux-Thomas proposal 7/02,S1 Breggin, Peter 1/01,1 Brennan, Troyan 3/04,1 Brennan, Troyer 2/99,1 Brennan v. Harris 4/90,3 Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust 6/04,2 Breyer, Stephen 8/03,3 bribery 4/99,3 brightness acuity test (BAT) 9/97,3 Briner, LeMar 4/00,2 Briner, LeMar 2/00,3 Bristow, Lonnie 1/96,4 Bristow, Lonnie 4/92,4; 11/93,3 Britain and private medicine 4/98,4 Britain, involuntary euthanasia in 3/00,S2 Britain, life expectancy in 4/99,2 Britain, organ transplants in 4/02,S2 British Columbia, tax and regulatory reform 7/02,2 British Columbia Medical Assn on patients' rights 3/02,2 British Columbia, effect of drug price controls 2/02,4 British Columbia doctors' revolt 10/92,2 British Medical Association 7/00,2 British Medical Association on withdrawing food and water 3/00,S2 British National Health Service 5/98,3 British National Health Service 7/00,4 British NHS, privatization 4/89,2 British NHS, physician dissatisfaction 4/89,2 British NHS, queues 1/90,4 British NHS, surgery statistics 6/88,1 British NHS 1/87,4; 10,89,3 British NHS and private insurance 5/89,1 Brock, David 1/97,1 Brock, Susan 1/02,3 Brock v. Emerson Elec Co 7/92,3 Broder, David 7/99,4 Broder, David 11/00,2 Broder, David 11/94,S2 Brodsky, Lewis 7/93,1 Bromwell, Thomas 3/96,1 Bronow, Ron 3/93,1 Brook, Jim 5/04,4 Brook, Robert 2/90,1 Brooks, Jack 3/91,3 Brooks, Juanita 10/96,1 Brouillette, JN 9/91,4 Brown, Carol 6/90,1; 11/90,1; 8/92,4 Brown, Clyde 8/92,2 Brown, E. Richard 11/93,3 Brown, George 6/99,2 Brown, John B 6/03,2 Brown, June Gibbs 11/96,1 Brown, June Gibbs 1/02,LS Brown, June Gibbs 5/95,1 Brown, Kent Masterson 1/98,S1 Brown, Kent Masterson 11/97,S1 Brown, Kent Masterson 4/98,1 Brown, Kent Masterson 1/96,1 Brown, Kent Masterson 1/99,3 Brown, Kent 6/90,3; 8/92,2; 10/92,1 Brown, Kent Masterson 4/98,S4 Brown, Kent Masterson 4/98,S1 Brown University 8/93,2 Brown v Presbyterian Health Care Services 10/02,3 Brown, Vickie Yates 7/02,3 Brown, Vickie Yates 12/01,1 Brown, Vickie Yates 9/05,3 Brown, Vickie Yates 4/97,2 Brown, Vickie 6/90,3; 11/90,2 Brown, Vickie Yates 8/02,1 Browne, Harry 4/96,2 Browner, Carol 5/99,2 Browner v. American Trucking Assoc 4/01,3 Browner v. American Trucking Association 11/00,3 Browning, Estelle 7/05,1 Brozen, Yale 12/91,S4 Bruce, Robert 3/00,2 Brucer, Marshall 1/90,3 Brucker, Heinrich K 9/96,4 Brundtland, Gro Harlem 8/00,1 Bruteyn appeal 8/92,3 Bryan, Richard 5/98,S1 Bryant v. Glen Oaks Med Ctr 6/96,3 Buchanan, Susan 1/99,4 Buckeye Institute Policy Report 5/97,2 BuckhannonBoard and Care Home v West Virginia Dept HHS 5/03,3 Buckley, James 6/93,3 Buckley, Judge 8/93,1 Bucks County 1/96,1 budget, balanced 12/95,S1 budget, Clinton's 5/96,S2 budget, federal 5/05,2 budget negotiations 2000 12/00,S1 budget reconciliation 1/91,2; 2/92,2 budget reconciliation 1/06,S1; 2/06,S1 budget stalemate 2/96,S1 budget surplus 10/01,S2 budget surplus 4/00,S2 budget surplus 4/98,S1 budget surplus 8/00,S1 Budget Agreement 6/97,S1 Budget Agreement 7/97,S1 Budget Deal of 1997 9/97,S1 Budget, Medicare carriers 5/91,4 Buffett, Jimmy 9/01,1 Bullington, Robert 3/94,2 Bumpers, Dale 5/98,S1 Bunce, Victoria Craig 10/01,2 bundling 12/90,2 bundling 3/01,4 bundling 8/00,4 Bundling, cataract surgery 5/91,3 Bunning, Jim 4/98,S2 Burchfield, David 2/99,S1 burden of proof 10/96,3 Burdett, Christine 6/02,2 Burditt, Michael 9/90,2; 1/91,3 Burditt v. Sullivan 9/91,3; 1/92,1 