Index to AAPS News, August, 1986-December, 2006

100 Years of Market Distortions 7/06,1 AAPS v. Clinton 3/99,1 Abschöpfung 6/01,2 3M and medical procedure codes 3/01,2 AAPS v. Clinton 1/99,3 abuse, legal def. 9/00,2 AAFP 1/94,2; 4/94,2 AAPS-PAC 1/94,3 Acadiana Coalition 1/95,2 AAFP 10/00,2 AAPS-PAC report 3/00,2 access, "right" to 4/92,2 AAFP 2/02,2 Aaron, Henry 1/96,3 access and mandatory assign. 12/90,4 AAFP 2/01,3 Aaron, Henry 3/06,1 access problems 7/03,S2 AAFP, stand on universal coverage 10/99,2 AARP 11/97,1,S2 access to courts 4/92,1 AAN on right to die 12/03,1 AARP 5/98,S2 access under single payer 3/00,2 AAP 1/94,2 AARP 5/02,S1 Access and Choice Act 12/99,S1 AAP 10/00,2 AARP 5/95,S2 ACCESS Procedures Manual 3/96,3 AAP vaccine refusal form 4/06,2 AARP 5/90,1; 10/92,S1 accident insurance 8/98,4 AAPS associate membership 9/93,4 AARP 5/02,4 accountability 9/98,1 AAPS Medicare survey 1999 10/99,2 AARP 6/01,S2 accountability of federal agents 7/02,3 AAPS Non-Participation Policy 3/03,1 AARP 6/99,S1 accountability v. autonomy 1/06,2 AAPS Nonparticipation Policy 4/95,3 AARP 7/02,2,4 accountable health organizations 3/99,2 AAPS Patients' Bill of Rights 1/98,1 AARP 8/95,S1 Accountable Health Plans 2/93,1 AAPS survey, Arizona physicians on managed care AARP 9/94,3 Accountable Health Partnerships 8/92,S2 5/97,2 AARP and private contracting 4/98,S4 accounting, government 9/02,1 AAPS testimony 5/93,2 AARP and private contracts 12/97,S1 accreditation and AMA 9/96,1 AAPS v Clinton 5/03,1 AARP prescription drug benefit 4/02,S2 Accreditation Council for GME 9/93,1 AAPS v Thompson (HIPAA privacy rule0 2/02,3 abandonment 2/03,1 ACGME 9/93,1 AAPS v Clinton 10/95,1 Abbott and Costello 8/00,1 ACIP 10/00,2 AAPS v HHS (AHIC) 8/06,3 ABC Nightline 12/99,4 ACLU 12/98,3 AAPS v Clinton 12/95,1 ABC Plan, CMA 9/91,1 ACLU 2/96,1 AAPS v Clinton, payment of sanctions 3/98,3 abortion 3/96,1 ACOG 10/00,2 AAPS v Clinton appeal 4/98,3 abortion 4/91,2 ACOG 3/93,2 AAPS v HHS 8/02,3 abortion 6/98,3 ACP 6/90,1; 10/92,S1; 1/94,2 AAPS v Clinton 12/94,1 abortion access 4/92,2 ACP/ASIM 5/02,2 AAPS v HHS 11/02,3 abortion and breast cancer 2/02,3 ACP/ASIM 3/03,1 AAPS v. Weinberger 8/95,1 abortion and liberty 12/88,2; 8/89,2 ACP/ASIM 11/02,4 AAPS v. Clinton 11/94,1 abortion backlash 1/02,4 ACP/ASIM Center for Ethics 1/99,1 AAPS v. Weinberger 3/89,4; 3/92,1 abortion, breast cancer risk in 11/00,3 acquittal, effect on sentencing 2/97,3 AAPS v. Clinton 4/93, 1,3; 5/93,1,3; 6/93,1; 8/93,1,3; abortion/breast cancer 12/03,3 Action democratique du Quebec 6/05,1 10/93,3; 12/93,1; 2/94,3; 4/94,1; 5/94,3; 6/94,3; 8/94,2 abortion, Clinton position on 4/95,S2 active compression-decompression CPR 8/94,2 AAPS v. Bowen 11/88,1; 7/89,3; 9/90,1,3; 12/90,1; abortion coverage 5/94,S1 activism, judicial 1/92,3 6/91,2; 8/91,3 abortion, eugenic 8/05,2 Acton, Lord 10/02,3 AAPS v. Weinberger 12/97,S2 abortion, Gore on 9/92 S1 actual malice standard 11/06,3 AAPS v. Clinton 5/97,2 abortion, in uniform benefits 6/93,1 actuarial estimates 5/00,4 AAPS v. Clinton, mootness 1/95,3 abortion, information on 4/01,1 actuaries, full employment for 2/00,4 AAPS v. Thompson 1/02,3 abortion, informed consent 8/02,3 Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care 7/00,1 AAPS v. Thompson, privacy regs 10/01,3 abortion, insurance coverage 3/94,2 Ada County, ID and MSA 11/95,1 AAPS v. FDA 1/04,3 abortion, Jocelyn Elders and 2/93,S1 Adams, Charles 11/01,1 AAPS v. Weinberger 9/99,1 abortion, managed competition and 2/93,2 Adams, Charles 2/00,3 AAPS v. HHS 1/03,3 abortion, Missouri case 5/89,4 Adams, Frank 2/04,3 AAPS v. Bowen I,II 1/93,3 abortion, partial birth 4/00,3 Adams, John 4/98,S4 AAPS v. Thompson on HIPAA privacy rule 3/02,3 abortion, partial birth 4/97,S2 Adams, John 8/02,2 AAPS v. FDA (pediatric rule) 12/01,3 abortion, partial birth 8/05,2 Adams, Mark 7/00,3 AAPS v. Clinton 4/00,1 abortion, partial birth 11/99,2 Adams, Sam 8/95,1 AAPS v. Clinton 11/95,3 abortion, partial birth 11/96,S2 Adams, Samuel 12/01,2 AAPS v. Clinton 4/95,3 abortion regulation lawsuits 12/88,3 addiction to welfare 9/97,2 AAPS v. Clinton 9/00,3 abortion, standard benefit 9/93,S2 Adkins, Lewis E 11/88,3 AAPS v. Clinton remanded 10/99,3 abortion, state laws 10/94,3 Adler, Steven J 2/99,4 AAPS v. Weinberger 1/98,1 abortion training 4/95,2 Adlerstein, David 10/01,2 AAPS v. Clinton 10/94,1,3 Abortion funding 7/90,3 Administar 5/98,2 AAPS v. Thompson 9/01,1 Abortion Non-Discrimination Act 8/02,3 AdminiStar 2/96,4 AAPS v. Clinton 1/98,2 Abortion, parental consent 8/90,4 AdminiStar Federal 2/01,3 AAPS v. HHS (Privacy Rule) 7/03,3 abortions 7/93,3,S2 administration, costs of 7/00,1 AAPS v. FDA 12/02,3 abortions, Canada 4/88,4; 7/89,2 administrative cost in single payer 12/02,4 AAPS v. Weinberger 1/98,3 abortions, Canada 3/00,1 administrative costs 2/03,S2 AAPS v. Clinton, sanctions awarded 5/03,3 abortions, public funding 1/90,3 administrative costs, Medicare 7/00,4 AAPS v. Clinton, sanctions in 2/98,1 Abramowitz, Kenneth 4/93,4 administrative costs, Medicare 9/02,1 administrative efficiency 3/06,4 administrative overhead, Canada 11/94,2 administrative costs, public schools 10/02,4 administrative law 9/00,3 administrative pricing, Medicare 1/00,S1 administrative costs 8/91,2 administrative law 3/02,1 administrative pricing, Medicare 4/02,S2 administrative costs 7/00,S2 administrative law 1/00,1 administrative savings 2/93,2 administrative costs, single payer 3/00,2 administrative law 10/92,4; 1/93,2 administrative simplification 8/98,1 administrative costs, Medicaid 11/02,2 administrative law 6/98,3 administrative simplification 8/96,4 administrative efficiency 11/04,2 administrative law, testimony concerning 6/98,S1-2 administrative simplification, effect on hospitals 7/00,S2 Quality in the Health Care Industry 1/98,S2 Aimster 1/04,3 administrative simplification 9/96,1 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Akula, John 6/01,3 administrative simplification 8/98,4 5/00,2 Al-Jadda, Souheil 9/90,1; 12/90,1 administrative simplification 5/97,1 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Alabama Board of Medical Examiners 5/03,3 administrative simplification 2/01,1 3/00,3 Alamo 11/93,1 administrative simplification 6/98,4 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Alaska Airlines 12/00,2 administrative simplification 11/94,1 12/99,3 Alaska, state employees' insurance claims 3/97,4 administrative simplification 8/96,1 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Albert, Carl 8/00,2 administrative simplification 8/95,4 (ACIP) 1/01,3 Alberta Bill 11 6/00,2; 7/00,2 administrative simplification 6/97,3 advocacy v. lying 6/00,3 Alberta Bill # 37 1/99,2 Administrative civil rights act 11/97,3 Aetna 10/05,1 Alberta Health and Wellness 3/02,2 Administrative Discipline Committees 4/04,4 Aetna 12/99,3 Alberta, private pay in 4/95,2 Administrative Medicaid Outreach Program 6/99,3 Aetna 5/95,2 alchemy of tears 4/96,1 Administrative Procedure Act 4/01,3 Aetna of Georgia 4/91,1; 1/93,3 ALEC 1/94,2 Administrative Procedure Act 5/95,3 Aetna settlement and AMA 8/03,4 ALEC 9/94,2 Administrative Procedure Act 9/00,3 Aetna settlement 7/03,3 Alerre, Richard 3/03,3 Administrative Procedure Act 8/98,1 Aetna/US HealthCare 8/00,S2 Alexander, Dan 6/03,3 Administrative Procedure Act, Montana 6/02,3 affidavit for Medicare opt out 3/98,3 Alexander, Dan 7/01,3 Administrative Procedure Act 11/90,3; 6/91,2; 3/92,3; Affirmation of Citizens' Rights 3/97,4 Alexander v. Sandoval 7/01,3 9/92,3; 10/92,3 Affirmation of Citizens' Rights 4/97,4 Alfredson v. Lewisburg Comm Hosp 9/91,3 Administrative Procedure Act 12/01,3 Affirmation of Citizens' Rights 2/97,4 Alien and Sedition Act 4/98,S4 Administrative Procedure Act 6/97,3 Affordable Health 8/95,2 aliens, undocumented 4/03,1 Administrative Procedure Act 11/97,3 AFL-CIO 9/94,3 All Kids Count 5/97,2 Administrative Procedure Act 3/98,1 age discrimination 6/98,3 All Kids Count 9/99,2 Administrative Simplification Compliance Act Age Concern England 3/00,S2 All Kids Count 5/00,2 (ASCA) 11/02,4 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research All Kids Count 5/99,2 Administrative Simplification Rules 6/05,3 (AHCPR) 9/04,1 All Kids Count 8/98,3 Administrative Simplification, Clinton Task Force Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 1/96,2 All Kids Count 6/01,3 5/03,1; 7/03,1 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 2/95,3 All Kids Count 9/00,2 Administrative Simplification 5/99,1 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 1/98,4 Allard, Wayne 8/01,S1 administrators, power increase with Medicare Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Allegheny General Hospital 3/96,2 10/98,4 (AHRQ) 1/06,2 Allen, Doris Houser 12/99,3 Adult Protective Services Act, Arizona 2/03,3 Agency for Health Care Quality Research 9/98,S1 Allen, Lewis G 8/93,2 advance directives 5/05,1 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 3/98,S1 Allen, Shirley Anne 12/97,2 advance directives 2/91,2; 2/93,2 aging 1/01,S1 Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield physician bonus advance directives 12/03,1 agricultural subsidies and doctors 4/97,S1 10/98,4 Advance Beneficiary Notice 4/98,1 Aguilar, Georginia 9/99,4 Alliance for Human Research Protection 1/04,3 Advance Beneficiary Notice 4/98,S3 AHA 8/94,1 Alliance for Managed Competition 4/95,1 Advanced Beneficiary Notice 9/99,1 AHA guidelines 1/06,1 Alliance for Human Research Protection 12/02,3 adverse selection 1/96,S2 AHA v. Sullivan 9/91,3 Alliance for Human Research Protection 5/02,3 adverse selection 3/98,S2 AHCCCS 1/87,1; 8/92,1 Alliance for Health Reform 5/97,2 adverse selection 7/96,S1 AHIC 10/06,3 Alliance for Human Research Protection 9/02,2 adverse selection 2/92,2 AHIC 9/06,1 Allison, Ronald 2/05,4 adverse selection 2/03,1 AHIC imbalance 8/06,3 Allison v. Merck 3/02,3 adverse selection 5/00,S1 Ahmed, Jamil 7/05,1 allowances, tables of 6/02,4 advertising, direct drug 5/02,4 AHPs (Accountable health plans) 2/93,1 Alper, Philip 1/05,4 advisory opinion 9/96,S1, 10/96,2 AIDS 6/88,3; 1/89,2; 2/89,4; 3/89,1; 11/91,2 Alper, Philip 1/04,4 Advisory Board Company 3/96,2 AIDS, funding for AZT 5/87,4 Alper, Philip 5/04,4 Advisory Board Company 12/98,3 AIDS legislation 11/89,4 Alper, Philip 2/90,1 Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and AIDS patients, leak of file 11/96,2 Alpha Center 1/95,2 Quality in the Health Care Industry 5/97,1 AIDS Prevention Act 7/90,4 Alpha Center 6/98,1 Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform 3/02,2 AIDS testing 1/88,4 alternative dispute resolution 2/92,S2; 10/92,S2; Advisory Committee on Consumer Protection and AIDS, toll mounts 4/89,2 6/94,S1 alternative medicin3 3/96,S2 12/97,4 AMA and private medicine 12/97,S2 alternative medicine, spending for 10/02,1 AMA and use of RICO against pro-life organizations AMA, and MMR vaccine 5/00,2 alternative medicine 11/98,2 10/98,4 AMA and patients' rights 12/99,2 Altman, Drew 5/06,1 AMA and EPEC 2/01,2 AMA and quality measures 7/06,4 Altman, Stuart 2/93,S1; 4/93,S1; 6/94,S2 AMA and HIPAAdocs Corp 1/03,2 AMA and Aetna settlement 8/03,4 Altman, Stuart 2/99,1 AMA and HIPAA 2/02,4 AMA and private contracting 9/97,1 Altman, Stuart 6/99,1 AMA and EPEC 1/99,1,4 AMA, brief in NOW v. Scheidler 1/94,2,3 Alzheimer's, denial of treatment 10/97,3 AMA and CPT revenue 1/04,2 AMA code of ethics 7/99,1 Alzheimer's disease 7/95,4 AMA and HIPAA 7/01,3 AMA coding 4/06,1 Alzheimer's disease 10/02,3 AMA and CPT 2/02,1 AMA, Common Ground Proposal 3/01,S2 AMA & database copyrights 11/98,1 AMA and relative value scale 6/92,S1 AMA Council on Judicial Affairs on nutrition as AMA, & AAPS v. Clinton 2/94,3 AMA and accreditation 9/96,1 Rx 12/03,1 AMA 10/00,2 AMA and AARP, AFL-CIO 9/94,3 AMA Council on Medical Education 1/04,4 AMA 10/02,1 AMA and Archer-Kyl 11/97,S2 AMA CPT contract 9/01,2 AMA 5/90,4; 2/91,3; 10/91,4; 11/91,2; 1/94,2 AMA and professional courtesy 3/01,4 AMA, CPT profits 3/01,2 AMA 7/02,4 AMA and ATLA 9/98,2 AMA CPT monopoly 10/00,3 AMA 8/98,1 AMA and graduate medical education 4/97,2 AMA delegates 3/99,2 AMA, AAPS v. Clinton & 4/94,1 AMA and fraud 1/01,4 AMA E&M Guidelines 2/95,3 AMA and Compassionate Competent Care Initiative AMA and RB-RVS 9/00,2 AMA, endorsement of Medicare reform 12/95,S1 AMA ethics 8/94,4 AMA principles of medical ethics 2/01,3 American Bar Assoc, on insurance reform 2/95,S2 AMA, evolution of 12/95,2 AMA Principles of Med Ethics 7/91,1 American Bar Association 7/01,1 AMA/HCFA CPT contract 6/98,1 AMA, role in CPT codes 4/97,3 American Bar Association 12/00,2 AMA/HCFA CPT agreement 8/00,4 AMA, role in CPT codes 11/99,3 American Bar Association 5/96,3 AMA/HCFA E&M codes 2/98,4 AMA, RWJF grants 4/03,4 American Board of Internal Medicine 5/02,2 AMA/HCFA E & M Documentation Guidelines (also AMA, support for positions 8/96,2 American Chiropractic Association 4/98,S2 see "E and M or E&M) 6/98;1 AMA supports