B A Goldberg
B A Goldberg
The case of Wickline v. State forebodes a new tort: malpractice by a physician who unprotestingly complies with a third-party payor's hospitalization restrictions. Medi-Cal granted this patient only half the hospital stay extension requeste...
L A Fischer
L A Fischer
In 1984, the Palm Beach County (Florida) Medical Society faced the invasion of an HMO which, via an expensive advertising plan, urged Medicare recipients to enroll in a program that promised free health care. As physicians watched more and ...
P Rogatz
P Rogatz
Home health care services have undergone tremendous growth in recent years thanks to increased need, Medicare reimbursement, improved technology, and preference for care at home rather than in the hospital. Criteria are listed for choosing ...
Case Reports
Consultant. 1988 Sep;28(9):68-9, 72-3. DOI: 1988
M B Shook
M B Shook
Peer review organizations exist to maintain high standards of medical care, not to intimidate physicians or hamper their style of practice. The author traces the history of these organizations and stresses their decentralized nature. Physic...
P B Ginsburg
P B Ginsburg
Following its congressional mandate to reform physician payment, the Physician Payment Review Commission has been examining the concept of a fee schedule. The commission, which operates almost entirely in public, has extensive contact with ...
W A Glaser
W A Glaser
The method of paying doctors under Medicare has never been workable; it creates disputes and confusion for physicians and everyone else and will soon be replaced. The problem is the need to develop a simple and predictable method that will ...
Comparative Study
Consultant. 1988 May;28(5):104-7, 111. DOI: 1988
D M Keith
D M Keith
Mandatory medical assignment bills have been presented to the legislatures of 16 states since 1985, when a bill passed in Massachusetts tied acceptance of assignment to medical licensure, In November 1987, an initiative appeared on the Wash...
F N Beckman,C Belisle
F N Beckman
Self-monitoring of capillary blood glucose has proved to be of great value to diabetic patients. Primary care physicians should therefore become familiar with the various models of reflectance meters so that they can advise each patient on ...
Comparative Study
Consultant. 1988 Jan;28(1):99-103, 106-7, 110 passim. DOI: 1988
W L Kissick
W L Kissick
Appropriate is defined by Webster as "especially suitable or compatible". Historically, health care has been appropriate in the eyes of physicians. Now we recognize that health care, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder, and the beho...
C A Harvey
C A Harvey
Aging of the "baby-boom" generation and increased life expectancy will mean a projected population increase of persons 65 and older from 39 to 65 million between 2010 and 2030. Surveys conducted among members of the American Association of ...