bureaucracy 8/91,3; 1/93,2 bureaucracy, extent of 4/04,4 bureaucracy, incentives 3/92,2 bureaucrat of year 7/90,3; 11/90,2 bureaucratic pinball 8/98,2 bureaucrats, number of 7/02,2 Burgess, C Kit 12/96,4 Burke, Edmund 9/92,1 Burke, Edmund 1/06,2 Burke, Sheila 11/00,S2 Burke, Sheila 5/94,S2 Burke, Sheila 11/94,S1 Burke, Sheila 5/96,2 Burke, Sheila 1/96,S2 Burry, John 10/95,2 Burry, John 11/95,1 Burton, Dan 12/01,2 Burton, Dan 5/00,2 Burton, Dan 10/99,3 Bury, David 8/03,3 Burzynski, Stanislaw 7/97,3 Burzynski, Stanislaw 4/97,3 Bush "Health Care" plan 4/92,S1 Bush 2006 State of the Union 3/06,S1 Bush, George 5/92,1,2 Bush, George 11/99,2 Bush, George W 2/00, S1 Bush, George, agenda 1/89,2; 2/89,4 Bush, George 8/99,4 Bush, George W on Medicare reform 10/00,S1 Bush insurance reform 5/92,2 Bush, Jeb 5/02,1 Bush, Jeb 12/03,1,3 Bush reform, cost 10/92, S1 Bush State of the Union 3/03,S1 Bush v Michael Schiavo 12/04,3 Bushman v. US 12/89,1 Bushnell, George 4/95,S1 Bushong, Rebecca 11/98,4 business associate agreements 8/03,3 Business Roundtable 3/94,S1 Butler, Sandra 12/97,S1 Butler, Stuart 5/94,S2 Butler, Stuart 6/01,S2 Buto, Kathleen 8/97,S1 Buto, Kathleen 7/95,2 Buto, Kathleen 10/91,2 Butz, Ralph 2/92,2 Buzea, Doina 2/95,3 Bye, Judge 4/02,3 bylaws, 9/91,3 bylaws change, AAPS 9/93,4 bylaws, hospital 10/98,3 bylaws, medical staff 2/00,3 bylaws, medical staff 8/00,4 bylaws, medical staff 12/01,4 Byrd, Abraham 11/92,2 Byrd, Johnnie 12/03,3 Byrd Rule 9/97,1 Byrd Rule, 1/96,S2 Bysinger, Bill 12/04,1 CA May Marine Supply Co v. Brunswick 7/98,3 CA-125, coverage of 6/98,4 Cady, Louis B 9/01,2 Caine, Curtis 4/95,4 Caine, Curtis Jr 9/90,3; 10/90,3; 6/91,4; 11/91,1,3 Caine, Curtis 1/88,2; 1/93,4; 12/93,2; 2/94,2 Caine, Curtis Sr. 2/91,4 Caine, Curtis 10/99,4 Caine, Curtis 10/95,4 Caine, Curtis 4/00,2 Caine v Hardy 9/02,3 Caine v. Hardy 11/90,1; 11/91,1,3; 6/92,3 Calabrese, Michael 5/96,2 Calgary Regional Medical Staff Association 3/00,1 Calif Med Assoc 11/90,3; 9/91,1; 11/91,2 Califano, Joseph 11/94,S1 California Bankers Assoc v. Schultz 3/06,3 California chapter AAPS 4/98,2 California Elder Abuse and tort reform 6/04,2 California Environmental Protection Agency 4/04,2 California Healthcare Foundation 10/02,2 California Medical Association 10/02,2 California Medical Association 12/01,4 California Medical Association 6/02,2 California Medical Association on Schiavo 5/05,1 California Medical Association 12/02,1 California Medical Review Inc 11/90,4 California Medical Assn 7/03,1 California Network of Mental Health Clients 1/01,1 California Proposition 186 1/95,S2 California Single Payer 10/94,2 Caligula 4/02,3 Callahan, Dan 1/99,1 Callahan, Daniel 5/05,1 Camardese, constitutional malpractice 8/87,4 Camardese, Nino 12/04,2 Camardese, Nino 10/88,1; 1/89,1; 9/90,1; 12/90,1; 9/92,1; 1/93,2; 2/93,3; 6/93,3; 9/93,2; 2/94,1 Camardese, Nino 8/99,4 Camardese, Nino 6/98,1 Camardese, Nino 2/95,4 Cameron, Hugh 2/90,2 Campbell, Gordon 7/02,2 Campbell, R. Lowell 8/99,4 Campbell, Tom 5/91,2 Canada, "cost containment" 9/87,4; 7/89,2 Canada, "on borrowed time" 4/89,2 Canada 12/87,1; 2/90,2 Canada, abortions 7/89,2 Canada, access to care 10/87,2; 3/89,2 Canada, administrative overhead 11/94,2 Canada, administrative costs 8/91,2; 9/91,1,4 Canada, AIDS testing 2/89,2 Canada, American polls 4/89,4 Canada, American comment 10/88,1 Canada, balance billing 10/92,2 Canada, ban on private insurance 7/05,3 