practice guidelines 10/89,4 American Civil Liberties Union 6/01,1 AMA/HCFA E & M Documentation guidelines, AMAP 2/99,2,4; 6/99,2 American College of Physicians on private proposed resolution concerning 6/98,2 ambiguous rules, prosecutions in 1/02,LS contracting 4/98,S4 AMA/HCFA monopoly 2/99,4 Ambrose, Willard J 2/95,4 American College of Physicians 11/95,1 AMA/HCFA CPT contract 9/98,3 ambulatory surgery facility 11/00,3 American College of Physicians 6/97,2 AMA/HCFA contract on CPT 12/98,1 ambulatory surgery 7/92,4 American College of Physicians 12/02,1 AMA/HCFA partnership 5/00,1 ambulatory surgery center delicensed 1/00,1 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology AMA, in Veeck v. SBCCI 7/00,3 Ambulatory Surgery Clinics 1/01,4 1/94,2 AMA, in Veeck amicus 5/00,1 Amendment, First 2/92,3 American College Phys 2/90,1; 1/94,2 AMA Institute for Ethics 1/99,1 Amendment, Fourteenth 2/92,3 American Conservative Union Health Care Tour AMA marches 5/93,S2 Amer Assoc Retired Psn 5/90,1 9/94,3 AMA membership 1/88, 4 Amer College Hyperbaric Medicine 5/92,3 American Council on Science and Health 5/95,3 AMA on right to die 12/03,1 America's Health Insurance Plans 10/05,S2 American Council for Health Care Reform 4/93,1 AMA on P4P 9/05,2 American Academy of Family Physicians 1/94,2 American Council of Life Insurers 7/06,1 AMA on feeding tubes 5/05,1 American Academy of Family Physicians 8/99,4 American Enterprise Institute 6/00,3 AMA on privacy 4/01,1 American Academy of Actuaries 7/96,S1 American Farm Bureau 8/92,2 AMA on public-private partnership 4/00,2 American Academy of Neurology 6/01,4 American Farm Bureau Federation 12/92,2 AMA on practice guidelines 12/89,4 American Academy of Actuaries 8/95,S2 American Health Legal Foundation 4/00,3 AMA on language regulations 3/01,1 American Academy of Family Physicians 2/99,1 American Health Law Association 9/00,1 AMA on managed competition 2/93,1 American Academy of Actuaries and K-K 9/96,1 American Health Information Mgt Assn 8/02,2 AMA, on privacy regs 4/00,1 American Academy of Pediatrics 1/94,2 American Health Lawyers Assoc 6/98,2 AMA on Kassebaum-Kennedy 9/96,1 American Academy of Neurology, code of ethics American Health Legal Foundation 12/98,3 AMA on Clinton's task force 4/93,1 10/97,4 American Health Information Community (AHIC) AMA on absolute immunity 4/04,3 American Academy of Pediatrics 6/01,2 2/06,1; 4/06,1,3 AMA, on Medicare 12/95,2 American Academy of Pediatrics 5/99,2 American Health Legal Foundation 11/00,3; 12/00,1 AMA on Terri Schiavo 5/05,2 American Academy of Neurology 8/03,1 American Hospital Assoc 5/97,3 AMA on HIPAA privacy 9/01,1 American Academy of Actuaries 2/96,S1 American Hospital Association 8/98,2 AMA, PAC contributions 7/93,S2 American Academy of Neurology 1/99,1 American Hospital Assn on HIPAA cost 10/01,3 AMA physician masterfile 3/97,2 American Assoc Clinical Urologists 4/95,1 American Hospital Association 4/01,1 AMA Physician Masterfile 8/06,4 American Association of Medical Colleges 4/01,1 American Hospital Association 3/99,3 AMA Physician Masterfile 12/98,3 American Association of Health Plans 7/98,S1 American Hospital Association (AHA) 3/01,S1 AMA Physician Masterfile 4/00,2 American Association for the Advancement of American Hospital Association 3/97,1 AMA Physician Consortion for Performance 12/06,2 Science 6/99,2 American Institute for Economic Research 3/99,3 AMA Policy E-2.067 on torture 6/03,2 American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin American Legislative Exchange Council 6/01,2 AMA, principles of medical ethics 11/99,3 10/01,3 American Legislative Exchange Council 2/02,2 American Legislative Exchange Council 1/94,2 College of Physicians 7/00,S2 Andrews, Mike 8/92, S2 American Legislative Exchange Council 5/00,2 American Society of Internal Medicine, on asset Anello, Andrew 9/01,3 American Life League 1/90,2 seizure 2/97,3 anesthesia in ASCs 9/00,4 American Lithotripsy Society 10/92,3 American Society of Dermatology v. Shalala 6/97,3 anesthesia, mortality due to 4/00,2 American Medical Association 7/98,1 American Society of Dermatology 10/95,3 anesthesia, payment for 1/96,4 American Medical Peer Review Assoc 2/92,4 American Society Intern Med 2/90,1 Anesthesiologists Affiliated v. Sullivan 10/91,3 American Medical Association Program 2/99,2,4; American Society of Dermatology v. Shalala 5/00,1 Angell, M 3/97,1 6/99,2 American Surgical Hospital Association 3/04,3 Angell, Marcia 11/98,2 American Medical Informatics Association 6/98,4 American Trial Lawyers Assoc 9/98,2 Angell, Marcia 8/01,1 American Medical Association, and Flexner Report Americans for Free Choice in Medicine 10/97,2 Anguilo, James 4/98,2 6/99,2 Americans for Tax Reform 8/01,2 Annas, George 7/04,3 American Medical Association on private Americans for Tax Reform 12/97,S1 Annas, George 5/02,3 contracting 4/98,S4 Americans for Tax Reform 3/05,2 Annas, George 1/96,3 American Medical Students Association 12/99,2 Americans for Tax Reform 7/98,2 Annas, George 1/02,1 American Medical Association as quislings 7/98,4 Americans with Disability Act and peer review Annas, George 5/05,1 American Nurses Association 3/01,S1 11/02,3 Annis, Ed 4/98,4 American Pain Society 2/05,3 Americans With Disabilities Act and pain Rx 11/96,2 Annis, Edward 12/89,2 American Physicians Insurance Exchange 5/96,2 Americare 3/92,S2 anthrax scare 3/02,1 American Postal Workers Union 11/02,S1 Americcan Bar Association 11/97,3 Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) American Psychiatric Association 5/99,S2 Amish and insurance 7/06,1 1/03,1 American Psychiatric Association, Ritalin suit 1/01,3 anabolic steroids 10/97,4 anti-competitive behavior 10/02,3 American Psychiatric Association 1/96,3 Anders, George 7/97,S1 Anti-Deficiency Act 5/93,3 American Psychiatric Society 7/03,3 Anders, George 5/95,2 anti-dumping act 2/96,3 American Psychiatric Association 2/96,1 Andersen, Arthur, conviction reversal 9/05,3 Anti-Dumping Act 9/91,3; 3/93,3; 7/93,3; 8/94,3 American Psychiatric Assoc 1/92,2 Anderson, AV 10/99,4 anti-hassle legislation 1/91,2 American Psychoanalytic Association 1/03,3 Anderson, E Ratcliffe 8/99,3 Anti-hassle bill 9/90,2, 11/90,4 American Psychoanalytic Assn 7/03,3 Anderson, E. Ratcliffe 7/01,1 anti-HMO lawsuits 10/98,S1 American Public Health Assoc 4/92,2 Anderson, E. Ratcliffe 6/01,2 anti-kickback law 10/91,3; 10/92,1,3; 3/93,3; 6/93,2 American Public Health Association 1/03,2 Anderson, Gary 5/91,3 anti-kickback rules 6/02,3 American Society of Dermatology v. Shalala 4/97,3 Anderson, Ron 6/90,1 anti-kickback rules 2/01,1 American Society of Internal Medicine/American Anderson, Tony 12/03,3 anti-kickback statute 2/96,3 anti-kickback statute 12/00,3 antitrust WSMA 9/91,1 Aristotle 5/02,4 Anti-Kickback Statute 8/04,1 Antos, Joe 6/00,3 Arizona chapter 1/02,2 Anti-Kickback Statute and discounts to uninsured Antos, Joseph 7/03,S1 Arizona Chapter 5/02,2 2/04,1 Antos, Joseph 5/03,S2 Arizona Citizen Action 5/01,4 Anti-Ku Klux Klan Act 10/90,3; 11/91,1,3 Antos, Joseph 11/05,S1 Arizona Diabetes Initiative 4/04,1 anti-tobacco legislation 8/98,1 Antos, Joseph 12/02,S2 Arizona Emergency Powers Bill 3/02,2 anti-tobacco movement 11/00,1 Antos, Joseph 6/04,S2; 7/04,S1 Arizona health budget 8/92,1 antibiotics, peptide 5/02,3 any willing paying subscriber 9/01,4 Arizona Health Plan 5/90,2 antidepressants in children 12/06,S1-2 any-willing-provider laws 6/03,3 Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Antietam 11/01,S1 AOA on Medicare opting out 10/99,4 1/98,2 Antietam 11/01,1 APHA 4/92,2 Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System antikickback law and waiver of copayments 1/05,3 appeals, Medicare 1/00,S2 8/98,3 antikickback statute and profits 12/06,3 appeasers v. collaborators 1/96,4 Arizona, HMO disclosure 2/96,1 Antikickback charges 3/05,3 Appel, Saul 9/91,2 Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) 7/04,2 Antikickback law 4/02,3 Appell, James Z 12/95,2 Arizona Medical Association 7/98,1,2 antineoplaston 4/05,3 appendectomy, cost 2/92,1 Arizona Medical Association 4/98,2 antineoplaston 4/97,3 Appleby J 10/01,1 Arizona Medical Association 7/02,2 antineoplastons 7/97,3 Aragon Consulting Group 5/96,2 Arizona MSAs 6/94,1 antinepotism law 4/93,1; 5/93,3 arbitration 2/91,3 Arizona physicians on KidCare 1/98,2 antipsychotic prescribing 12/06,S1-2 Arbroath, Declaration of 3/00,2 Arizona Republic 9/00,4 antitrust 1/97,3 Archer, Bill and CLIA 8/95,S2 Arizona Supreme Court 5/05,3 antitrust and govt 4/06,3 Archer, Bill 2/98,1 Arizona Supreme Court 2/03,3 antitrust law 7/96,3 Archer, Bill 11/97,1 Arizona Supreme Court 1/05,3 antitrust law 3/96,3 Archer, William Reynolds III 9/93,S2 Arkansas Medicaid tax 7/91,2 antitrust law 3/87,3; 4/87,3; 8/87,3; 12/87,3; 7/88,1,3; Archer, William Reynolds 9/02,2 armed auditors 11/98,3 8/88,3 Archer, Yvonne 2/01,3 armed auditors 12/98,2 antitrust law 2/06,1 Archer, Yvonne 7/00,3 Armey, Dick on HIPAA error 9/01,1 antitrust law and PPOs 9/87,3 Archer-Jacobs bill 10/95,S2, 12/95,S2 Armey, Dick 7/01,1 antitrust law, malpractice insurance 7/87,3 Archer-Kyl bill 11/97,1,S1 antitrust violations 6/96,3 Archimedes Movement 6/06,1 Armey, Dick 8/01,S2 Asimov, Isaac 12/05,1 Atkins, Susan 5/99,2 Armey, Dick 6/93,S2; 11/93,3; 2/94,2 Askanazi, Dr. 11/02,3 Atkinson, Edward 6/06,3 Armey, Dick 8/01,3 Assar v. Crescent Counties Found 3/94,3 ATLA 7/06,1 Armey, Dick 3/01,S2 assaultative behavior 9/97,3 Atlanta Dermatolog Assoc 12/91,3 Armey, Dick 6/01,1 asset forfeiture 3/98,4 Atlantic Institute for Market Studies 10/00,2 Armey, Dick 4/99,S1 asset forfeiture 8/92,2; 1/93,1; 6/93,2; 11/93,2; Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Convention 6/01,4 Armey, Dick 1/95,S1 1/94,2,3 Atlas Shrugged 1/02,4 Armey, Dick 4/01,1 asset forfeiture 1/03,1 atrial fibrillation, therapy of 2/99,2 Armey, Richard 1/98,S2 asset forfeiture by Inquisition 4/02,1 Atta, Mohammed 12/02,3 Armey, Richard 1/96,S1 asset forfeiture and private insurers 2/99,3 attainder, bill of 12/90,1 Armstrong, John 9/05,2 asset forfeitures, amount 12/93,3 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 1/01,1,3; Arnett, Grace Marie 8/98,S1 asset freezes 2/97,3 2/01,4 Arnett, Grace Marie 2/95,S1 asset freezing 5/00,3 attestation statement 3/91,1 Arnett, Grace Marie 6/94,S2 asset seizure, WA 1/04,3 Attorney DR 4-101(A) 6/98,2 Arnett, Grace-Marie 10/00,2 asset seizure 7/93,2 Attorney General subpoena power 5/98,3 Arnett, Jerome 12/90,3; 1/92,1; 9/92,3; 1/93,3; 3/93,1 asset seizures, MediCal 12/00,4 attorney-client privilege 6/98,2 Arnett, Jerome 4/93,3 assets and judgments 1/05,2 attorney-client privilege 4/99,1 Arnett, Jerome 9/96,3 assets, protection of 12/04,3 attorney-client privilege 2/99,3 Arnett, Jerome 5/02,4 assigned v. unassigned claims 6/96,3 attorney-client relationship 1/01,2 Arnett, Jerome 5/02,2 assignment, mandatory for drugs 3/02,4 Atwater v. Lago Vista 7/01,1 Aronovitz, Leslie 12/01,1 assignment, Medicare 5/92,3 audit, Medicare, risk of 9/00,4 Arrow, Kenneth 2/03,1 assignment of benefits 8/03,3 audits, HCFA 12/00,3 Arrow, KJ 4/03,1 assignment of benefits and fraud 8/96,2 audits, Medicare 8/99,3 Arsenau, James 7/97,4 assignment of benefits 3/98,1 audits, Medicare carrier 7/90,4 Arthur Anderson 8/02,3 Assignment, mandatory 3/90,4; 5/90,1,2,4 audits, Medicare 2/00,2 artificial nutrition and hydration 7/05,1 Assignment rates 10/90,2 audits of US federal agencies 7/02,2 Artinian, Gary 5/97,3 assignments, effect on fraud 3/98,2 audits, prepayment 7/00,4 Artinian, Gary 2/97,2 assisted suicide 12/98,4 Ault, Thomas 8/97,S1 ASA and MSAs 12/95,2 Associated Press, amicus brief 6/93,3 Ault, Thomas 11/95,3,4 asbestos and WTC collapse 11/01,2 association health plans 4/02,S1 Ault, Thomas 10/95,3 ASCA 3/03,2 Association Health Plans 12/04,S2 Ault, Thomas 7/96,2 Aschman, Diane J 8/03,2 Association Health Plans (AHPs) 9/05,S1 Ault, Tom 7/95,1 ASD v Shalala 10/95,3 Association of American Medical Colleges 6/02,1 Auschwitz 11/00,1 Ash, Timothy Garton 6/01,2 Association of Trial Lawyers of America 8/01,1 Auschwitz 7/91,2 Ashburn, Michael 2/05,3 Association of Academic Health Centers 4/01,1 Austin, R Marshall 2/92,3 Ashburn, Michael 4/05,3 Association of Trial Lawyers of America 9/02,S1 AustinTxMD 2/98,4 Ashburn, Michael 10/05,3 Association of American Medical Colleges 2/05,2 Australia 3/99,2 Ashman, Richard 5/95,1 Assurant Health 9/05,2 Australia 9/90,4 ASIM 6/92,S1 Astin 11/98,2 Australia, medicine in 3/06,2 ASIM and CLIA 9/90,3 Astorino, Arthur 1/95,2 Australia, pain management 6/03,2 ASIM on practice guidelines 12/89,4 Astorino, Arthur 5/94,2 Australian Doctors Fund 3/97,2 Asimov, Isaac 7/98,1 Astrue, Michael 12/92,3 autism 1/03,1 autism 4/04,2 Babic, Stephen 6/98,1 balance billing, OH 4/92,1, 2/94,1 autism 5/00,2 baby boomers 11/95,S2 balance billing ban 2/93,3 autism and vaccines 7/04,2 baby boomers 5/05,4 balance billing, need for 5/95,4 autism, ArMA resolution 7/04,2 