Calif. hospitals' report slams HMO practices.
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California↗
Biomedical subjects
R Shinkman
Publications and source records attributed to R Shinkman.
Foreign-born workers still in limbo. INS' delay in developing guidelines for 1996 law has generated procedural snafus, lawsuit.
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Allied Health Personnel↗
Providers learn to adapt in tough Albuquerque market. Resources are limited, but a new heart hospital is under way.
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Catchment Area, Health↗
Down on its luck. Rural Nevada hospital receives cash infusion, but its long-term outlook remains dicey.
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Bankruptcy↗
Monopoly is for the Benefis of none.
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Bankruptcy↗
1999 Trustees of the Year.
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Awards and Prizes↗
Another hit on premiums. Small businesses that can't self-insure are affected the most by insurance rate increases.
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Data Collection↗
Chock-full of change. Opportunities, and perils, abound as industry continues to evolve.
Tighten your belt and hold onto your wallet: Another year of change looms for healthcare. In a 1999 outlook report, our staff tells all about Medicare cutbacks, managed-care turbulence and a looming crisis in skilled nursing. And everyone is braced for the appearance of that ugly year-2000 computer bug.
Chronology as Topic↗
No deal? Columbia-Alexian Brothers swap hits antitrust snag.
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Antitrust Laws↗
Market profile. San Diego market is steady as a rock. Not-for-profits, stability dominate.
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California↗
Survey: HMO premiums rising sharply.
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Capitation Fee↗
Go ahead and merge, but ... Montana adds conditions to insurers' controversial deal.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans↗
Windfall for hospitals. California OKs trust fund's plan to dole out money.
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California↗
Competitive disadvantage? Mont. system acuses competitors of skirting state law.
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Charities↗
The feds pay more. Premiums twice those of private sector--study.
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Employer Health Costs↗
More going bloodless. Transfusion-free surgery seen as safer, cheaper alternative, with faster recoveries.
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Blood Loss, Surgical↗
Voters back pot rights. Medicinal use of marijuana approved in four states.
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Cannabis↗
Healthcare international.
How people are treated when they need medical care depends on where in the world they are. In deciding which tools of the medical trade are used to treat disease and when they're used, location is paramount. A country's social policy, healthcare payment systems and cultural factors bear heavily on the utilization of medical technology. The cover story kicks off the magazine's third international healthcare section.
Global Health↗