Canada bankruptcy 8/91,2 Canada, bed blockers 12/92,S2 Canada, Bill 26 8/96,4 Canada, billing numbers 9/88,4 Canada, brain drain 10/98,2 Canada, cancer treatment 3/90,2 Canada, capitation 7/89,2 Canada, collective bargaining 9/88,4 Canada, competition 10/89,4 Canada, confidentiality 5/87,2; 12/88,4; 2/89,2; 10/89,4 Canada, cost containment in BC 2/88,2 Canada, cost of health care 12/92,S1-2 Canada, cost of Medical care 2/92,1 Canada, costs 7/88,4; 8/88,4; 2/89,2 Canada, costs 11/02,4 Canada, CT scans 3/93,4 Canada, cure v. catastrophe 12/92,S1-2 Canada, debt 10/92,2 Canada, debt cards 7/90,2 Canada, doctor shortage 2/88,2; 4/88,4 Canada, effect on poor 7/88,4; 2/89,2 Canada, emergency care 10/89,4 Canada, euthanasia in 1/99,4 Canada, extra billing, 8/87,2; 8/88,4 Canada, fee payback 4/88,4 Canada, forced sterilization in 10/99,2 Canada, fraud 4/90,2 Canada, GAO report 9/91,1 Canada, gatekeepers 9/88,4 Canada, global budgets 12/92,S2 Canada, Goodman 5/89,2 Canada, growth of public health budget 10/00,1 Canada, hallway medicine in 3/06,2 Canada Health Act 3/02,4 Canada Health Act 6/00,2 Canada, hospital closings 12/94,2 Canada, hospital privileges 4/90,2 Canada, joint management committee 7/91,4 Canada, lack of access 3/02,2 Canada, lottery 3/90,2 Canada, malpractice 3/90,2 Canada, malpractice insurance 2/89,2 Canada, managed care in 8/99,4 Canada, medical technology 10/92,S2 Canada, medical refugees 3/90,2 Canada, medical research 7/90,2 Canada, medical care in crisis 11/02,2 Canada, medical spending in 10/02,S2 Canada, Medical Care Insurance Comm 8/87,2 Canada, Medicare revisited 10/00,2 Canada, medicine in 7/00,2 Canada, medicine in 6/00,2 Canada, medicine in 7/99,3 Canada, men entering medicine 2/89,2 Canada, necessary services 10/89,4 Canada, new equipment in 3/02,2 Canada news 1/88,4 Canada, nurses militant 10/89,4 Canada, nursing strikes 3/90,2 Canada, NY Times on 7/92,S1 Canada, obstetric care 8/91,2; 9/93,2 Canada, opting out 5/98,2 Canada, opting out 10/92,2; 3/93,4; 7/93,2 Canada, Pap screening standards 3/93,2 Canada, patient demand 2/88,3 Canada, payroll tax added 10/89,4 Canada, penalties 7/96,4 Canada, physician supply 2/87,1; 7/89,2 Canada, physician oppression in 2/03,4 Canada, physician exodus 6/95,2 Canada, physician responsibilities 12/92,4 Canada, physician migration from 6/00,2 Canada, physicians incomes 3/89,2 Canada, Physicians, exodus of 2/97,S2 Canada, planning for hospital beds 1/89,2 Canada, popular support for medicare 3/00,2 Canada, prescription drug costs 7/88,4 Canada, prescription drug benefit 12/92,S1 Canada, prescription drugs 9/88,4 Canada, price controls in 12/99,2 Canada, private contracting in 11/97,1 Canada, private pay in 4/95,2 Canada, private insurance 4/87,1 Canada, public estimates of doctors' fees 3/02,2 Canada, Quebeckers "foreign" 5/89,3 Canada, quotas on medical students 3/00,1 Canada, radiation therapy 3/90,2 Canada, rationing 7/93,2 Canada, restrictions on speech 11/94,2 Canada, robots 3/90,2 Canada, Roper on 6/89,4 Canada, smart cards 4/90,2 Canada, special interests 4/90,2 Canada, statistica check up of 2/97,S2 Canada, strikes 7/90,2 Canada, subsidizing wealthy 5/89,3 Canada, support for private medicine in 12/99,2 Canada Supreme Court 7/05,3; 9/05,3 Canada, surgeon's fees 9/88,4 Canada, taxes 2/92,1; 8/92,2; 12/92,S1 Canada, threatened by competition 2/06,2 Canada, TPA 8/88,4 Canada, two tiers in 2/02,4 