Baby Boom and Medicare 7/97,1 balance billing ban stands in MA court, 12/87,2 Autism Research Institute 1/01,1 bad faith, standard for 9/00,3 balance billing limits 6/92,S2 autoimmune reactions to vaccines 7/99,2 Badger, Doug 5/04,S1 balance billing 8/97,S2, 9/97,2 automobile costs vs medical 10/00,1 Baesler, Scotty 8/94,2 balance billing in Ohio 12/94,3 Automotive Service Assoc 11/95,2 Bailey, Joseph P. 1/90,1 balance billing ban, RI 10/87,4 autonomous decision-making 6/98,3 Baker, John S 8/02,3 balance billing and Ohio law 8/96,3 autonomy, physician, in Britain 3/00,2 Balaklaw, Lee 3/98,4 Balance billing, NY 10/90,2 autonomy v. accountability 1/06,2 Balaklaw, Lee on double taxation 7/05,4 Balance billing 3/90,4; 5/90,1; 7/90,4; 11/91,2; 6/93,1 autopsy 11/98,3 Balaklaw, Lee 3/01,4 Balance Billing Law, New York State 6/02,4 autopsy of a prosecution 1/02,LS Balaklaw, Lee 1/96,4 balanced budget, econometric analysis of 2/96,S2 Avorn, Jerry 4/05,3 Balaklaw, Lee 7/99,4 Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 12/00,S1 Ayala v Tenet 2/03,2 Balaklaw, Lee 6/99,4 Balanced Budget Act of 1995 1/96,S2 Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood 10/05,3 Balaklaw, Lee 2/96,4 Balanced Budget Act 4/98,1 Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood 3/06,3 Balaklaw, Lee 5/98,4 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 4/98,S1-2 B7 exclusion 2/97,3 Balaklaw, Lee 6/03,4 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 12/00,S1; 1/01,S2 Babbitt, Bruce 1/95,3 balance billing, ban enforced 4/95,3 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 1/00,S1 Babel 3/01,1 balance billing, WV 6/91,1; 9/92,3 Balanced Budget Act 3/98,S1; 6/98,3 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 8/97,S1, 9/97,1,2; Barchet, Steve 1/02,4 Baumholser v. Amax Coal Co 7/98,3 10/97,S1; 11/97,S1 Barchet, Steve 9/01,4 Bayer Corporation 4/04,2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 10/01,S1 Barchet, Steve 4/02,4 Beach, James L 2/03,3 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 1/98,1 Barchet, Steve 8/02,4 bearer transactions 4/01,2 Balanced Budget Agreement 4/98,S1 Barchet, Steve 1/05,4 Beauchamp, Roger 10/02,4 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 12/99,S2 Barchet, Steve 6/99,4 Beauchamp, Roger 6/02,4 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 7/02,S1 Barchet, Steve 4/01,4 Beauchamp, Roger 9/02,4 Balanced Budget Act 5/99,2 Barchet, Steve on Best Practices 2/05,4 Becker, Taj 5/02,2 Balanced Budget Act 9/99,1 Barchet, Steve 6/02,4 Becker, Taj 7/05,3 Balanced Budget Act 1997, section 4507 12/97,3 Barchet, Steve 7/06,4 Becker, Taj 6/00,3 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 10/98,S2 Bard, C.R. Inc. 8/94,1 Becker, Taj 1/02,3 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 7/98,S2 Barents Group 7/98,S1 Becker, Taj 3/01,4 Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 7/00,S1 Barkett, Justice 4/92,3 Becker v. Kroll 7/05,3 Balanced Budget act and residency slots 2/05,2 Barnes, William A 3/97,4 Beckmann, Petr 1/92,2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 10/00,1 Barr, Bob 5/05,S2 Beckmann, Petr 6/00,2 Balanced Budget Act 6/00,4 Barr, Bob 2/98,2 Beckmann, Petr 9/95,2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 4/01,S2 barratry 1/92,2 Beebe, Michael 10/02,1 Balanced Budget Act 5/00,S1, S2 Barrett, Patrick 11/95,2 behavior as a disease determinant 1/03,2 Balanced Budget Amendment 3/95,S2 Bartlett, Roscoe 6/95,S1 behavior modification 2/91,1 Balanced Budget Act Sect. 4507 1/98,S1 Barton, Joe 7/03,S1 behavioral adjustment 8/91,1 Balanced Budget Act section 4507 2/98,S1 Barton, Liza 11/94,4 Belden, Allan "Luke" 12/00,1 Balanced Budget Act 5/99,S1 Bartz, Nicholas 8/97,3 Belkin, GS 11/01,3 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 7/00,S1; 8/00,S2 Bartz, Nicholas 3/97,3 Belkin, Michael 7/99,2 Balanced Budget Act 4/98,S4 basic health benefits WSMA 9/91,1 Bell v. Burson 11/90,3 Balanced-Budget Liberalism 4/98,S1 Bass, Ron 11/95,3 Belloc, Hilaire 8/05,2 Baldree, Mark 12/02,4 Bassett, Steven 8/06,4 Belloc, Hilaire 11/06,1,2 Ball, FM 11/96,4 Bassett, Steven 6/06,4 Beltran, Delfin 7/01,4 Ball, Frederic M. 12/95,2 Bassett, Steven 3/06,4 Ben-Asher, David 12/89,4 Ball, James Austin 10/95,4 Bast, Joe 8/93,S1 Bender, Andrew 11/00,2 Ball, John 2/93,1 Bastiat, Frederic 6/05,2 Bender, Andrew 9/91,2 Ball Memorial Hospital v. Mutual Hospital Ins. Bastiat, Frederic 4/97,1 Benefits Improvement and Protection Act 3/02,4 1/97,3 Bastiat, Frederic 2/97,2 Benjamin, Brent 12/04,3 Ball, Robert M 10/95,2 Bastiat, Frederic 6/02,2 Benjamin, Charles 12/03,3 Ballon, Jonathan 4/97,4 Bastiat, Frederick 6/00,3 Benjamin, Charles 11/00,3 Baltzan, Marc 9/91,1 Bastiat, Frederick 3/99,4 Bennahum, David 7/99,3 Banisar, Dave 9/98,2 BATF 1/03,1 Bennett, Benjamin 8/04,1 Bank Secrecy Act 3/06,3 BATF 5/98,1 Bennett bill on privacy 8/96,1 bankruptcies, medical 10/04,2 Bathsheba 8/98,2 Bennett, Bob, Sen. 2/95,S1 bankruptcy & civil monetary penalties 4/91,3 Battiano, Faye 5/95,2 Bennett, J Claude 9/93,1 bankruptcy 3/05,1,2,S2 Battisella, Roger 2/99,S1 Bennett, JK 4/87,1 bankruptcy 5/00,3 Baucus Amendment 8/90,2 Bennett, John 2/00,2 bankruptcy, Canada 8/91,2 Baucus, Max 1/02,S2 Bennett, Robert 8/94,S2 bankruptcy, federal 7/97,S2 Baucus, Max 2/04, S1 Bennett, Robert 3/95,S2 bankruptcy, Medicare 10/95,S1 Baucus, Max 1/04,S2 Bennett, Robert 6/97,S1 bankruptcy, Medicare 6/95,S1 Baucus, Max 8/96,2 Bennett, Sen. 2/96,1 bankruptcy, Medicare 6/90,4; 7/93,2 Baucus, Max 8/03,S1 Bennett, Sen. 1/96,3 bankruptcy, nursing homes 4/00,S2 Baucus, Max 12/02,S1 Bennett, Senator Robert 7/99,S2 bankruptcy of Medicare 6/97,S2 Baucus, Max 12/01,S1 Bennett, Terry 11/06,1 Bankruptcy Code and CMPs 2/96,3 Baucus, Max 1/91,2; 8/92,2 Bennett v NH Board of Medicine 11/06,3; 12/06,3 Baratta, Pasquale 3/99,4 Baucus-Grassley Provision 11/02,S2 Benoit, Cathy 5/03,2 Barber, Hugh 5/97,4 Baucus-Grassley Provision 12/02,S1 Benson, Pamela 8/92,2 Barchet, Stephen 3/00,4 Bauman, Z 2/94,3 Bentham, Jeremy 7/04,2 Bentsen, Lloyd 2/92,3; 5/92,S1 Bernstein, Stephen 10/01,3 Berry, Robert 12/04,4 Berek, Judith 5/00,3 Berrey, Bedford 11/86,2 Berry, Robert 11/00,4 Berek, Judith 2/97,3 Berry, Robert 8/03,4 Berry, Robert 7/03,4 Berenson, Robert 9/00,1 Berry, Robert 3/01,2 Berry, Robert 5/04,4 Berenson, Robert 6/98,1 Berry, Robert 5/03,2 Berry, Robert 5/04,1 Berenson, Robert 12/00,S2 Berry, Robert 9/04,4 Berry, Robert 4/03,2 Bergman, William 9/93,S2 Berry, Robert on EMRs 1/05,4 Berry, Robert 8/04,4 Beria 5/02,1 Berry, Robert on TennCare 9/05,4 Berry, Robert 10/05,4 Berkebile, R.D. 5/90,1,4 Berry, Robert on price transparency 12/05,4 Berry, Robert 10/04,4 Berman, Jerry 11/97,2 Berry, Robert on Columbus 6/05,1 Berry, Robert on universal care 3/06,1 Bernardin Amendment 11/02,1 Berry, Robert on Lord of Rings 9/05,1 Berry, Robert 2/06,4 Bernhoft, Robin 9/91,4 Berry, Robert 3/05,4 Berry, Robert on trust in govt 11/05,4 bills of rights 7/98,S1 Blue Cross Alabama 3/88,4 Berry, Robert 12/03,2 Bingaman, Anne K. 7/96,3 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois 5/00,3 Berry, Robert on overhead 8/05,4 bioethics and rationing 6/06,1 Blue Cross and coding audits 4/97,4 Berry, Robert on liability insurance 2/05,4 biometrics, fraud detection 9/04,3 Blue Cross, first prepayment scheme 1/04,1 Berry, Robert on the village 7/04,4 Bion Diagnostic Sciences 7/00,S2 Blue Cross 5/95,2 Berry, Robert on rationing 4/06,4 biopsy, breast, payment for 8/98,4 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 4/02,2 Berry, Robert on insurance requests 3/04,4 Biotechnology Industry Organiz 8/94,4 Blue Cross, role in fraud investigations 3/97,3 Berry, Robert 7/03,2 bioterrorism 1/02,1 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan 6/99,3 Berry, Robert 3/06,4 bioterrorism 5/02,2 Blue Cross WV 4/91,3 Berry, Robert on standard of care 9/06,4 Bipartisan Commission on Future of Medicare Blue Cross of California, penalized for MSAs 2/97,S2 Berry, Robert on VA EMR 8/06,4 4/01,S2 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama 7/98,3 Berry, Robert 10/05,1 Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois 9/98,3 Berry, Robert on value 1/06,4 Act 12/99,S1 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 5/90,3; 10/93,1 Berry, Robert on hidden costs 6/05,4 Bipartisan Leadership Group 6/93,1 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 11/95,1 Berry, Robert on drug costs 4/05,4 Bipartisan Medicare Commission 8/99,S2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Minnesota 11/95,2 Berry, Robert on TennCare 2/04,4 birth defects, reporting of 12/03,2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of KY 11/90,3; 4/91,2 Berry, Robert and tax subsidies 11/04,4 Bishop, Keith 2/97,S2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Ohio 10/95,2 Berry, Robert, why work? 7/05,4 Bismarck 7/96,4 Blue Cross gag order 11/87,4 Berry, Robert 6/06,4 Bismarck 8/87,2; 7/91,2; 3/92,4 Blue Cross 9/94,3 Berry, Robert on diversification 7/06,4 Bissell, Nicholas 8/97,3 Blue Cross of California 9/02,2 Berry, Robert 10/06,4 black box edits 9/99,3 Blue Cross/Blue Shield, preferences to 2/06,2 Berry, Robert, safety valve 11/06,4 black market 2/91,2 Blue Shield of California, fine for altering claims Bersin, Alan 4/97,3 Black, Edwin 12/03,2 8/96,3 Bertelsman, Wm O 12/90,3 Black, Edwin 9/01,3 Blue Shield and contractor performance 2/06,3 Berthelsdorf, Siegfried 11/02,4 Blackburn, Roy 6/00,4 BlueCross/Blue Shield payment mechanism 4/03,1 Bertram, Jonathan 4/06,1 Blackburn, Roy 1/00,4 BlueCross/BlueShield of Illinois 2/00,3 Berwick, Donald 10/99,2 Bladeck, Bruce 8/97,S1 BlueCross/BlueShield Michigan 10/04,3 best practices 4/04,1,2; 5/04,4 Blagojevich, Gov. Rod 5/05,3 Blues, antitrust violations of 2/02,1 Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) Blair, Tony 2/98,2 Bluhm, William 3/98,S2 12/02,3 Blair, Tony 3/01,4 Blum, Mike 3/00,3 beta blockers 2/99,2 Blakely v. Washington 8/04,3; 8/04,3 Blumenstein, James 8/01,1 Bethany Women's Health Care and Birth Center, and Blanchard, TP 4/98,S4 Blumenthal, David 7/92,S2 MSAs 7/99,3 Blank, Harvey 8/95,4 Blumstein, James 12/01,2 Bethell, Tom 11/90,1 Blankley, Tony 11/01,1 Boadicia, Queen 2/00,1 Bett, Bari 1/02,4 Blaylock, Russell 11/95,2 Board of Medical Examiners 2/90,3 Betts, Rebecca 2/98,2 Blaylock, Russell 11/95,1 Board of Trustees of Not-for-Profit Hospitals 4/99,S1 Betzold, Senator 6/01,2 blended pay 2/06,4 Board of Medical Examiners, inconsistencies 8/97,4 Bickett, James L 12/96,3 Blendon, Robert 8/93,S1, 5/94,2 boat race 10/00,4 Biddle, Bob 10/97,1 Blendon, Robert 6/04,S1; 7/04,S1 Boehner, John 12/99,S1 Biden, Joseph 1/92,4; 6/92,1 Blevins, Sue 10/02,1 Boehner, John 11/99,S1 Biel, Leonard 8/02,4 Blevins, Sue on MA plan 5/06,2 Boese, John 3/00,3 Bieri, Peter V 10/87,3 Blevins, Sue 4/01,1 Boggs, Danny 9/90,1 Bierig, Jack 10/98,2 Blevins, Sue 3/96,S2 Bogle, John 5/04,4 Big Brother 10/02,1 Blevins, Sue 9/02,1 Bond, Christopher 5/03,2 Big Business, exemption from managed competition Bliley, Thomas 11/96,S2 Bond, Douglas 9/99,3 6/93,S1 Bliley, Thomas 5/95,3 Bond, Michael 5/97,2 Bilder, Paul 11/99,3 Bliley, Tom 12/99,S1 bone density scans 12/00,S2 Bilirakis, Michael 1/98,S1 Bliss, Michael 3/02,2 Bone Mass Measurement Act of 1997 12/00,S2 Bilirakis, Michael 4/92,S2; 6/94,S1 Bloche, M Gregg 6/00,3 bonfire for managed care contracts 2/00,2 Bilirakis, Michael 12/97,S2 Block, Marshall 5/90,4 Bonfire of the Vanities 4/91,3 Bilirakis, Mike 12/99,S1 Blome, Dexter 10/95,2 Bongiorno, Frank Paul 2/03,3 Bill 11, Alberta 6/00,2;7/00,2 Blome, Dexter 3/93,1 Bonilla, Carlos 10/93,S2 Bill 114 2/03,4 bloodborne pathogens standards 10/92,1 Bonior, David 9/97,S1 Bill 114 (Quebec) 11/02,2 Bloom v. O'Brien 3/94,3 Bonior, David 6/93,1 Bill 21 (Canada) 5/98,2 Blount, Richard L 2/93,4 bonus malus penalties, Germany 5/06,2 billing arrangements, private 10/91,2 blue roof program 4/06,4 Boo-Jump test 2/97,4 billing error rate 4/97,3 Blue Choice 5/96,2 book-entry settlements 4/01,2 billing, Medicare 10/91,2 Blue Cross, to be Medicare sole carrier 8/00,2 Boone, Beverly Gale 12/03,3 billing practices, insurance 4/99,3 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 6/01,1 Boortstin, Robert 10/93,S1 Billings, Frank 6/99,2 Blue Cross, Pennsylvania 2/03,1 Booz, Robert 5/04,1 Borchers, Samia 10/95,2 border control 5/05,S1 Borelli, Nelson 2/01,4 Bordeaux, Deborah 3/03,3 Border Patrol 4/03,1 Boren, David 7/93,S1 Bordeaux, Deborah 1/06,3 Boreen, Stuart 7/02,4 Borg, Walter 6/06,4 Bordeaux, Deborah 6/03,2 Borelli, Nelson 2/00,3 Borg, Walter on EMR 5/06,4 Brase, Twila 12/03,2 Broder, David 11/00,2 Borg, Walter, Nazi medicine 10/06,4 Brase, Twila 4/04,1 Broder, David 7/99,4 Borisov, political prisoner 11/01,3 Brase, Twila 2/05,1 Brodsky, Lewis 7/93,1 Bork, Robert 2/00,2 Brase, Twila 8/98,3 Bromwell, Thomas 3/96,1 Bork, Robert 1/98,1 Brase, Twila 3/04,4 Bronow, Ron 3/93,1 Bork, Robert 9/99,1 Brase, Twila 1/03,2 