Canada, underfunding questioned 5/89,3 Canada, US comments (Relman et al) 4/89,2 Canada, US insurance 7/90,2 Canada, user fees on prescriptions 1/89,2 Canada, user fees 7/89,2 Canada, waiting v. funding 3/02,2 Canada, waiting lists 2/98,2 Canada, waiting lists 11/94,2 Canada, waiting lists 6/87,4; 2/88,2; 8/88,4; 3/89,2; 1/90,4; 4/90,2 Canada, waiting list 10/99,2 Canadian dollar 8/00,2 Canadian dollar 8/02,4 Canadian Institute for Health Information 7/00,2 Canadian medical system, public view of 4/99,2 Canadian Medical Associatio 10/98,2 Canadian medicare, debt and unfunded liabilities 3/00,1 Canadian medicare 6/05,1 Canadian medicare 6/02,2 Canadian Taxpayers Federation 6/00,2 cancer and managed care 7/97,4 Canfield, Sally 2/01,S2 Cangello, Vincent 1/01,2 cannibalization 4/96,4 Cantoni, Craig 2/99,4 Cantoni, Craig 6/02,1 Cantoni, Craig 6/02,2 Cantoni, Craig 7/02,2 Cantoni, Craig 1/00,4 Cantoni, Craig on price controls 1/03,4 Cantoni, Craig 11/99,4 Cantoni, Craig 12/01,4 Cantoni, Craig 3/99,4 Cantoni, Craig 10/04,2 Cantoni, Craig 10/04,4 Cantoni, Craig on employee benefits 7/05,4 Cantoni, Craig on public good 9/05,4 Cantoni, Craig, pay for quality 3/04,4 Cantoni, Craig 3/05,4 Cantoni, Craig on subsidizing lattes 6/04,4 Cantoni, Craig on the blob 4/04,4 Cantoni, Craig on HSAs 2/04,1 Cantoni, Craig 2/02,4 Cantoni, Craig 6/99,4 Cantoni, Craig 12/00,4 Cantoni, Craig 8/99,2 Cantoni, Craig 8/02,4 Cantoni, Craig 12/02,4 Cantoni, Craig 1/01,4 Cantoni, Craig 5/01,4 Cantoni, Craig 10/00,1 Cantoni, Craig 8/99,4 Cantoni, Craig 9/00,4 Cantoni, Craig 3/98,2 Cantoni, Craig 10/00,4 Cantoni, Craig 2/00,3 Cantoni, Craig 7/99,4 Cantoni, Craig 5/99,4 Cantoni, Craig, on social justice 3/00,4 Cantoni, Craig 10/02,4 Cantoni, Craig 5/00,4 Cantoni, Craig on HSAs 11/05,4 Cantoni, Craig, slavery and debt 2/06,4 capital, human 5/02,4 capitation 6/97,4 capitation 6/96,1 capitation 6/02,4 capitation, Canada 7/89,2 capitation, chain letter 12/97,4 capitation, ethics of 6/95,4 capitation, Oregon Initiative 4/96,2 capitation, Oregon ballot initiative 9/96,3 Caplan, Arthur 11/01,2 caps, constitutionality of 2/03,3 caps on noneconomic damages 1/05,1 carcinogens 6/92,2 cardiac device probe 5/95,1 Cardin, Ben on Kyl-Archer bill 4/98,S3 Cardin, Benjamin 6/92,S2 Care Entree 8/01,2 Careers and Workforce Development Act 1/97,1 Carey, Debi 7/99,4 Carhart v. Stenberg 4/00,3 Carlen, Robert 4/96,1 Carlen, Robert 1/88,1; 6/88,3; 2/89,2; 3/89,1,4; 5/92,4; 9/92,4; 10/92,2; 9/93,4 Carlen, Robert 2/95,4 Carlen v Dept Health Services Suffolk County 4/96,1 Carlen v. Harris 6/91,3 Carlson, Gov MN 1/95,2 Carlson, Tucker 4/01,S1 Carnegie Foundation and medical education 1/04,4 Carnegie Foundation 12/03,2 Carnivore 4/01,2 carnivorous HMOs 4/96,1 carnivorous plant 10/00,1 Caroompas, Kathleen 5/97,4 Caroompas, Kathleen 7/97,2 Carpenter, Scott 7/02,2 Carr, James 12/94,3 carriers, Medicare 1/93,3 Carroll, Kyle 1/01,3 Carroll, Lewis 10/94,3 Carter, Jimmy 11/02,1 Carter, Stephanie 11/00,3 Carville, Jim 8/93,S1 Casanas, Robert J. 5/95,4 Casanas, Robert 9/96,3 Cascade Policy Institute 9/96,2 Cascade Policy Institute 6/93,4 Casey 8/00,3 Casey, Robert 3/94,2 cash payment, barriers to 7/03,2 cash-based practice 5/04,4 Casselman, William 3/96,3 Cassens, Anthony 7/96,2 Cassens, Anthony 12/97,4 Castle, Mike 7/05,S1 Castro, Fidel 6/00,1,2 CAT fund, Pennsylvania 4/03,4 CAT Fund, Pennsylvania 2/03,3 Catalano, Philip M. 