Brook, Jim 5/04,4 Bormann, Martin 1/99,1 Brase, Twila 4/99,3 Brook, Robert 2/90,1 Boronow, Richard 11/95,2 Braun, Beatrice 4/98,S4 Brooks, Jack 3/91,3 Boston Consulting Group 8/00,S1 Braverman, Eric 8/97,4 Brooks, Juanita 10/96,1 Boswell, Donna 12/01,1 Bray, Thomas 9/02,2 Brouillette, JN 9/91,4 Boswell, Donna 7/01,3 Brazil, currency devaluation 11/05,4 Brown, Carol 6/90,1; 11/90,1; 8/92,4 Botto, Lorenzo 4/05,3 breast cancer and abortion 11/00,3 Brown, Clyde 8/92,2 Boucher, Pierre 1/97,2 breast cancer and abortion 2/02,3 Brown, E. Richard 11/93,3 Boulris, Craig 12/02,3 Breaux, John 4/99,S2 Brown, George 6/99,2 Boulter, Beau 3/88,1 Breaux, John 5/01,S2 Brown, John B 6/03,2 bounties 10/01,4 Breaux, John 1/00,S1 Brown, June Gibbs 1/02,LS bounty hunters, CMS 9/05,3 Breaux, John 2/02,S1 Brown, June Gibbs 5/95,1 bounty hunters 3/03,3 Breaux, John 12/93,S2 Brown, June Gibbs 11/96,1 bounty system 10/96,2 Breaux, John 7/01,S1 Brown, Kent Masterson 4/98,1 Bovard, James 3/98,4 Breaux, John 3/99,S1 Brown, Kent Masterson 1/98,S1 Bovard, James 2/98,3 Breaux, John 5/00,S1 Brown, Kent Masterson 1/96,1 Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital 9/00,3 Breaux, John 11/00,2; 3/01,S1 Brown, Kent Masterson 11/97,S1 Boxer, Barbara 9/01,S2 Breaux, John 9/01,S2 Brown, Kent Masterson 1/99,3 Boxer, Barbara 11/96,S2 Breaux, John 7/97,S2 Brown, Kent 6/90,3; 8/92,2; 10/92,1 Boxer, Barbara 2/99,S2 Breaux, John 3/98,S2; 4/98,S2 Brown, Kent Masterson 4/98,S4 Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale 4/00,3 Breaux, Sen 11/95,S2 Brown, Kent Masterson 4/98,S1 Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 8/00,3 Breaux, Sen. 8/97,S2 Brown University 8/93,2 Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 9/00,4 Breaux-Thomas proposal 7/02,S1 Brown v Presbyterian Health Care Services 10/02,3 Boycott, Charles 7/97,4 Breggin, Peter 1/01,1 Brown, Vickie Yates 7/02,3 Boyd, Claud 8/89,1; 9/90,4; 12/90,2 Brennan, Troyan 3/04,1 Brown, Vickie Yates 12/01,1 Boyd, Claud 3/97,4 Brennan, Troyer 2/99,1 Brown, Vickie Yates 9/05,3 Boyd, Eileen 6/91,2; 8/91,3 Brennan v. Harris 4/90,3 Brown, Vickie 6/90,3; 11/90,2 Boyer, Jeff 3/05,2 Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust 6/04,2 Brown, Vickie Yates 4/97,2 Boyle, Coleen 5/00,2 Breyer, Stephen 8/03,3 Brown, Vickie Yates 8/02,1 Boyle, Philip 4/00,2 bribery 4/99,3 Browne, Harry 4/96,2 Boyles, John 4/96,3 brightness acuity test (BAT) 9/97,3 Browner, Carol 5/99,2 Boyles, John 1/90,2; 10/92,4 Briner, LeMar 2/00,3 Browner v. American Trucking Assoc 4/01,3 Boyles, John H 10/02,4 Briner, LeMar 4/00,2 Browner v. American Trucking Association 11/00,3 Boyles, John 11/97,3 Bristow, Lonnie 1/96,4 Browning, Estelle 7/05,1 Brackney, John 1/02,LS Bristow, Lonnie 4/92,4; 11/93,3 Brozen, Yale 12/91,S4 Braddock Bill 12/91,1; 7/92,2 Britain and private medicine 4/98,4 Bruce, Robert 3/00,2 Braddock, Dennis 9/91,1 Britain, involuntary euthanasia in 3/00,S2 Brucer, Marshall 1/90,3 Bradley, Bill 2/00,S1 Britain, life expectancy in 4/99,2 Brucker, Heinrich K 9/96,4 Bradley, Bill 11/96,S1 Britain, organ transplants in 4/02,S2 Brundtland, Gro Harlem 8/00,1 Brailer, David 7/92,S2 British Columbia, tax and regulatory reform 7/02,2 Bruteyn appeal 8/92,3 Brailer, David 8/05,1 British Columbia Medical Assn on patients' rights Bryan, Richard 5/98,S1 Brailer, David 10/06,3 3/02,2 Bryant v. Glen Oaks Med Ctr 6/96,3 brain drain, Canadian 10/98,2 British Columbia doctors' revolt 10/92,2 Buchanan, Susan 1/99,4 brain drain, U.S. 12/02,4 British Columbia, effect of drug price controls 2/02,4 Buckeye Institute Policy Report 5/97,2 brain drain, Canadian 10/00,2 British Medical Association 7/00,2 BuckhannonBoard and Care Home v West Virginia Braithwaite, William 4/03,3 British Medical Association on withdrawing food Dept HHS 5/03,3 Braithwaithe, William 11/02,3 and water 3/00,S2 Buckley, James 6/93,3 Branch Davidians 6/93,S1 British National Health Service 7/00,4 Buckley, Judge 8/93,1 Brandeis, Justice Louis 10/01,2 British National Health Service 5/98,3 Bucks County 1/96,1 Brase, Twila 1/98,2 British NHS, physician dissatisfaction 4/89,2 budget, balanced 12/95,S1 Brase, Twila on MA plan 5/06,2 British NHS, privatization 4/89,2 budget, Clinton's 5/96,S2 Brase, Twila 9/98,2 British NHS, queues 1/90,4 budget, federal 5/05,2 Brase, Twila on EBM 2/05,2 British NHS and private insurance 5/89,1 budget negotiations 2000 12/00,S1 Brase, Twila 8/99,3 British NHS 1/87,4; 10,89,3 budget reconciliation 1/91,2; 2/92,2 Brase, Twila on EBM 8/06,2 British NHS, surgery statistics 6/88,1 budget reconciliation 1/06,S1; 2/06,S1 Brase, Twila 4/99,4 Brock, David 1/97,1 budget stalemate 2/96,S1 Brase, Twila 1/00,2 Brock, Susan 1/02,3 budget surplus 10/01,S2 Brase, Twila, on OASIS 5/99,2 Brock v. Emerson Elec Co 7/92,3 Brase, Twila on EBM 9/04,4 Broder, David 11/94,S2 budget surplus 4/00,S2 Budget Agreement 7/97,S1 Bullington, Robert 3/94,2 budget surplus 4/98,S1 Budget Deal of 1997 9/97,S1 Bumpers, Dale 5/98,S1 budget surplus 8/00,S1 Budget, Medicare carriers 5/91,4 Bunce, Victoria Craig 10/01,2 Budget Agreement 6/97,S1 Buffett, Jimmy 9/01,1 bundling 12/90,2 bundling 3/01,4 bylaws, 9/91,3 Canada, abortions 7/89,2 bundling 8/00,4 bylaws change, AAPS 9/93,4 Canada, access to care 10/87,2; 3/89,2 Bundling, cataract surgery 5/91,3 bylaws, hospital 10/98,3 Canada, administrative overhead 11/94,2 Bunning, Jim 4/98,S2 bylaws, medical staff 8/00,4 Canada, administrative costs 8/91,2; 9/91,1,4 Burchfield, David 2/99,S1 bylaws, medical staff 2/00,3 Canada, AIDS testing 2/89,2 burden of proof 10/96,3 bylaws, medical staff 12/01,4 Canada, American polls 4/89,4 Burdett, Christine 6/02,2 Byrd, Abraham 11/92,2 Canada, American comment 10/88,1 Burditt, Michael 9/90,2; 1/91,3 Byrd, Johnnie 12/03,3 Canada, balance billing 10/92,2 Burditt v. Sullivan 9/91,3; 1/92,1 Byrd Rule, 1/96,S2 Canada, ban on private insurance 7/05,3 bureaucracy 8/91,3; 1/93,2 Byrd Rule 9/97,1 Canada bankruptcy 8/91,2 bureaucracy, extent of 4/04,4 Bysinger, Bill 12/04,1 Canada, bed blockers 12/92,S2 bureaucracy, incentives 3/92,2 CA May Marine Supply Co v. Brunswick 7/98,3 Canada, Bill 26 8/96,4 bureaucrat of year 7/90,3; 11/90,2 CA-125, coverage of 6/98,4 Canada, billing numbers 9/88,4 bureaucratic pinball 8/98,2 Cady, Louis B 9/01,2 Canada, brain drain 10/98,2 bureaucrats, number of 7/02,2 Caine, Curtis Jr 9/90,3; 10/90,3; 6/91,4; 11/91,1,3 Canada, cancer treatment 3/90,2 Burgess, C Kit 12/96,4 Caine, Curtis 1/88,2; 1/93,4; 12/93,2; 2/94,2 Canada, capitation 7/89,2 Burke, Edmund 1/06,2 Caine, Curtis Sr. 2/91,4 Canada, collective bargaining 9/88,4 Burke, Edmund 9/92,1 Caine, Curtis 4/95,4 Canada, competition 10/89,4 Burke, Sheila 11/94,S1 Caine, Curtis 10/95,4 Canada, confidentiality 5/87,2; 12/88,4; 2/89,2; Burke, Sheila 11/00,S2 Caine, Curtis 4/00,2 10/89,4 Burke, Sheila 5/96,2 Caine, Curtis 10/99,4 Canada, cost of health care 12/92,S1-2 Burke, Sheila 5/94,S2 Caine v Hardy 9/02,3 Canada, cost of Medical care 2/92,1 Burke, Sheila 1/96,S2 Caine v. Hardy 11/90,1; 11/91,1,3; 6/92,3 Canada, cost of insurance by income 5/06,2 Burry, John 10/95,2 Calabrese, Michael 5/96,2 Canada, cost containment in BC 2/88,2 Burry, John 11/95,1 Calgary Regional Medical Staff Association 3/00,1 Canada, costs 7/88,4; 8/88,4; 2/89,2 Burton, Dan 12/01,2 Calif Med Assoc 11/90,3; 9/91,1; 11/91,2 Canada, costs 11/02,4 Burton, Dan 5/00,2 Califano, Joseph 11/94,S1 Canada, CT scans 3/93,4 Burton, Dan 10/99,3 California Bankers Assoc v. Schultz 3/06,3 Canada, cure v. catastrophe 12/92,S1-2 Bury, David 8/03,3 California chapter AAPS 4/98,2 Canada, debt 10/92,2 Burzynski, Stanislaw 7/97,3 California Elder Abuse and tort reform 6/04,2 Canada, debt cards 7/90,2 Burzynski, Stanislaw 4/97,3 California Environmental Protection Agency 4/04,2 Canada, doctor shortage 2/88,2; 4/88,4 Bush "Health Care" plan 4/92,S1 California Healthcare Foundation 10/02,2 Canada, effect on poor 7/88,4; 2/89,2 Bush 2006 State of the Union 3/06,S1 California Medical Review Inc 11/90,4 Canada, emergency care 10/89,4 Bush, George 8/99,4 California Medical Association 12/02,1 Canada, euthanasia in 1/99,4 Bush, George, agenda 1/89,2; 2/89,4 California Medical Association 10/02,2 Canada, extra billing, 8/87,2; 8/88,4 Bush, George 5/92,1,2 California Medical Association 6/02,2 Canada, fee payback 4/88,4 Bush, George 11/99,2 California Medical Association 12/01,4 Canada, forced sterilization in 10/99,2 Bush, George W 2/00, S1 California Medical Association on Schiavo 5/05,1 Canada, fraud 4/90,2 Bush, George W on Medicare reform 10/00,S1 California Medical Assn 7/03,1 Canada, GAO report 9/91,1 Bush insurance reform 5/92,2 California Network of Mental Health Clients 1/01,1 Canada, gatekeepers 9/88,4 Bush, Jeb 12/03,1,3 California Proposition 186 1/95,S2 Canada, global budgets 12/92,S2 Bush, Jeb 5/02,1 California Single Payer 10/94,2 Canada, Goodman 5/89,2 Bush reform, cost 10/92, S1 Caligula 4/02,3 Canada, growth of public health budget 10/00,1 Bush State of the Union 3/03,S1 Callahan, Dan 1/99,1 Canada, hallway medicine in 3/06,2 Bush v Michael Schiavo 12/04,3 Callahan, Daniel 5/05,1 Canada Health Act 3/02,4 Bushman v. US 12/89,1 Camardese, constitutional malpractice 8/87,4 Canada Health Act 6/00,2 Bushnell, George 4/95,S1 Camardese, Nino 10/88,1; 1/89,1; 9/90,1; 12/90,1; Canada, hospital closings 12/94,2 Bushong, Rebecca 11/98,4 9/92,1; 1/93,2; 2/93,3; 6/93,3; 9/93,2; 2/94,1 Canada, hospital privileges 4/90,2 business associate agreements 8/03,3 Camardese, Nino 12/04,2 Canada, joint management committee 7/91,4 Business Roundtable 3/94,S1 Camardese, Nino 8/99,4 Canada, lack of access 3/02,2 Butler, Sandra 12/97,S1 Camardese, Nino 6/98,1 Canada, lottery 3/90,2 Butler, Stuart 6/01,S2 Camardese, Nino 2/95,4 Canada, malpractice 3/90,2 Butler, Stuart 5/94,S2 Cameron, Hugh 2/90,2 Canada, malpractice insurance 2/89,2 Buto, Kathleen 7/95,2 Campbell, Gordon 7/02,2 Canada, managed care in 8/99,4 Buto, Kathleen 8/97,S1 Campbell, R. Lowell 8/99,4 Canada, medical research 7/90,2 Buto, Kathleen 10/91,2 Campbell, Tom 5/91,2 Canada, medical care in crisis 11/02,2 Butz, Ralph 2/92,2 Canada, "cost containment" 9/87,4; 7/89,2 Canada, medical technology 10/92,S2 Buzea, Doina 2/95,3 Canada, "on borrowed time" 4/89,2 Bye, Judge 4/02,3 Canada 12/87,1; 2/90,2 Canada, medical refugees 3/90,2 Canada, NY Times on 7/92,S1 Canada, physicians incomes 3/89,2 Canada, medical spending in 10/02,S2 Canada, obstetric care 8/91,2; 9/93,2 Canada, Physicians, exodus of 2/97,S2 Canada, Medical Care Insurance Comm 8/87,2 Canada, opting out 5/98,2 Canada, planning for hospital beds 1/89,2 Canada, Medicare revisited 10/00,2 Canada, opting out 10/92,2; 3/93,4; 7/93,2 Canada, popular support for medicare 3/00,2 Canada, medicine in 6/00,2 Canada, Pap screening standards 3/93,2 Canada, prescription drug costs 7/88,4 Canada, medicine in 7/00,2 Canada, patient demand 2/88,3 Canada, prescription drug benefit 12/92,S1 Canada, medicine in 7/99,3 Canada, payroll tax added 10/89,4 Canada, prescription drugs 9/88,4 Canada, men entering medicine 2/89,2 Canada, penalties 7/96,4 Canada, price controls in 12/99,2 Canada, necessary services 10/89,4 Canada, physician migration from 6/00,2 Canada, private medicine in 6/06,3 Canada, new equipment in 3/02,2 Canada, physician responsibilities 12/92,4 Canada, private pay in 4/95,2 Canada news 1/88,4 Canada, physician exodus 6/95,2 Canada, private insurance 4/87,1 Canada, nurses militant 10/89,4 Canada, physician supply 2/87,1; 7/89,2 Canada, private contracting in 11/97,1 Canada, nursing strikes 3/90,2 Canada, physician oppression in 2/03,4 Canada, public estimates of doctors' fees 3/02,2 Canada, Quebeckers "foreign" 5/89,3 Cantoni, Craig 10/04,2 Cardin, Ben on Kyl-Archer bill 4/98,S3 Canada, quotas on medical students 3/00,1 Cantoni, Craig 10/04,4 Cardin, Benjamin 6/92,S2 Canada, radiation therapy 3/90,2 Cantoni, Craig 2/00,3 Care Entree 8/01,2 Canada, rationing 7/93,2 Cantoni, Craig 2/02,4 Careers and Workforce Development Act 1/97,1 Canada, restrictions on speech 11/94,2 Cantoni, Craig 9/00,4 Carey, Debi 8/06,4 Canada, robots 3/90,2 Cantoni, Craig 7/99,4 Carey, Debi 7/99,4 Canada, Roper on 6/89,4 Cantoni, Craig, slavery and debt 2/06,4 Carey, Debi 6/06,4 Canada, smart cards 4/90,2 Cantoni, Craig on HSAs 11/05,4 Carhart v. Stenberg 4/00,3 Canada, special interests 4/90,2 Cantoni, Craig 5/00,4 Carlen, Robert 2/95,4 Canada, statistica check up of 2/97,S2 Cantoni, Craig 10/02,4 Carlen, Robert 4/96,1 Canada, strikes 7/90,2 Cantoni, Craig 12/00,4 Carlen, Robert 1/88,1; 6/88,3; 2/89,2; 3/89,1,4; 5/92,4; Canada, subsidizing wealthy 5/89,3 Cantoni, Craig, on social justice 3/00,4 9/92,4; 10/92,2; 9/93,4 Canada, support for private medicine in 12/99,2 Cantoni, Craig 3/98,2 Carlen v Dept Health Services Suffolk County 4/96,1 Canada Supreme Court 7/05,3; 9/05,3 Cantoni, Craig on public good 9/05,4 Carlen v. Harris 6/91,3 Canada, surgeon's fees 9/88,4 Cantoni, Craig on the blob 4/04,4 Carlson, Gov MN 1/95,2 Canada, taxes 2/92,1; 8/92,2; 12/92,S1 Cantoni, Craig 10/00,1 Carlson, Tucker 4/01,S1 Canada, threatened by competition 2/06,2 Cantoni, Craig 8/99,4 Carnegie Foundation and medical education 1/04,4 Canada, TPA 8/88,4 Cantoni, Craig 2/99,4 Carnegie Foundation 12/03,2 Canada, two tiers in 2/02,4 Cantoni, Craig on employee benefits 7/05,4 Carnivore 4/01,2 Canada, underfunding questioned 5/89,3 Cantoni, Craig 3/05,4 carnivorous HMOs 4/96,1 Canada, US insurance 7/90,2 Cantoni, Craig 12/02,4 carnivorous plant 10/00,1 Canada, US comments (Relman et al) 4/89,2 Cantoni, Craig 1/01,4 Caroompas, Kathleen 5/97,4 Canada, user fees 7/89,2 Cantoni, Craig 8/02,4 Caroompas, Kathleen 7/97,2 Canada, user fees on prescriptions 1/89,2 Cantoni, Craig 7/02,2 Carpenter, Scott 7/02,2 Canada, waiting v. funding 3/02,2 Cantoni, Craig 5/01,4 Carr, James 12/94,3 Canada, waiting list 10/99,2 Cantoni, Craig 11/99,4 carriers, Medicare 1/93,3 Canada, waiting lists 11/94,2 Cantoni, Craig 6/02,1 Carroll, Kyle 1/01,3 Canada, waiting lists 6/87,4; 2/88,2; 8/88,4; 3/89,2; Cantoni, Craig 6/99,4 Carroll, Lewis 10/94,3 1/90,4; 4/90,2 Cantoni, Craig 1/00,4 Carter, Jimmy 11/02,1 Canada, waiting lists 2/98,2 Cantoni, Craig, pay for quality 3/04,4 Carter, Stephanie 11/00,3 Canadian dollar 8/00,2 Cantoni, Craig 6/02,2 Carville, Jim 8/93,S1 Canadian dollar 8/02,4 Cantoni, Craig 3/99,4 Casanas, Robert J. 5/95,4 Canadian Institute for Health Information 7/00,2 Cantoni, Craig 10/00,4 Casanas, Robert 9/96,3 Canadian medical system, public view of 4/99,2 Cantoni, Craig on price controls 1/03,4 Cascade Policy Institute 9/96,2 Canadian Medical Associatio 10/98,2 Cantoni on disparities 6/06,2 Cascade Policy Institute 6/93,4 Canadian medicare 6/02,2 capital, human 5/02,4 Casey 8/00,3 Canadian medicare, debt and unfunded liabilities capitalist morality 7/06,4 Casey, Robert 3/94,2 3/00,1 capitation 6/96,1 cash payment, barriers to 7/03,2 Canadian medicare 6/05,1 capitation 6/97,4 cash-based practice 5/04,4 Canadian Taxpayers Federation 6/00,2 capitation 6/02,4 Casselman, William 3/96,3 cancer and managed care 7/97,4 capitation, Canada 7/89,2 Cassens, Anthony 12/97,4 Canfield, Sally 2/01,S2 capitation, chain letter 12/97,4 Cassens, Anthony 7/96,2 Cangello, Vincent 1/01,2 capitation, ethics of 6/95,4 Castle, Mike 7/05,S1 cannibalization 4/96,4 capitation, Oregon Initiative 4/96,2 Castro, Fidel 6/00,1,2 Cannon, Michael on Medicaid costs 5/06,2 capitation, Oregon ballot initiative 9/96,3 CAT fund, Pennsylvania 4/03,4 Cantoni, Craig on HSAs 2/04,1 Caplan, Arthur 11/01,2 CAT Fund, Pennsylvania 2/03,3 Cantoni, Craig on subsidizing lattes 6/04,4 caps, constitutionality of 2/03,3 Catalano, Philip M. 8/95,4 Cantoni, Craig 8/99,2 caps on noneconomic damages 1/05,1 Catalano, Philip 2/02,4 Cantoni, Craig 5/99,4 carcinogens 6/92,2 cataract surgery, necessity 5/97,3 Cantoni, Craig 12/01,4 cardiac device probe 5/95,1 cataract surgery, Canada 4/95,2 cataract surgery in Canada 1/02,4 Cato, Medicare proposals 8/95,S1 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 10/01,1 cataract surgery, assistants for 2/98,S1 CBO 12/95,S2 Centers for Disease Control 6/99,3 cataract surgery, glare testing for 10/96,1 CBO v. OMB 1/96,S1 Centers of Excellence 8/99,1 cataract surgery, assistants 3/92,1; 6/94,4 CDC 5/00,2 Centers of Excellence 1/04,4 Cataract PPOs 5/90,3 CDC vaccine recommendations 10/99,3 central planning 9/93,1 Cataract surgery 3/90,1 CDC Vaccine Safety Datalink 4/04,2 central planning and IT 8/05,1 Cataract surgery, bundling 5/91,3 CDHC 12/05,2 CentraState Health Systems 12/01,2 Catastrophic act, elderly oppose 2/88,1 Ceballos, Richard 8/06,3 cerebral palsy 1/05,2 Catastrophic Act, diagnosis codes, 4/89,1 Celeste, Richard 10/93,S1 certificate of need, challenge to 10/04,3 Catastrophic Act, "widow's tax" 10/87,1 census sampling 10/98,2 certifications of medical necessity 6/99,4 Catastrophic Act 7/87,2; 6/88,2; 8/88,1; 3/89,2; 6/89,4 census, sampling v. enumeration 6/98,3 cervix, cancer of 3/93,2 Catastrophic Act, drug benefit 11/87,3; 2/88,1; Center for Studying Health System Change 10/98,S2 Chabot, Steve 9/98,2 10/89,3 Center for Democracy and Technology 11/97,2 Chada v. Hungerford Hospital 4/04,3 Catastrophic Act, repeal 1/90,2 Center for Democracy and Technology 2/96,1 Chafee, John 12/95,S2 Catastrophic Act, costs 10/89,4 Center for Responsive Politics 9/02,S1 Chafee, John 5/98,S1 CATCH 5/99,2 Center for the Study of Health System Change Chafee, John 10/94,S1 Cate, Fred 9/01,1 12/01,S1 Chafee, Sen. 2/92,S1; 5/93,S2; 9/93,S2; 10/93,S2; Cates, Alan 9/00,1 Center for the Health Professions 2/99,1 5/94,S1 Catholic Charities USA 5/98,S2 Center for Biomedical Ethics 7/99,3 Chamber of Commerce 3/01,S2 Catholic Health Association 3/01,S1 Center for Patient Safety 1/00,2 CHAMPUS 3/96,3 Catholic Medical Association 4/00,3 Center for Studying Health System Change 12/99,S1 CHAMPUS 6/90,4 Cato Institute 12/92,2 Center for Health Transformation 1/06,1 CHAMPUS fraud case dismissed 4/98,3 CHAMPUS fraud 8/97,1 chelation 11/98,2 China, privatizing medicine 6/06,2 change agents 3/99,1 Chellappa, David 1/95,4 Chinese Communism 2/99,3 Chao, Elaine 11/02,S1 chemicals, hazardous 10/92,2 Chiong, Winston 2/01,4 Chao, Elaine 12/02,S1 Chen, Edward 5/95,S1 CHIP 10/99,1 Chaoulli, Jacque 3/00,1 Cherewatenko 9/99,2 ChiroCode Institute 5/03,2 Chaoulli, Jacques 10/98,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 4/03,4 Chisholm, Shirley 12/00,4 Chaoulli, Jacques 9/05,3 Cherewatenko, Vern 4/04,4 Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter 1/94,2 Chaoulli, Jacques 7/05,3 Cherewatenko, Vern 6/03,4 Chodorov, Frank 2/89,2 Chaoulli v. Quebec 6/06,3 Cherewatenko, Vern 9/01,4 choice (insurance) aborted by Senate 2/02,1 chaperone, for examining females 7/01,3 Cherewatenko, Vern 4/03,2 choice, insurance 2/02,S2 Chapman, Carleton 6/99,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 11/01,2 choice, school 10/91,1; 2/93,2 charges v. payments 5/04,3 Cherewatenko, Vern 9/98,2 choice wars, insurance 2/02,S2 charity 11/98,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 9/02,4 Choice Act (Shadegg) 10/04,1 charity 8/91,3; 2/92,2 Cherewatenko, Vern 7/03,4 Choice Behavioral Health Partnership 12/98,4 charity 8/95,1 Cherewatenko, Vern on case management 1/05,4 Choice Care 6/95,S1 charity and rationing 3/06,1 Cherewatenko, Vern 8/99,2 Choice Charitable Trust 10/91,1 charity and Part D 3/06,2 Cherry Hill Women's Center 12/03,3 Choice in Dying 12/03,2 charity care 6/94,S2 Chesterton, GK 11/88,2; 4/89,3 Chop, William 7/98,2 charity care and Medicare 12/96,1 Chevron defense 9/00,3 Chop, William 6/98,4 charity care 9/02,2 Chiang Kai-shek 8/93,2 Chrisbacher, Kelly 7/99,3 charity unlawful? 6/04,3 chickenpox vaccine 6/03,3 Christensen, Clay 5/04,4 charity v entitlement 12/03,4 child abuse, genital exams 11/96,2 Christensen, Clayton 2/01,1 charity v. altruism 5/04,2 child protective services, Australia 1/06,3 Christensen v. Harris County 6/02,3 charity v. plunder 11/99,4 child support monitoring, errors in 8/99,3 Christenson, Mark 9/96,3 Charity among socialists 2/89,2 Child Protective Services 2/98,4 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 10/97,2 Charlebois, PA 12/93,3 Child Protective Services 1/02,3 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 8/01,2 Charlton, Paul 6/03,2 children 1/97,1 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 3/99,3 Charrow, Robert 9/00,2 Children and Adults with Attention Christian Brotherhood Network 11/97,4 Charrow, Robert 10/01,S1 Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) 1/01,3 Christian Brotherhood Newsletter 2/01,4 Charrow, Robert 6/94,3 Children First 4/96,1 Christian Medical and Dental Association 4/00,3 Charter on Medical Professionalism 5/02,1,2 Children's Defense Fund 1/96,1 Christiansen, John 4/01,1 Chassin, M 11/98,1 Children's Defense Fund 10/97,S1 Christman, Ken 3/06,4 Chaucer 11/98,1 Children's Defense Fund 5/97,2 Christman, Kenneth on supporting AAPS 1/05,2 Chautaqua County 5/96,1 Children's Health Insurance Program 6/99,1 Christman, Kenneth 8/06,3 Chautauqua County Health Network 7/03,2 Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Christman, Kenneth on SBS 5/05,4 Chautauqua County Health Network 1/03,4 1/00,S2 Christman, Kenneth 10/95,2 Chautauqua Integrated Delivery System 12/97,4 Children's Health Coverage Act 5/97,1 Christman, Kenneth 5/94,1 Chavez County Home Health Serv v HHS 6/92,S2; Children's Health 7/97,S1 Christman, Kenneth, uninsured 12/06,4 10/92,1 Children's Health Insurance Program 6/99,3 Christoph, Gary 4/00,1 Chavez, Linda 7/01,3 Chiles, Lawton 7/97,2 Cheek v. United States 8/95,3 China criminalizes internet messages 8/03,2 Chrysler Corp 7/90,1 Citizens for Health v. Leavitt 12/05,3 Civil Rights Act 1871 9/90,3; 10/90,3; 11/90,1; church and state 10/02,3 Citizens for Health v. Thompson 11/04,3 11/91,1,3; 2/92,3 Churchill, Winson 10/92,4 Citizens for Choice in Health Care 9/96,3 Civil Rights Act of 1974 1/04,3 Churchill, Winston 9/01,3 Citizens for a Sound Economy 7/93,2; 6/94,1 Civil Rights Restoration Act 12/89,2 Churchill, Winston, on socialism 7/96,1 Citizens Health Care Working Group 7/06,2 Civil Rights Act of 1964 3/01,1,3 Churchill, Winston 12/96,2 Citizens Petition on Language Rules 7/01,3 Civil Rights Act of 1964 10/04,3 churning patients 9/06,4 Citizens Protection Act 4/99,3 Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 3/01,1 Ciba/Novartis 1/01,3 Citizens' Council on Health Care 4/99,3 Civil Rights 12/89,3 Cicero 2/00,4 Citizens' Health Care Working Group 10/06,2 Civil Rights Act 9/88,3 Cicero 5/95,4 Citrus County Medical Society 10/98,4 Civil Rights Act of 1964 7/01,3 Cihak, RJ 12/91,1; 1/92,1; 4/92,4; 7/93,1 civil conspiracy 6/04,3 civil-criminal investigations 8/99,3 Cihak, Robert 6/01,3 civil disobedience 11/02,2 Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates v. Wells Cihak, Robert 9/97,4 civil forfeiture 7/92,1; 7/93,2 3/03,2 Cihak, Robert J 2/02,2 civil liberties 11/01,1 claim, definition of 8/97,3 Cihak, Robert 11/01,2 civil monetary penalties, Kassebaum Kennedy and claims denials, Part B 6/96,2 Cihak, Robert 11/95,4 9/96,1 claims filing, profits from 12/90,4 Cihak, Robert 4/98,4 civil monetary penalties 2/96,3 claims peer review 8/87,3 Cihak, Robert J. 1/02,1 civil monetary penalties 3/91,1; 4/91,2 claims sampling, Medicare 6/92,S2 Cihak, Robert 5/00,4 civil monetary penalties, Clinton Plan 3/94,1 claims submission, Medicare 7/96,2 Cihak, Robert 6/97,4 civil monetary penalties increase 8/03,2 claims submission, refusal by Medicare patient Cihak, Robert 8/00,1 civil monetary penalties: prohibited practices 10/96,2 8/98,2 Cihak, Robert 7/96,4 civil monetary penalties 11/95,S1 claims-made policies 1/05,1 Cindrich, Judge Robert 2/04,3 civil monetary penalties, bankruptcy 4/91,3 claims-made policies 5/04,3 Citizen Action 12/91,1 civil penalty 6/00,S1 Clark v. Columbia HCA 10/05,3 Citizen Action 2/96,1 civil procedure, federal rules of 11/91,3; 2/92,3 Clark v. Columbia HCA 1/06,4 Citizens Against Rationing Health 1/94,2 civil rights in Congress 6/88,4 Clarke, Richard 7/90,1 Citizens Against Government Waste 2/98,3 civil rights and contracts 3/01,3 class struggle 9/93,2 Citizens Against Government Waste 8/01,2 civil rights, administrative 11/97,3 class-action suits against HMOs 12/99,3 Citizens Council on Health Care 1/03,2 civil standards in criminal cases 10/06,3 Classen, J. Barthelow 7/99,2 Citizens for Health v HHS 7/03,3 Civil Monetary Penalties Law 10/96,3 Clause 59 11/02,2 Citizens for Health v. Morse 7/06,3 Civil rights for physicians 11/90,1 clawback 3/03,1 clawback 7/93,2 CLIA, physician-performed microscopy 3/93,2 Clinton Health Security Act 5/98,3 Clay, Beth 12/01,2 CLIA, proposed repeal 8/95,S2 Clinton Health Care Task Force 8/99,1 Clay, William 7/92,S2 CLIA questionnaire 11/92,2 Clinton Health Security Act 4/04,1 Clayton Act 1/97,3 CLIA, reductions in lab tests 1/96,2 Clinton Health Care Task Force 12/98,1 Clayton, Jack D 9/91,2 CLIA requirements 1/00,4 Clinton Health Security Act 8/96,1 Clean Air Act 5/99,2 Clinger, William 4/93,1; 6/93,1 Clinton Health Plan 9/93,S1; 10/93,S1 Clean Air Act 11/00,3 clinical guidelines, RWJF 2/99,2 Clinton Health Security Act 8/00,2 Clean Air Bill 1/91,2 clinical lab survey 10/91,2 Clinton Health Care Task Force 1/03,2 Clean Elections Law 5/04,3 clinical labs, phys ownership 12/91,3 Clinton Health Plan 2 1/98,S2 Cleary, Edward 3/93,S2 clinical pathway to death 7/05,2 Clinton Health Security Act 12/97,1 Cleary, Thomas 4/00,2 clinical pathways 11/98,4 Clinton Health Security Act 4/00,1 Clement, Jay 8/94,2 clinical trials 9/06,2 Clinton Health Care Task Force 3/04,1; 9/04,1 Clement, Paul 3/05,3 Clinical Lab Improvement Act 5/90,2 Clinton Health Care Task Force 6/00,1,2 Clements, Melissa Kline 9/00,4 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Clinton Health Security Act 3/94,1; 11/93 Clemon, Judge U.W. 7/04,1 Committee 