8/95,4 Catalano, Philip 2/02,4 cataract surgery, assistants for 2/98,S1 cataract surgery in Canada 1/02,4 cataract surgery, necessity 5/97,3 cataract surgery, glare testing for 10/96,1 cataract surgery, assistants 3/92,1; 6/94,4 cataract surgery, Canada 4/95,2 Cataract PPOs 5/90,3 Cataract surgery, bundling 5/91,3 Cataract surgery 3/90,1 Catastrophic act, elderly oppose 2/88,1 Catastrophic Act, diagnosis codes, 4/89,1 Catastrophic Act 7/87,2; 6/88,2; 8/88,1; 3/89,2; 6/89,4 Catastrophic Act, "widow's tax" 10/87,1 Catastrophic Act, repeal 1/90,2 Catastrophic Act, costs 10/89,4 Catastrophic Act, drug benefit 11/87,3; 2/88,1; 10/89,3 CATCH 5/99,2 Cate, Fred 9/01,1 Cates, Alan 9/00,1 Catholic Charities USA 5/98,S2 Catholic Health Association 3/01,S1 Catholic Medical Association 4/00,3 Cato Institute 12/92,2 Cato, Medicare proposals 8/95,S1 CBO 12/95,S2 CBO v. OMB 1/96,S1 CDC 5/00,2 CDC vaccine recommendations 10/99,3 CDC Vaccine Safety Datalink 4/04,2 CDHC 12/05,2 Celeste, Richard 10/93,S1 census sampling 10/98,2 census, sampling v. enumeration 6/98,3 Center for Democracy and Technology 2/96,1 Center for the Health Professions 2/99,1 Center for Studying Health System Change 10/98,S2 Center for the Study of Health System Change 12/01,S1 Center for Democracy and Technology 11/97,2 Center for Studying Health System Change 12/99,S1 Center for Biomedical Ethics 7/99,3 Center for Responsive Politics 9/02,S1 Center for Patient Safety 1/00,2 Center for Health Transformation 1/06,1 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 10/01,1 Centers for Disease Control 6/99,3 Centers of Excellence 8/99,1 Centers of Excellence 1/04,4 central planning and IT 8/05,1 central planning 9/93,1 CentraState Health Systems 12/01,2 cerebral palsy 1/05,2 certificate of need, challenge to 10/04,3 certifications of medical necessity 6/99,4 cervix, cancer of 3/93,2 Chabot, Steve 9/98,2 Chada v. Hungerford Hospital 4/04,3 Chafee, John 5/98,S1 Chafee, John 12/95,S2 Chafee, John 10/94,S1 Chafee, Sen. 2/92,S1; 5/93,S2; 9/93,S2; 10/93,S2; 5/94,S1 Chamber of Commerce 3/01,S2 CHAMPUS 3/96,3 CHAMPUS 6/90,4 CHAMPUS fraud case dismissed 4/98,3 CHAMPUS fraud 8/97,1 change agents 3/99,1 Chao, Elaine 11/02,S1 Chao, Elaine 12/02,S1 Chaoulli, Jacque 3/00,1 Chaoulli, Jacques 10/98,2 Chaoulli, Jacques 9/05,3 Chaoulli, Jacques 7/05,3 chaperone, for examining females 7/01,3 Chapman, Carleton 6/99,2 charges v. payments 5/04,3 charity 11/98,2 charity 8/91,3; 2/92,2 charity 8/95,1 charity and Part D 3/06,2 charity and rationing 3/06,1 charity care 6/94,S2 charity care and Medicare 12/96,1 charity care 9/02,2 charity unlawful? 6/04,3 charity v entitlement 12/03,4 charity v. altruism 5/04,2 charity v. plunder 11/99,4 Charity among socialists 2/89,2 Charlebois, PA 12/93,3 Charlton, Paul 6/03,2 Charrow, Robert 6/94,3 Charrow, Robert 10/01,S1 Charrow, Robert 9/00,2 Charter on Medical Professionalism 5/02,1,2 Chassin, M 11/98,1 Chaucer 11/98,1 Chautaqua County 5/96,1 Chautauqua County Health Network 7/03,2 Chautauqua County Health Network 1/03,4 Chautauqua Integrated Delivery System 12/97,4 Chavez County Home Health Serv v HHS 6/92,S2; 10/92,1 Chavez, Linda 7/01,3 Cheek v. United States 8/95,3 chelation 11/98,2 Chellappa, David 1/95,4 chemicals, hazardous 10/92,2 Chen, Edward 5/95,S1 Cherewatenko 9/99,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 9/01,4 Cherewatenko, Vern 9/02,4 Cherewatenko, Vern 