9/92,2 Clinton Health Security Act 10/06,1 Cleveland, President ACP 11/95,1 Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act 7/97,1 Clinton, Hillary 1/06,1 CLIA & Competitiveness Council 9/92,2 Clinical Pathways 2/99,2 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, senatorial campaign CLIA 10/95,4 Clinical Pathways 4/99,2 9/99,2 CLIA 12/95,S1 clinics, school-based 5/97,1 Clinton, Hillary 11/01,1 CLIA 12/94,2 Clinkscales, Curt 10/87,1 Clinton, Hillary 12/02,3 CLIA 8/90,2; 9/90,2; 11/90,3; 2/91,2; 6/91,4; 7/91,2; Clinton, Bill 6/01,S1 Clinton, Hillary 8/03,1 2/92,3; 3/92,4; 5/92,1 Clinton, Bill on private contracts 1/96,3 Clinton, Hillary on medical bankruptcy 3/05,S1 CLIA 8/95,4 Clinton, Bill 10/92,S1; 3/93,1; 6/93,1; Clinton, Hillary on PBA 8/05,2 CLIA, cancer mortality and 3/93,2 Clinton, Bill, on incremental reform 12/99,S2 Clinton, Hillary 3/93,S1-2; 4/93,1; 6/93,3,S1-2; CLIA, challenge to 12/92,3 Clinton, Bill 11/95,1 11/93,3 CLIA, civil monetary penalties 4/91,2 Clinton, Bill, budget 5/96,S2 Clinton, Hillary and Pediatric Rule 1/04,3 CLIA, cost 10/92,1; 10/94,4 Clinton budget 4/97,S1 Clinton, Hillary 8/00,2 CLIA, effect on rural labs 1/95,4 Clinton, Budget 1/96,S1 Clinton, Hillary 9/02,2 CLIA, final rule 3/93,2 Clinton Budget 3/98,S1 Clinton, Hillary, Listening Tour 10/99,3 CLIA forms 12/92,3 Clinton Care in Miami 6/00,1 Clinton last-minute regulations 3/01,S1 CLIA, inspections 10/94,4 Clinton, Chelsea 2/93,2 Clinton Medicare reform 3/97,S1 CLIA, intermed sanctions 6/91,2 Clinton, Edward 10/98,2 Clinton Medicare proposal 11/00,S1 CLIA, number of labs registered 12/92,3 Clinton Executive Order 13166 3/01,1 CLIA, physician opinion 10/92,1 Clinton Health Care Task Force 8/00,1 Clinton on budget and taxes 12/95,S1 COBRA 3/02,S1 Colladay, Coralyn 1/00,3 Clinton Patient Bill of Rights 1/98,1 COBRA coverage 11/01,S2 collateral damage 6/03,1 Clinton Patients' Bill of Rights 7/98,2 COBRA coverage 12/01,S1 Collections of Information Antipiracy Act 10/00,3 Clinton Plan, polls 12/93,S1; 5/94,S1; 8/94,S2 Coburn, Tom 2/05,S1 Collections of Information Anti-Piracy Act 5/99,1 Clinton Plan, job and wage effect 5/94,S2 Coburn, Tom 10/99,S1 collectivism 9/94,4 Clinton Plan, incremental enactment 8/03,1 Coburn-Shadegg Bill 11/99,2 collectivist morality 1/99,2 Clinton Plan 6/96,1 Coburn-Shadegg proposal 9/99,S1 College of American Pathologists 6/97,3 Clinton Plan, physicians' opinion 4/94,2 Cochise County Health Department 5/98,1 Collins, R Douglas 4/01,2 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 4/00,1 cochlear implants 12/00,S2 Collins, Susan 5/98,S1 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 1/02,1 Cochlear implants 3/90,2 Colliton, William F Jr. 9/93,S2 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 5/98,1 Cochran, Wallace J 9/97,4 Colorado Collective for Medical Decisions 1/99,4 Clinton Task Force, administrative simplification Code of Hammurabi 7/02,1 Colorado, vaccine mandates 3/00,3 5/03,1;7/03,1,2 Code of Hammurabi 4/05,3 colorectal screening 7/97,1 Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform 3/02,1 Code of Conduct 4/06,3 Colton, Robert 10/01,2 Clinton transition team 1/93,S1 codes, CPT 9/04,4 Columbia/HCA 12/98,2 Clinton, William 8/03,2 codes, CPT 12/91,2 Columbia/HCA 3/96,4 Clinton's deficit package 4/93,S1 Codes, ICD-9 4/90,2; 12/90,4; 4/91,2 Columbus, Christopher 6/05,1 Clinton's Medicare proposal 4/00,S1 Codex Alimentarius 8/05,S1-2 Columbus, Christopher 5/01,4 ClintonCare 2 2/98,4 coding, DRG, and training for 9/00,2 Colwell v. HHS 6/05,3 Cloud, Sunny 11/96,S2 coding, E&M 1/98,2 Comanche County 7/96,3 CMA and unique identifier 2/02,2 coding errors 9/92,2 Combest, Larry 4/98,S2 CMA, on peer review 12/03,3 coding, incorrect 11/95,S1 comfort care, semantics of 1/99,1 CME falsification 9/05,3 coding, Medicare 2/98,4 Commerce Clause 3/91,3 CMS data base 10/05,2 Coffey, Edward 10/98,2 Commission on System Interoperability 12/04,1 CNA insurance 6/97,1 Cogan, John 1/95,S1 Committee of Public Safety 10/01,1 CNA Insurance Cos. 5/96,2 cognitive dissonance 11/00,4 Committee to Amend the False Claims Act 11/96,2 Coalition for Patients Rights 10/95,3 Cohen, Bernard 2/88,2 Common Ground 7/01,S1 Coalition for Government Procurement 1/99,2 Cohen, Norman 6/96,4 Common Ground 6/01,S2 Coalition for Patient Choice 4/98,S2 Cohen, Sen. 6/92,S2 Common Ground Proposal 3/01,S1 Coalition for Consumer Justice 7/00,1 Cohen, William S. 5/95,2 Common Ground 9/01,S1 Coalition of Family Physicians (Canada) 7/00,2 Cohen, William 4/92,S2 Commonwealth Fund 1/97,S1 Coastal Healthcare 10/94,3 coinsurance, waiver of 7/93,LS Commonwealth Fund 7/01,S2 Coble, Yank 2/99, 2 Cold War, end of 1/93,1 Commonwealth Fund 5/01,2 COBRA 1/02,S1-S2 Cole, Jesse 5/99,4 Commonwealth v. Trainer 7/98,3 COBRA 1/91,1 Coleman, Diane 12/03,2 communicate and cooperate 8/03,3 COBRA 10/02,S2 Coleman, Thomas H 4/93,4 Communist Manifesto 8/96,3 COBRA 1985 9/90,1 Coleman, Tom 4/05,3 Communist salute 12/00,4 COBRA 2/02,S1 Coleman v. Thompson 2/02,3 community health center 10/05,2 community rating, effects on uninsured rate 8/98,S1 Competitive Enterprise Institute 3/98,3 CompuServe 3/94,2 community rating 5/92,2; 2/93,S2; 4/93,S2 Competitive Enterprise Inst 5/91,2 computer literacy 11/00,2 community rating, effect on premiums 7/93,S2 Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project 1/00,1 computer network, British 3/96,2 community rating, effects in NY 11/94,2 complementary medicine, spending for 10/02,1 computer vulnerability 11/05,3 community rating 7/04,S1 compliance, corporate 2/00,4 computerized data base 3/96,1 community rating 7/06,4 compliance costs, small business 10/01,3 computerized medical record 12/91,2 Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) 5/99,2 compliance costs, HIPAA 4/01,1 computerized medical record 10/02,1 Community Health Care Conversion compliance officer 9/00,1 computerized medical record 1/99,4 Demonstration Project 12/99,4 compliance plan, laboratories 4/98,S4 computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and Community Health Alternative Project 4/94,1 compliance plans 9/00,1 mortality 2/06,2 Community Mutual Insurance Co. 1/95,4 compliance program 4/98,3 computers 2/06,3 comparable worth 4/87,1 compliance program 2/97,3 Concerned Citizen 9/93,2 Compass, Edwin 11/05,1 compliance programs 6/99,3 concierge care 5/02,2 compassion 3/01,4 compliance programs 4/00,4 concierge plans 10/01,2 Compassion in Dying 5/05,3 compliance, voluntary 1/98, concierge practice threatened 6/04,3 compassionate conservatism 2/01,S2 compounding pharmacies 12/04,3 Concord Coalition 4/98,S1 Compassionate Competent Care Initiative 12/97,4 CompreCare 5/96,1 Concord Coalition 5/95,S1 competition 1/87,2 Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Act of Concord Coalition 5/02,S1 competition, effect of peer review 10/02,3 1993 8/98,3 Concord Coalition 1/97,S2 competition, unhealthy 2/06,1 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program (CERT) Conditions of Participation 10/05,3 competitive bidding 7/03,S2 6/05,3 Confederate Constitution 9/93,2 Competitive Enterprise Institute 4/01,3; 5/01,2 compromise 1/88,2 Competitive Enterprise Institute 12/02,3 CompuServe 1/96,2 confession, necessity of 4/02,1 Consensus Bill 6/94,S1 contract with America 12/94,S1 confidentiality 1/96,3 Consensus Group 2/95,S1 Contract with America 6/95,S2 confidentiality 1/88,2; 11/89,1; 3/90,3; 6/90,3; consensus-care pathways 2/01,1 Contract with America 6/00,S1 3/92,1,3 consent 9/01,1 contracting, private 8/95,1,2 confidentiality 11/97,4 consent agenda 11/98,3 contracting, private 6/92,3; 12/92,1 confidentiality 12/00,1 consent, lack of in HIPAA 12/02,2 contracting, private 6/00,4 confidentiality 2/96,1 consent requirements for research 11/97,2 contracting, private, survey, 4/93,2 confidentiality 4/96,3 consent, school-based clinics 3/96,3 Contractor Performance Evaluation Program 2/06,3 confidentiality 4/97,2 consent settlements 8/03,3 contracts and privacy 11/04,3 confidentiality 9/98,S1 Consent/Request form for Medicare-eligible private contracts and civil rights 3/01,3 confidentiality and private contracting 4/98,S3 patients 12/97,2 contracts, impairment of 9/98,4 confidentiality, Canada 10/89,4 Conservative Democratic Forum 10/92,S2 contracts, Medicare 1/00,2 confidentiality, Czech rules 2/88,2 Consolidated Financial Statement of the U.S. 7/97,S2 contracts, obligation of 2/94,1 confidentiality, Medicare 2/88,3 consolidation, of health insurance industry 2/99,S2 contributions, defined 2/99,S1 confidentiality, Medicare 10/95,3 constitution, pledge to 2/02,4 controlled substances 3/04,3 confidentiality, Medicare Administration and 8/98,2 Constitution 4/90,4 Controlled Substances Act 10/06,3 confidentiality under socialism, 5/87,2 Constitution 9/01,4 Convention Against Torture 5/02,1 confidentiality v privacy 4/01,1 Constitution article I sect8 7/93,2 Converse, Judy 7/99,2 conflicts of interest, guidelines and 1/06,1 Constitution, Article VI 8/05,S2 conversion factor 2/92,S1 conflicts of interest and vaccines 5/00,2 Constitution, KY 9/93,3; 1/94,1 conviction, def. 3/91,1 conflicts of interest, vaccines 10/00,2 constitutional law 8/89,1,3 convictions for fraud 5/98,3 conflicts of interest on vaccines 12/99,3 Constitutional Coalition 6/94,2 Conyers, John 6/93,1 conflicts of interest in organized medicine 10/06,2 Consultative and Diagnostic Pathology 11/99,2 Conyers, John 11/04,2 confrontational politics 9/88,1 consults, documentation for 3/06,3 Cook, Marshall 5/98,4 Congress, term limits 1/93,S1 consumer choice for poor 5/03,4 cookbook medicine 2/90,1 congressional investigation, managed care 5/95,S1 consumer empowerment 2/01,1 Cooksey, John 10/02,2 Congressional Budget Office 1/95,S1 consumer v. customer 5/01,2 Cooksey, John 3/01,S2 Congressional Review Act 6/01,1 Consumer Bill of Rights 1/98,S2 Coombs, Marian Chester 8/06,2 Connecticut State Medical Society 4/04,3 Consumer Federation of America 3/93,2 Coombs, Marian Kester 4/06,3 Connecting for Health 12/04,1 Consumer Policy Institute (Toronto) 7/00,2 Cooper, Jim 8/92,S2; 10/92,S1,S2; 2/93,1,3,S2; Connecting for Health (CFT) 9/05,2 consumer-based reform 1/95,S2 3/94,S2; 6/94,S2 Connector 12/06,2 Consumers Alert 4/01,3 Cooper, Jim 1/95,S2 Connector 5/06,1 Consumers Association of Canada 7/00,2 Cooper, Mark 3/93,2 Connector 9/06,2 Consumers Union 2/96,1 Cooper-Finkle, Andrea 1/03,3 Connell, Kathleen 9/00,1 Consumers Union 4/94,1 cooperation 8/00,4 Conomikes Report 5/99,3 Consumers Union 3/97,1 Coopers & Lybrand 9/98,2 Conover, Christopher 7/04,S1 Consumers' Association of Canada 1/99,2 Copeland, Lois 11/94,4 Conrad, Kent 12/03,S1 Consumers' Bill of Rights 2/96,1 Copeland, Lois 12/96,1 Conrad, Kent 5/01,S2 Conte v. Aetna/US Healthcare 12/99,3 Copeland, Lois 12/94,3 Conrad, Kent 5/02,S1 contempt of court 4/02,3 Copeland, Lois 5/05,4 Conrad, Patrick 12/05,2 contingency fees 9/89,3 Copeland, Lois 7/95,1 Conrad, Patrick 4/06,4 continuing resolution 1/96,S1 Copeland, Lois 6/95,3 Consad Corp 6/94,S1 Continuing Care Network 3/96,2 Copeland, Lois 7/95,2 conscience clause 7/97,2 Continuing Medical Education on-line 5/99,4 Copeland, Lois 8/01,2 conscience clause 9/00,S2 Continuing Medical Education, on line 5/99,3 Copeland, Lois 2/96,2 conscience clause 5/05,3 continuous quality improvement 3/97,1 Copeland, Lois 6/97,1 conscience clauses, pharmacists 1/06,3 continuous quality improvement 8/98,4 Copeland, Lois 7/97,2 conscience, doctors' 1/06,1 contraceptive coverage for nuns 9/00,S2 Copeland, Lois 4/91,1; 9/91,2; 3/92,1,3,; 5/92,4; consensus 9/01,3 contract law 3/00,S1 6/92,3; 10/92,1; 12/92,1,2; 1/93,3; 3/93,1,4; 4/93,4; 9/93,4; 6/94,4 corporate compliance 2/00,4 Corson, Joseph 2/94,3 Copeland, Lois 8/02,1 corporate integrity agreement 11/00,2 Cortez, Hernando 1/96,S1 Copeland, Lois 8/95,2 corporate practice of medicine 11/99,2 Cosman, Madeleine Pelner on Schiavo 5/05,4 copyright and free speech 1/03,3 corporate practice of medicine 11/93,2 Cosman, Madeleine Pelner, tax-advantaged medical copyright law 7/02,3 corporate practice of medicine 9/98,2 coverage 9/04,S1 copyright, on regulations 5/00,1 corporate practice of medicine 2/97,3 Cosman, Madeleine Pelner on altruism 5/04,2 Copyright Act 3/01,3 corporate socialism 3/00,1 Cosman, Madeleine Pelner 4/06,2 copyrights 7/00,3 corporate socialism 10/99,1 cost contaiment, effects on M&M 6/88,1 Corcoran, Terry 7/91,4 Corporate Integrity Agreement 7/01,1 cost containment, Canada 9/87,4 Cordell, Dorman 5/00,S2 corporatism 7/98,4 cost containment, def. "costs" 9/87,4 Cordle-Boggs, Jacqueline 2/95,3 Correct Coder for Edits 5/00,1 cost containment 11/86,4; 12/87,1; 1/93,2 Corlin, Richard 5/99,1 Correct Coding Initiative 2/01,3 cost containment & gatekeepers 1/88,3 Corlin, Richard 6/01,2 Correct Coding Initiative 7/00,3;8/00,4 cost control and data bases 1/96,3 Cornelius, Catherine 2/98,1 Corry, Martin 12/97,S1 cost drivers 10/02,4 Cox, Christopher 