8/99,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 7/03,4 Cherewatenko, Vern 4/04,4 Cherewatenko, Vern 6/03,4 Cherewatenko, Vern on case management 1/05,4 Cherewatenko, Vern 9/98,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 4/03,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 4/03,4 Cherewatenko, Vern 11/01,2 Cherry Hill Women's Center 12/03,3 Chesterton, GK 11/88,2; 4/89,3 Chevron defense 9/00,3 Chiang Kai-shek 8/93,2 chickenpox vaccine 6/03,3 child abuse, genital exams 11/96,2 child protective services, Australia 1/06,3 child support monitoring, errors in 8/99,3 Child Protective Services 2/98,4 Child Protective Services 1/02,3 children 1/97,1 Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) 1/01,3 Children First 4/96,1 Children's Defense Fund 5/97,2 Children's Defense Fund 1/96,1 Children's Defense Fund 10/97,S1 Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 1/00,S2 Children's Health Insurance Program 6/99,3 Children's Health Insurance Program 6/99,1 Children's Health Coverage Act 5/97,1 Children's Health 7/97,S1 Chiles, Lawton 7/97,2 China criminalizes internet messages 8/03,2 Chinese Communism 2/99,3 Chiong, Winston 2/01,4 CHIP 10/99,1 ChiroCode Institute 5/03,2 Chisholm, Shirley 12/00,4 Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter 1/94,2 Chodorov, Frank 2/89,2 choice (insurance) aborted by Senate 2/02,1 choice, insurance 2/02,S2 choice, school 10/91,1; 2/93,2 choice wars, insurance 2/02,S2 Choice Act (Shadegg) 10/04,1 Choice Behavioral Health Partnership 12/98,4 Choice Care 6/95,S1 Choice Charitable Trust 10/91,1 Choice in Dying 12/03,2 Chop, William 7/98,2 Chop, William 6/98,4 Chrisbacher, Kelly 7/99,3 Christensen, Clay 5/04,4 Christensen, Clayton 2/01,1 Christensen v. Harris County 6/02,3 Christenson, Mark 9/96,3 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 8/01,2 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 10/97,2 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 2/01,4 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 3/99,3 Christian Brotherhood Network 11/97,4 Christian Medical and Dental Association 4/00,3 Christiansen, John 4/01,1 Christman, Ken 3/06,4 Christman, Kenneth on SBS 5/05,4 Christman, Kenneth on supporting AAPS 1/05,2 Christman, Kenneth 5/94,1 Christman, Kenneth 10/95,2 Christoph, Gary 4/00,1 Chrysler Corp 7/90,1 church and state 10/02,3 Churchill, Winson 10/92,4 Churchill, Winston, on socialism 7/96,1 Churchill, Winston 12/96,2 Churchill, Winston 9/01,3 Ciba/Novartis 1/01,3 Cicero 2/00,4 Cicero 5/95,4 Cihak, RJ 12/91,1; 1/92,1; 4/92,4; 7/93,1 Cihak, Robert 9/97,4 Cihak, Robert 11/95,4 Cihak, Robert 4/98,4 Cihak, Robert J 2/02,2 Cihak, Robert 6/01,3 Cihak, Robert 11/01,2 Cihak, Robert 8/00,1 Cihak, Robert J. 1/02,1 Cihak, Robert 6/97,4 Cihak, Robert 5/00,4 Cihak, Robert 7/96,4 Cindrich, Judge Robert 2/04,3 Citizen Action 12/91,1 Citizen Action 2/96,1 Citizens Against Rationing Health 1/94,2 Citizens Against Government Waste 2/98,3 Citizens Against Government Waste 8/01,2 Citizens Council on Health Care 1/03,2 Citizens for Choice in Health Care 9/96,3 Citizens for Health v. Leavitt 12/05,3 Citizens for Health v. Thompson 11/04,3 Citizens for a Sound Economy 7/93,2; 6/94,1 Citizens for Health v HHS 7/03,3 Citizens Petition on Language Rules 7/01,3 Citizens Protection Act 4/99,3 Citizens' Council on Health Care 4/99,3 Citrus County Medical Society 10/98,4 civil conspiracy 6/04,3 civil disobedience 11/02,2 civil forfeiture 7/92,1; 7/93,2 civil liberties 11/01,1 civil monetary penalties 11/95,S1 civil monetary penalties 2/96,3 civil monetary penalties, Clinton Plan 3/94,1 civil monetary penalties 3/91,1; 4/91,2 civil monetary penalties: prohibited practices 10/96,2 civil monetary penalties, Kassebaum Kennedy and 9/96,1 civil monetary penalties, bankruptcy 4/91,3 civil monetary penalties increase 8/03,2 civil penalty 6/00,S1 civil procedure, federal rules of 11/91,3; 2/92,3 civil rights in Congress 6/88,4 civil rights, administrative 11/97,3 civil rights and contracts 3/01,3 Civil Monetary Penalties Law 10/96,3 Civil rights for physicians 11/90,1 Civil Rights Act of 1964 3/01,1,3 Civil Rights Restoration Act 12/89,2 Civil Rights Act 1871 9/90,3; 10/90,3; 11/90,1; 11/91,1,3; 2/92,3 Civil Rights Act of 1964 10/04,3 Civil Rights Act of 1974 1/04,3 Civil Rights Act 9/88,3 Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 3/01,1 Civil Rights 12/89,3 Civil Rights Act of 1964 7/01,3 civil-criminal investigations 8/99,3 Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates v. Wells 3/03,2 claim, definition of 8/97,3 claims denials, Part B 6/96,2 claims filing, profits from 12/90,4 claims peer review 8/87,3 claims sampling, Medicare 6/92,S2 claims submission, refusal by Medicare patient 8/98,2 claims submission, Medicare 7/96,2 claims-made policies 5/04,3 claims-made policies 1/05,1 Clark v. Columbia HCA 10/05,3 Clark v. Columbia HCA 1/06,4 Clarke, Richard 7/90,1 class struggle 9/93,2 class-action suits against HMOs 12/99,3 Classen, J. Barthelow 7/99,2 Clause 59 11/02,2 clawback 3/03,1 clawback 7/93,2 Clay, Beth 12/01,2 Clay, William 7/92,S2 Clayton Act 1/97,3 Clayton, Jack D 9/91,2 Clean Air Act 5/99,2 Clean Air Act 11/00,3 Clean Air Bill 1/91,2 Clean Elections Law 5/04,3 Cleary, Edward 3/93,S2 Cleary, Thomas 4/00,2 Clement, Jay 8/94,2 Clement, Paul 3/05,3 Clements, Melissa Kline 9/00,4 Clemon, Judge U.W. 7/04,1 Cleveland, President ACP 11/95,1 CLIA & Competitiveness Council 9/92,2 CLIA 10/95,4 CLIA 12/95,S1 CLIA 12/94,2 CLIA 8/90,2; 9/90,2; 11/90,3; 2/91,2; 6/91,4; 7/91,2; 2/92,3; 3/92,4; 5/92,1 CLIA 8/95,4 CLIA, cancer mortality and 3/93,2 CLIA, challenge to 12/92,3 CLIA, civil monetary penalties 4/91,2 CLIA, cost 10/92,1; 10/94,4 CLIA, effect on rural labs 1/95,4 CLIA, final rule 3/93,2 CLIA forms 12/92,3 CLIA, inspections 10/94,4 CLIA, intermed sanctions 6/91,2 CLIA, number of labs registered 12/92,3 CLIA, physician opinion 10/92,1 CLIA, physician-performed microscopy 3/93,2 CLIA, proposed repeal 8/95,S2 CLIA questionnaire 11/92,2 CLIA, reductions in lab tests 1/96,2 CLIA requirements 1/00,4 Clinger, William 4/93,1; 6/93,1 clinical guidelines, RWJF 2/99,2 clinical lab survey 10/91,2 clinical labs, phys ownership 12/91,3 clinical pathway to death 7/05,2 clinical pathways 11/98,4 Clinical Lab Improvement Act 5/90,2 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee 9/92,2 Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act 7/97,1 Clinical Pathways 2/99,2 Clinical Pathways 4/99,2 clinics, school-based 5/97,1 Clinkscales, Curt 10/87,1 Clinton, Bill on private contracts 1/96,3 Clinton, Bill 10/92,S1; 3/93,1; 6/93,1; Clinton, Bill 6/01,S1 Clinton, Bill, on incremental reform 12/99,S2 Clinton, Bill 11/95,1 Clinton, Bill, budget 5/96,S2 Clinton budget 4/97,S1 Clinton, Budget 1/96,S1 Clinton Budget 3/98,S1 Clinton