12/99,S1 crimes, federal, number 4/04,3 cost of medical care 2/92,1 Cox, Edward Michael 1/98,4 crimes, health 1/03,2 cost shift burden 8/92,1 Cox, Edward 6/99,4 criminal background checks on physicians 4/99,4 cost shifting to self-paying 1/04,1 Cox, Edward 7/00,4 criminal cases, civil standards in 10/06,3 cost shifting 2/96,4 Cox, Edward 7/97,4 criminal charge for error 12/06,3 cost shifting 1/01,4 Coy, Francis 1/04,2 criminal convictions, health care fraud 3/99,3 cost shifting 1/92,1; 7/92,S2; 10/92,3; 12/92,2 Coy, James 11/88,1,4; 4/89,3; 8/89,1; 4/89,3; 1/94,3 criminal penalties, Clinton Plan 1/94,2 cost shifting 6/00,4 Coy v NICA 8/89,1; 4/92,1,3; 9/92,3; 5/94,3 criminalization of medicine 9/06,3 Cost of Government Day 8/01,2 Coy v. NICA, cert denied 12/92,3 criminalization of medicine 2/96,3 cost-benefit, double standards 2/88,2 CPR 8/94,2 criminalization of mistreatment 2/99,3 Cost-benefit analysis 4/90,1 CPSWatch 10/01,4 criminals, govt manufacture of 9/00,2 cost-shifting, managed competition and 2/93,1 CPT 8/02,2 Crippen, Dan 8/00,S2 costs, administrative, single payer 3/00,2 CPT 9/01,2 Crippen, Dan 7/02,S2 costs, administrative 8/93,1 CPT 9/01,4 Crippen, Dan 7/99,S2 costs, in St. Maarten 2/03,2 CPT Advisory Committee 6/97,3 Crites, D. Michael 8/92,2 costs, medical, U.S. 7/04,S1 CPT, AMA monopoly 12/01,3 Crittenden, Judge Roger 1/94,1 costs, NDA 4/05,1 CPT Code 99212 8/97,1 Crittenden, Roger 10/95,3 costs, US statistics 3/89,2 CPT codes, reliability of 6/98,1 Crockett, David 11/93,1 Coulter, Ann 6/00,1 CPT codes 1/04,2 crop subsidies for hospitals 10/97,S1 Coulter, H Todd 7/02,2 CPT codes 7/01,1 Crossing the Quality Chasm by IOM 9/04,l Coulter, H Todd 7/03,2 CPT codes, NY resolution 8/00,2 Crumlish, Judge 2/03,3 Coulter, Todd 12/03,2 CPT codes 10/95,3 Cruzan, Nancy 1/90,2 Council for Excellence in Govt 6/95,S1 CPT codes, inapplicability in SimpleCare 8/99,2 Cruzan, Nancy Beth 5/05,1,2,3 Council for Affordable Health Insurance 4/98,S2 CPT codes 1/03,3 Cruzan, Nancy 12/03,1 Council for Affordable Health Insurance 10/04,2 CPT codes, copyright on 5/00,1 Cruzan v. Harman 12/03,1 Council for Affordable Health Insurance 7/93,2 CPT codes 7/00,3 Cruzan v. Harmon 12/89,3; 8/90,4 Council for Affordable Health Insurance 9/95,2 CPT codes 10/00,3 Cuba 1/91,4 Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) CPT codes, competition for 3/01,2 Cullum, Albert 10/87,3; 2/89,3 10/02,4 CPT codes 9/00,3 Cuomo, Mario 2/91,2; 3/94,S1 Council for Affordable Health Insurance 9/96,1 CPT codes, prosecutions and 12/00,1 Cuomo, Mario and Medicaid thresholds 12/89,4 Council for Affordable Health Insurance 10/01,2 CPT codes, role of AMA 11/99,3 Curran, Doug 10/06,2 Council for Affordable Health Insurance 9/02,1 CPT coding 4/00,4 Curran, Mary Jo 4/02,4 Council for Affordable Health Insurance and CPT contract 6/98,1 Curran, Mary Jo 7/02,2 Medicare solvency 6/98,2 CPT Editorial Panel 6/97,3 Curran, Mary Jo 7/00,4 country doctor escape 4/03,3 CPT Information Service 7/99,4 Current Procedural Terminology, AMA/HCFA country doctor escape route 10/02,2 CPT monopoly 2/02,1 contract 12/98,1 country doctor's escape route 8/02,1 CPT resolution 3/00,2 Current Procedure Terminology 5/99,1 Country Doctor House Calls 1/04,2 CPT-4 codes 5/90,2; 10/91,3 Current Procedure Terminology 11/98,3 Courage, Thomas 10/96,2 CPT-5 12/01,1 Currie, James 10/98,2 Courtney, Charles 1/04,4 CPT-codes, role of AMA 4/97,3 Cushing, Harvey 3/92,2 Courtney, Charles 7/00,1 Cranberg, Lawrence 9/02,4 Custer, William 2/94,S2 Courtney, Charles 7/00,4 Cranberg, Lawrence 4/93,2, 11/93,4 Cutler, Jay 5/99,S2 Courtney, Charles 9/02,4 Cranberg, Lawrence 9/98,4 D and X abortion 4/00,3 Courtney, Charles 7/98,2 Crane, Thomas 10/96,2 D'Amato, Alfonse 5/98,S1 Courtney, Charles 9/00,4 Cranford, Ronald 5/05,1 D'Amato, Alphonse 3/97,S2 Courtney, Charles 9/98,4 Craven, N. Scott 9/94,4 D-Day 9/94,2 Courtney, Charles 11/04,4 Crawford County Health Services v. Heckler 6/98,2 Dahlie, James 7/03,2 Cover the Uninsured Week 5/04,1 credentialing 4/91,2 Dalrymple, Theodore 4/99,2 Cover the Uninsured Week 4/03,1 credentialing, economic 3/96,2 Danehower, Chester 9/05,2 coverage: Faustian bargain 4/96,1 credentialing, economic 11/98,4 Danehower, Chester 3/00,2 Coverdell, Paul 8/94,S2 Credentialing, federal 6/90,4 Danehower, Chester 10/95,3 Coverdell, Paul 1/96,S2 Crespo, L Alphonse 3/92,4 Danforth, John 1/90,2; 6/90,4 covered entity (HIPAA) 1/02,3 Cretian, Prime Minister 4/99,2 Danforth, John 1/96,S2 covered service, definition of 9/99,3 Crichton, Michael, Prey 12/04,2 Dannemeyer, AIDS legislation 11/89,4 covered services, Medicare 12/97,3 Crichton, Michael on central planning 12/04,2 Dannemeyer, Wm 7/90,4; 4/92,S2 covered services, definition 7/06,3 Crick, Glen 8/01,LS Danzon, Patricia 12/02,4 Cowperthwaite, John 3/98,3 Crile, George 10/92,2 Darman, Richard 10/90,2; 2/92,S1; 4/92,S1 Cox, Bill 2/95,3 crimes, derivative 7/04,3 Darocha, Tadeuz 9/90,3 Darocha, Tadeuz 8/88,1 Daschle, Senator 5/97,1 Daschle, Thomas 4/98,S2 Darocha, Tadeuz 7/96,4 Daschle, Thomas 8/00,S1 Daschle, Thomas 2/99,S1 Daschle proposal 6/97,S2 Daschle, Thomas 12/04,S1 Daschle, Tom 2/02,S1 Daschle, Tom 2/02,1 debt, personal 3/05,1 delicensure, for failure to use form 1/95,1 Daschle, Tom 1/98,S1 debt, public 4/05,S2 delicensure for malpractice judgments, Florida Daschle, Tom 6/03, S1 debt, US and German 2/93,3 9/04,3 Daschle, Tom 3/02,S1 Debt Collection Improvement Act 3/00,3 Dellums, Ron 2/96,2 Daschle, Tom 1/02,S2 debts, bad due to uninsured 3/95,2 Dellums, Ron 4/94,1 Daschle, Tom 10/99,S1 Declaration of Independence 11/89,1 Deloitte and Touche 10/00,2 data bank cost overrun 4/91,2 Declaration of Professional Responsibility 7/02,2,4 Deloitte and Touche 6/99,3 data base, medical records 4/00,1 Declaration of Professional Responsibility 6/02,1,2 Delp, William 4/05,3 data bases, computer 3/96,1 Declaration of Independence from medicare 12/97,2 Delphi technique 7/06,2 data collection, MN 1/03,2 Declaration of Independence 5/00,1 dementia, denial of treatment 10/97,3 data collection, MN 2/03,4 Declaration of Independence 11/00,1 DeMeuers, Alan 8/96,2 data deficit 3/98,3 Declaration of Independence, fate of signers 10/99,4 DeMier, Richard 12/02,3 data, electronic 1/96,3 deductibility of insurance premiums 3/93,S2 Deming, William Edwards 2/00,3 data, mandates to collect 1/97,2 deductible, waiver 8/95,4 Deming, William Edwards 6/01,4 data mining 8/06,1 deductibles, effect of low 8/92,1 democracy 1/93,4 data mining 5/03,2 deductibles, waiver 12/90,4 Democratic Leadership Council 4/98,S2 data, purpose of 7/02,4 Deep v. RIAA 1/04,3 Democratic Leadership Council 12/97,S2 data, uses of 1/03,1 Deets, Horace 12/97,S2 Democratic Leadership Council 7/99,S1 data, uses of 1/97,2 Deets, Howard 1/98,S1 Democratic National Committee 7/93,1; 1/94,1 data wars 5/99,1 defamation, cause of action for 6/02,3 Democratic Study Group 8/92,S1 Data bank 9/90,2; 10/90,1; 11/91,1; 12/91,2 default, US govt 1/96,2 demographic change, effects on Medicare 7/98,S2 database nation 4/06,2 DeFazio, Peter 9/94,3 demographic trends 4/98,S2 database, national medical 12/02,2 defective baby data base 8/99,3 demographics and Medicare 6/97,1 databases, pitfalls of 8/06,2 Defender of Freedom Award 4/93,2 demographics, federal work force 12/01,S2 Dattilio, Frank 4/05,3 defense counsel, intimidatin of 3/01,3 DeMuro, Paul 8/94,1 Davenport-Ennis, Nancy 4/06,3 defense witnesses, number of 7/98,3 demyelinating disease and vaccines 7/99,1 David, Fred 4/01,2 Defense Advance Research Projects Agency Denchfield, Tom 9/96,4 David, King 8/98,2 (DARPA) 1/03,1 denial rate, Medicare claims 6/98,2 David, Pat 3/02,4 Defense Contract Audit Agency 7/04,2 denials, Part B 6/96,2 Davidoff, Frank 11/00,1 Defense Dept audits 8/02,3 dentistry and British NHS 5/98,3 Davidson, Dick 6/01,S1 defensive medicine 7/02,1 dentists & OSHA 6/92,2 Davis, Christie 5/98,3 defibrillators, implantable 8/94,1 DePalma, Anthony 2/97,S2 Davis, Francis 12/91,1; 3/93,1; 5/93,4 deficit, federal, hidden 9/00,2 DeParle, Nancy Min 2/98,S1 Davis, Gray 3/02,4 deficit, federal 12/91,2 DeParle, Nancy Ann Min 9/99,3 Davis, Gray 9/00,1 Deficit Reduction Act 9/86,3 DeParle, Nancy 7/00,S1 Davis, James 5/90,4 Deficit Reduction Act 1983 9/90,3 DeParle, Nancy Ann Min 4/98,1 Davis, Jeffersn 6/96,3 defined contribution plans 8/01,S1 DeParle, Nancy Ann Min on Kyl Archer 4/98,S3 Davis, Karen, PPRC 12/89,4 defined contribution 2/02,1 DeParle, Nancy Min 1/98,S1 Davis, Karen 10/98,S2 defined contributions 2/99,S1 DeParle, Nancy Ann Min 3/98,2; 6/98,3 Davis, RM 2/90,4 defined contributions 7/98,S2 DeParle, Nancy-Ann Min 8/98,2 Davis, Thomas 9/00,S2 defining terms 1/00,4 DeParle, Nancy-Ann Min 6/99,1 Davita Inc. v. Nephrology Assoc 5/03,3 DEFRA 1990 12/90,1 DeParle, Nancy-Ann Min 10/98,S2 Day, Edwin 2/01,4 DeGolia, Rachel 11/02,1 Department of Justice, rule compliance by 4/99,3 DDT 12/04,2; 1/05,2 DeGray 11/00,4 Department of Defense, security in 4/00,1 DDT 7/99,1 DeGray, Stephen 10/99,3 dependency and death 6/05,1 de Beaufort, Inez 7/05,1 dehydration, death by 12/03,1 deputization of IGs, 1 De-Parle, Nancy Ann Min 12/97,S1 Delahunt, William 6/98,3 Deren, Michael 7/97,4 DEA 6/93,LS Delaney Clause 8/95,S2 derivative crimes 7/04,3 DEA Diversion Control 8/05,3 Delaney Clause 5/95,3 deselection of physicians 9/94,3 DEA FAQ on pain 2/05,3 Delaney, Timothy 5/02,3 DeTar 8/00,3 DEA license, surrender of 3/02,3 Delaware Psychiatric Center 6/05,3 DeTar, John 1/95,4 DEA policy 11/04,2 Delaware Psychiatric Center 5/04,3 DeTar, John 6/91,2 DEA prescribing rule 10/06,3 DeLay, Tom 1/95,S1 DeTar, John 12/94,4 deadly force 6/97,2 DeLay, Tom 9/94,1 DeTar, John 5/95,4 Dear Abby 5/05,3 DeLay, Tom 11/05,S1 detente 1/88,2 death penalty 5/06,3 DeLay, Tom 6/93,S2 deterrence 12/95,3 DeBakey, Michael 4/99,S2 DeLay, Tom 11/94,S2 Detmer, Don 9/05,2 debt and slavery 2/06,4 delegation of powers 9/93,3 Detmer, Don E 5/99,2 debt ceiling 12/95,S1 delegation of liability 3/02,3 Deukmajian 3/90,3 debt, national 6/87,1 delegation of power 11/00,3 deviance, normalization of 4/00,1 debt, national 7/97,S2 delegation of power 4/01,3 devices, FDA regulation 5/96,2 debt, national 4/97,S1 delegation, unlawful 9/01,1 debt, national 1/96,2 deliberate ignorance standard 11/96,1 devices, medical 2/91,2 DeVore, Marla 12/02,3 Dewberry, Glenn 6/94,1 Devine, Don 2/04,S2 DeVore, Marla 10/02,3 Dewberry, Glenn 2/02,2 Devine, Donald 6/99,S1 Dewar, Helen 10/02,S1 deydration, death by 5/05,2 Devine, Tom 8/06,3 Dewar, Helen 9/02,S2 diabetes, death rate in Britain 11/06,1 Devore, Marla 6/02,3 Dewberry, Glen 2/01,3 diabetes mellitus and vaccines 7/99,2 DeVore, Marla 7/04,1,3; 8/04,3 Dewberry, Glenn 10/99,1,2 diabetics, NYC tracking 9/06,2 diagnosis codes 4/89,1; 5/89,4 disruptive physician 11/04,3 double jeopardy 7/96,1 Diamond, Eugene 4/00,3 disruptive physicians 2/04,3; 5/04,3 doughnut hole 4/05,S1 Dickens, Charkes 9/96,2 disruptive speech 2/96,4 doughnut hole 2/04,S1 Dickens, Charles 10/96,2 disruptive technology 2/01,1 Douglas, William O 2/98,S1 Dickey, Jay 4/98,S2 dissidence as a disease 5/02,1 Douglas, William O. 9/98,2 Dickey, Nancy 7/98,1 Dixon, William 10/98,4 Douglass, JD 5/02,1 Dickey, Nancy 6/98,1 DNR Policy 1/99,2 Downey, Tom 2/93,S1 Dickey, Nancy 11/99,1 Do Not Resuscitate policy 1/99,2 Downhour v Ohio Dept Health 12/94,3 Dickey, Nancy 4/00,2 Dobson, Richard, quality 5/87,4 Downhour v. Somani 8/96,3 Dickey, Nancy 1/00,2 doctor glut? 5/88,2 Downhour v. Ohio 2/94,1 Diebold Institute 5/96,3 doctor shopping 4/04,3 Doyle, Jim 6/05,3 dietary supplements 4/05,3 doctor shopping 11/04,3 Doyle, Jim 6/03,3 DiFiore, Frank 3/96,4 Doctor at your Door 3/03,4 Dozier v. Professional Foundation for Health Care DiFiore, Frank 2/95,2 doctor:patient ratio, Britain 3/00,S2 2/92,4 DiFiore, Frank 2/96,4 Doctor's Dilemma 1/06,1 draft 10/93,3 Digital Media Association 10/00,3 doctor-patient relationship 1/92,2 draft, doctor 7/93,1 Digital Millennium Copyright Act 11/98, 1,3 Doctors Against Handgun Injury 9/01,3 dragnet 4/99,1 digitomania 8/06,2 document destruction policy 9/05,3 Drazen JM 5/02,1 Dillard, Thomas 4/99,3 documentation, Medicare 12/00,4 Dred Scott decision 6/03,3 DiLorenzo, Thomas 3/06,2 documentation, Medicare 1/98,4 DRG coding, training for 9/00,2 Dingell, John 6/91,2; 7/91,2; 3/92,S1; 5/92,1; 3/94,S1; dog, selling the 5/01,4 DRGs & private sector 6/92,S1 8/94,S1 Doherty, R 8/91,2 DRGs & catastrophic insurance 4/89,2 Dingell, John 3/00,S1 Doherty, Robert P. 2/97,3 DRGs 5/99,1 Dingell, John 10/99,S1 Dolan, David 3/97,3 DRGs 9/86,2; 5/88,4; 3/89,2 Dingell-Gibbons 12/95,S1 Dolan, Michael 11/97,3 DRGs and catastrophic act 10/87,1 Dingell-Norwood 3/00,4 Dole, Robert 6/93,S1; 10/93,S2; 3/94,S2; 8/94,S1 DRGs, and cochlear implants 3/90,2 Dingell-Norwood Bill 11/99,2, S1 Dole, Robert 5/95,2 DRGs at VA 12/88,3 dinosaurs 6/96,2 Dole, Robert 8/99,4 DRGs, effect of 11/92,3 Dionne, EJ 9/97,S1 Dolinar, Richard 12/05,1 DRGs, NJ experiment 