Care in Miami 6/00,1 Clinton, Chelsea 2/93,2 Clinton, Edward 10/98,2 Clinton Executive Order 13166 3/01,1 Clinton Health Security Act 3/94,1; 11/93 Clinton Health Security Act 4/00,1 Clinton Health Plan 2 1/98,S2 Clinton Health Security Act 12/97,1 Clinton Health Security Act 4/04,1 Clinton Health Security Act 8/00,2 Clinton Health Care Task Force 3/04,1; 9/04,1 Clinton Health Care Task Force 1/03,2 Clinton Health Plan 9/93,S1; 10/93,S1 Clinton Health Care Task Force 12/98,1 Clinton Health Care Task Force 6/00,1,2 Clinton Health Security Act 8/96,1 Clinton Health Care Task Force 8/00,1 Clinton Health Security Act 5/98,3 Clinton Health Care Task Force 8/99,1 Clinton, Hillary and Pediatric Rule 1/04,3 Clinton, Hillary 3/93,S1-2; 4/93,1; 6/93,3,S1-2; 11/93,3 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, senatorial campaign 9/99,2 Clinton, Hillary on medical bankruptcy 3/05,S1 Clinton, Hillary 11/01,1 Clinton, Hillary 9/02,2 Clinton, Hillary, Listening Tour 10/99,3 Clinton, Hillary 8/00,2 Clinton, Hillary on PBA 8/05,2 Clinton, Hillary 8/03,1 Clinton, Hillary 12/02,3 Clinton, Hillary 1/06,1 Clinton last-minute regulations 3/01,S1 Clinton Medicare proposal 11/00,S1 Clinton Medicare reform 3/97,S1 Clinton on budget and taxes 12/95,S1 Clinton Patient Bill of Rights 1/98,1 Clinton Patients' Bill of Rights 7/98,2 Clinton Plan, job and wage effect 5/94,S2 Clinton Plan, polls 12/93,S1; 5/94,S1; 8/94,S2 Clinton Plan, physicians' opinion 4/94,2 Clinton Plan 6/96,1 Clinton Plan, incremental enactment 8/03,1 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 1/02,1 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 5/98,1 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 3/02,1 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 4/00,1 Clinton Task Force, administrative simplification 5/03,1;7/03,1,2 Clinton transition team 1/93,S1 Clinton, William 8/03,2 Clinton's deficit package 4/93,S1 Clinton's Medicare proposal 4/00,S1 ClintonCare 2 2/98,4 Cloud, Sunny 11/96,S2 CMA and unique identifier 2/02,2 CMA, on peer review 12/03,3 CME falsification 9/05,3 CMS data base 10/05,2 CNA insurance 6/97,1 CNA Insurance Cos. 5/96,2 Coalition for Patients Rights 10/95,3 Coalition for Patient Choice 4/98,S2 Coalition for Government Procurement 1/99,2 Coalition for Consumer Justice 7/00,1 Coalition of Family Physicians (Canada) 7/00,2 Coastal Healthcare 10/94,3 Coble, Yank 2/99, 2 COBRA 1/02,S1-S2 COBRA 1/91,1 COBRA 10/02,S2 COBRA 1985 9/90,1 COBRA 2/02,S1 COBRA 3/02,S1 COBRA coverage 12/01,S1 COBRA coverage 11/01,S2 Coburn, Tom 2/05,S1 Coburn, Tom 10/99,S1 Coburn-Shadegg Bill 11/99,2 Coburn-Shadegg proposal 9/99,S1 Cochise County Health Department 5/98,1 cochlear implants 12/00,S2 Cochlear implants 3/90,2 Cochran, Wallace J 9/97,4 Code of Hammurabi 7/02,1 Code of Hammurabi 4/05,3 Code of Conduct 4/06,3 codes, CPT 9/04,4 codes, CPT 12/91,2 Codes, ICD-9 4/90,2; 12/90,4; 4/91,2 Codex Alimentarius 8/05,S1-2 coding, DRG, and training for 9/00,2 coding, E&M 1/98,2 coding errors 9/92,2 coding, incorrect 11/95,S1 coding, Medicare 2/98,4 Coffey, Edward 10/98,2 Cogan, John 1/95,S1 cognitive dissonance 11/00,4 Cohen, Bernard 2/88,2 Cohen, Norman 6/96,4 Cohen, Sen. 6/92,S2 Cohen, Willi
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Since 1943, AAPS has been dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine.
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