12/92,4 direct-payment clinics 10/05,4 Dolinar, Richard 11/06,1 Driscoll, James 8/00,2 Dirnfeld, Victor 10/98,2 dollar, value of 7/04,2 Driscoll, Jim 5/01,4 disability-adjusted life expectancy 8/00,1 Dollar, Canadian, value of 8/00,2 drive-through deliveries 2/96,2 discipline and malpractice 2/05,1 Domenici, 8/01,2 Driver License Agreement 5/05,S1 discipline rates 12/06,3 Domenici, Pete 3/02,S1 Drucker, Trudy 3/92,3 discounts 3/00,4 Domenici, Pete 5/98,S1 drug abuse and Ritalin 1/01,1 discounts for cash 2/01,4 Domenici, Pete 1/01,2 drug costs, Canada 9/02,2 discrimination 1/92,3 Domenici, Pete 11/96,S1 drug costs, seniors' 2/06,4 discrimination 10/02,3 Domestic Security Enhancement Act 4/03,2 drug dealers 6/92,1 discrimination 5/96,1 Dominion Resources, Inc 2/94,2 drug education 1/97,1 discrimination against activists 6/06,3 Donaldson, William 8/00,S2 drug reimportation 11/00,2 discrimination against violent pts 8/05,4 donors, non-heart-beating 11/99,2 drug safety 4/05,1 discrimination, age 6/98,3 donut hole, drug benefit 7/03,S1 drug testing on children 1/00,3 disease determinants and behavior 1/03,2 Dooley, Cal 5/03,S2 drug war 1/93,1,2 disease management 8/05,2 Doppler examinations 5/00,3 Drug Doughnut 8/02,S2 disenrollment, HMO rate 5/95,2 Dopplers, periorbital 7/00,3 Drug Enforcement Administration 6/03,2 disenrollment, Part B 3/95,2 Dorman, Thomas 3/91,4; 6/92,2; 7/92,4 drugging, forced 4/02,3 dismal science 10/05,2 Dorman, Thomas 1/99,4 drugs as punishment 11/01,3 disparities 5/06,1 Dorman, Thomas, hubris 12/06,4 drugs, cost of development 5/92,S1 disparities and marriage 6/06,2 Dornan, Robert 7/93,S1 drugs, physician-administered 3/02,4 disparity 12/06,4 Dorrity, Tom 2/87,4 drugs, war on 9/02,3 displaced workers 4/02,S1 Dotson, Robert 5/96,2 drugs, war on 8/92,2; 1/93,1,2 displaced workers, insurance and tax policy 1/02,S1 Dotson, Robert 1/95,2 DSHEA 8/05,S1 disproportionate share 7/06,1 Dotson, William 9/92,1 du Montesquieu, Baron 2/00,3 disruptive behavior 10/02,3 Dotson, William 2/95,4 dual choice 4/95,2 disruptive behavior 10/04,2 double billing and private contracting 11/97,S2 dual-eligibles, effect of MMA on 4/05,S1 disruptive behavior 10/00,3 double jeopardy 7/98,3 Ducilli, Harry 10/96,4 disruptive innovation 5/04,4 double jeopardy 8/01,3 due process 12/04,3 disruptive innovation 2/02,1 double jeopardy 7/97,3 due process 3/87,1; 9/87,3; 11/87,3; 5/88,3; 8/88,3; Dunbar, Bonnie 3/00,3 Durand, James 10/05,4 9/88,3 Dunegan, Lawrence 11/96,2 Durand, James 11/98,4 due process, medical staff privileges 11/88,3 Dunegan, Lawrence 4/02,4 Durand, James 10/98,4 due process 3/99,2 Dunegan, Lawrence 3/01,4 Durand, James 1/99,4 Due Process Clause 4/91,1; 2/92,3 Dunphy, Katherine 8/96,4 Durante, Salvatore 7/90,2 Dukakis, Michael 10/87,4; 10/89,1; 10/89,4 Duplessis' orphans 10/99,2 Durbin, Richard 4/98,S3 Duke University 2/01,1 DuPont, Pete 7/95,1 Durbin, Richard 5/98,S2 Duke University & RWJF 2/99,2 durable medical eqpt 6/95,3 Durbin, Sen. 9/01,S2 Dukes v. US Healthcare 12/99,3 durable medical equipment 1/00,S1 Durenberger, Dave 6/90,4; 2/92,3 dummy claims, medicare 12/97,1 Durand, Jaime 6/99,4 Durham v Business Management Assoc 7/97,3 Dumont, Mario 6/05,1 Durand, Jaime 5/99,4 Dutch Antilles 3/04,2 Dumping 9/90,2; 1/91,1,3; 7/93,3 Durand, James 6/97,4 duty to die 7/05,1 Dun & Bradstreet 6/94,S2 Durand, James 8/98,4 Duvall, Charles P 2/91,2 Dunbar, Bonne 7/99,2 Durand, James 9/00,4 Duvall, Paul 9/01,4 Duvall, Paul B 7/01,2 Eck, Alieta 11/99,4 Edelstein, Martin 2/00,3 Duvall, Victor 10/86,2; 12/87,2; 3/88,1; 5/91,1 Eck, Alieta on buying hospitals 4/06,4 EDI contract 3/02,4 Duvall, Victor, fighting PRO 12/86,2 Eck, Alieta 1/98,4 EDI, Medicare agreement 8/98,4 Dwight, RE 9/94,4 Eck, Alieta 11/04,4 Edington, Dee 9/05,1 Dwyer, John 12/01,1 Eck, Alieta 8/01,4 Edith Cavell Institute 4/95,2 Dwyer, John 6/98,1 Eck, Alieta 5/03,4 EDS (Electronic Data Systems) 10/95,2 Dwyer, John 3/06,2 Eck, Alieta 2/01,4 EDS 11/95,1 Dyer, Phil 4/94,2 Eck, Alieta 7/03,4 education & Medicaid 1/96,1 Dymond, Donna 1/00,1 Eck, Alieta 7/96,4 education, cutting number of residents 4/97,S1 E and M guidelines, proposed AAPS lawsuit 4/98,3 Eck, Alieta 8/01,2 education mandates 10/98,4 E and M guidelines, Huntoon on 4/00,4 Eck, Alieta 11/97,4 education, medical, AMA 10/93,3 E and M guidelines 3/98,1, 4; 6/98,1 Eck, Alieta 2/00,4 education, public 10/91,1 E and M documentation guidelines 11/99,3 Eck, Alieta 11/05,4 education records 5/03,2 E and M guidelines 11/00,4 Eck, Alieta 3/99,3 Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care E&M codes, expert disagreement on 7/03,3 Eck, Alieta 3/02,4 (EPEC) 2/01,2 E&M codes, history of 9/99,3 Eck, Alieta 12/96,1 Edwards, John 9/01,S1 E&M documentation guidelines, motion to dump Eck, Alieta 2/03,2 Edwards, John 10/04,1 7/02,2,4 Eck, Alieta on high prices 12/05,4 Edwards, Terry Lynn 2/03,4 E&M documentation guidelines 7/99,4 Eck, Alieta on MA plan 6/06,4 effectiveness research 6/89,4;6/90,4 E&M guidelines, privacy and 12/98,1 Eck, Alieta on funding medicine 8/06,4 Effrem, Karen 12/06,S1-2 E&M guidelines 5/98,1 Eck, Alieta and John 8/95,2 eHealthInsurance 8/01,S2 E&M survey 12/98,3 Eck, Alieta 6/98,4 EHealthInsurance 2/02,1 eagle as US symbol 9/97,4 Eck, Alieta 5/04,1 Ehrlich, Dion 10/96,2 Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund Eck, Alieta 12/03,4 Ehrlich, Robert 3/05,S1 3/01,1 Eck, Alieta 1/00,4 Ehrlich, Robert 9/06,2 Eagle Forum 4/98,S2 Eck, Alieta, on HMOs 10/99,4 Ehrlich, Robert 2/03,S1 Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund Eck, Alieta 9/99,2 Eighth Amendment 11/01,3 12/01,3 Eck, Alieta 5/01,4 Eighth Amendment 4/02,3 Eagleton, Allen 1/03,1 Eck, Alieta 3/00,4 Eighth Amendment 5/01,3 Eakin, Douglas Holtz 3/04,S2 Eck, Alieta, poverty 10/06,4 Einaugler, Gerald 7/97,4 Eakman, BK 6/99,3 Eck, Alieta, noninsurance 11/06,4 Einthoven, Alain 1/02,4 Eakman, BK 10/99,2 Eck, Alietta 9/02,4 Eisenberg, David 12/98,4 Eakman, BK 12/00,3 Eck,Alieta 3/04,2 Eisenberg, David 10/98,4 early offer 3/06,3 ecological model 3/02,1 Eisenberg, John 1/90,1 early retirees, Medicare expansion to 3/98,S1 econometric analysis of balanced budget 2/96,S2 Eist, Harold 6/05,3 early retirees, insurance options for 4/98,S2 economic credentialing 2/00,3 Eist, Harold 7/03,3 early retirement, effects of 4/98,S2 economic credentialing 3/96,2 EITC mandates 6/97,S2 Earned Income Tax Credit 2/97,S1 economic credentialing 11/98,4 EKG reading fees 5/91,4 East Stroudsburg, PA 11/99,3 economic freedom, and political freedom 3/01,S1 EKG relative value 1/91,2 Eastern Utah Health Plan 9/96,4 economic knowledge of Americans 2/02,1 El Egua 6/00,2 Eaton, Robert G 8/93,3 economic migrant 6/00,2 Eldepryl 9/96,4 eavesdropping, electronic 8/06,4 economic stimulus bill 2/02,S1 elder abuse and tort reform 6/04,2 Eberstadt, Nicholas 3/92,2 economics, medical 5/93,2 elder abuse law 8/01,3 EBM 8/05,1 Economics for Helen 11/06,1 Elder abuse statute 2/03,3 EBM and rationing 8/06,2 economy of scale 8/02,S2 Elders, Joycelyn 4/95,S2 EBM, Linda Gorman on 3/05,4 Eddy, David 12/94,2 Elders, Joycelyn 1/95,1 EBMWeb 2/01,1 Eddy, David 12/05,1 Elders, Joycelyn 2/93,S1; 9/93,S2; 10/93,3; 8/94,2 EBRI 12/93,S1; 2/94,S2 Eddy, David 9/98,1 electronic billing mandate 3/02,4 Eck, Alieta 10/97,2 Eddy, David M 11/93,3 electronic billing and fraud 4/98,S3 Eck, Alieta 1/02,4 Edelman, Marian Wright 5/97,2 electronic claims 5/99,4 electronic claims filing, Medicare requirement Eli Lilly 1/03,1 Emperor's New Disk 10/95,4 7/02,3 Eli Lilly 1/03,1,2 emphysema 3/96,3 electronic claims submission 4/94,3 Elizabeth I 12/98,4 Empire BC/BS 10/93,1 electronic claims processing 6/93,2 Ellison, Harlan 12/05,1 Empire Medicare Services 4/00,4 electronic claims submission, mandatory 1/97,2 Ellwood, Paul 1/02,4 employee benefits 3/03,4 electronic claims 7/00,4 Ellwood, Paul 2/93,1; 7/93,1; 8/92,S2; 10/93,S2 employee, definition under FACA 6/93,3 electronic claims requirement in NY 12/02,4 Ellzey, Inga 11/98,4 employee, definition of 3/03,2 electronic claims 12/02,2 Ely, Richard 5/99,2 employee, full-time, definition of 12/02,1 electronic claims filing 9/02,4 embryonic stem cells 7/05,2,S1 Employee Benefits Research Institute 12/93,S1; electronic claims 8/95,4 EMC 6/93,2 2/94,S2 electronic claims submission and fraud 5/95,3 emergency power 1/02,1 employees' legal bills, payment of 9/06,3 electronic data transfer 8/96,1 Emergency Med Treatment Act 1/91,3 employer insurance offerings 10/98,S2 electronic data processing controls, HCFA 10/97,1 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act employer mandate, cost 6/94,S1 electronic filing requirement 8/03,2 2/96,3 employer mandate, physicians' opinion 4/94,2 electronic medical record 5/06,4 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act employer mandates 2/93,S2; 9/93,S1; 10/93,S2 electronic medical records (EMRs) 12/04,1,2,3,4 of 1986 7/93,3; 8/94,3 employer paid benefits 11/94,S2 electronic surveillance 1/93,1 Emergency Physicians Billing Service 11/00,2 employer-based insurance 8/99,4 Electronic Bill of Rights 9/98,2 Emmanuel, Rahm 5/03,S2 employer-based insurance 1/97,S2 Electronic bulletin board 11/90,2 Emmons, Margaret 1/97,4 employer-based insurance 3/02,S2 Electronic Data Interchange 8/97,3 Emord, Jonathan 9/01,1 employer-provided insurance 2/99,4 Eley v. Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama Emord, Jonathan 9/00,1 employers & carcinogens 6/92,2 2/04,3 EMP 11/05,3 employers and health insurance 10/97,4 employers and health information 7/03,4 Ennis, Calvin 8/96,4 Epstein, Richard 4/01,3 employers, liability of 5/96,4 Enron 10/02,1 Epstein, Richard 2/97,2 employment, tax & regulatory cost 2/93,3 Enron 3/05,1 Epstein, Richard 8/99,2 Employment Policies Institute 12/93,S1 Enron 8/02,3 equal & uniform taxation 6/91,1 employment-based medical insurance 2/02,S1 Enron 9/02,4 equal pay for equal work 6/02,2 EMR 9/05,4 Enron 9/02,1 equal protection 3/97,4 EMR and Hurricane Katrina 10/05,2; 11/05,1 Enthoven, Alain 2/93,S2; 5/93,3; 8/93,S2; 5/94,S2 Equal Access to Justice Act 12/95,1 EMR and performance measures 4/06,1 entitlement expansion, effect on workers 4/05,S2 Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) 9/00,3 EMR cost 8/05,4 entitlement explosion 2/06,2 Equal Protection Clause 12/91,S2; 4/92,1; 1/93,3; EMR limitations 4/06,2 entitlement mentality 10/97,4 2/94,1; EMR, VA 8/06,4 entitlement mentality 11/05,2 equality 6/06,3 EMRs and blended pay 2/06,4 entitlement mentality 7/02,1 Equifax 8/96,1 EMRs, indestructibility of 9/06,3 entitlement pipeline 10/06,2 Equifax, survey on privacy concerns 8/96,3 EMRs, interoperable, and P4P 9/06,1 entitlement reform 1/96,S2 Erickson, Jane 10/98,2 EMTALA 11/99,3 entitlement spending 5/95,S1 ERISA 11/94,3 EMTALA 4/03,1 entitlement v. insurance 2/04,1 ERISA 2/00,4 EMTALA 5/00,4 entitlement vs. right 2/00,2 ERISA 3/98,2 EMTALA 6/01,3 Entitlement Commission 12/94,S2 ERISA 4/95,S1 EMTALA 6/03,4 entitlements 12/03,4 ERISA 5/97,3 EMTALA 6/02,2,3 entitlements, dark side of 6/02,1 ERISA 6/03,3 EMTALA 7/93,3 entitlements, future of 1/02,4 ERISA 7/00,4 EMTALA 8/04,2 entitlements, out of control 1/98,S1 ERISA 7/96,S1 EMTALA expanded 12/06,3 entitlements, percent of federal spending 9/02,S2 ERISA 7/98,S1 EMTALA in Katrina 11/05,2 entitlements v. rights 9/99,1 ERISA 8/01,S1 EMTALA, limits of 7/02,3 entitlements vs. rights 4/00,S1 ERISA 9/98,S1 encephalitis, post MMR 3/02,3 enumeration 8/98,1 ERISA Industry Committee 4/01,1 encryption 9/98,2 enumeration by King David 8/98,2 ERISA law 10/99,S1 encryption, computer files 11/97,2 environmental impact statement and NOLA levees error rate, data entry 3/96,1 Encyclopedia Galactica 7/98,1 11/05,1 errors, billing 9/00,1 End of Life Care (EPEC) 1/99,1 Environmental Protection Agency 5/99,2 errors, medical 3/04,1 end-of-life care 5/01,4 Enzi, Mike 6/06,S1 errors, medical 4/00,1 end-of-life CME 10/02,4 EO 13155 1/04,3 errors, medical, IOM study 1/00,2 End-of-Life Choices 5/05,1,3 EOMB 11/97,1 errors, medical, IOM 4/06,1 endometriosis 8/91,2 EOMB 7/97,2 errors, medical 1/06,1 energy and war 10/06,2 EPEC 5/01,4 essay contest 5/02,2 Engel, Ted 5/94,2 ephedrine 8/05,S1 estate tax 7/06,1 Engels, Friedrich 3/99,S2 epidemiologic accountability 3/97,1 estoppel 4/02,2 England, Catherine 5/01,2 Epstein, Arnold 4/04,1 estoppel 6/98,2 England, IT in 9/05,2 Epstein, Arnold 7/92,S2 ethical health plans 5/06,S2 England, Robert 3/04,2 Epstein, Arnold 2/96,2 ethical health plans 11/05,S1 Ennis, Calvin 9/91,4 Epstein, JD 7/98,S2 ethical standards v. law 4/95,2 ethics, "new" 11/00,1 Euthanasia Society of America 5/05,4 Executive Order 13166 6/05,3 ethics, AMA 2/01,3 evaluation and management 2/98,3 Executive Order 13166 10/04,3 ethics, AMA 7/91,1,2 evaluation and management codes 1/98,2 Executive Order 13263, New Freedom Commission ethics, AMA 11/99,3 Evaluation and Management Documentation 12/06,S1-2 ethics, code of 5/87,1 Guidelines 7/00,S2 exemplary punishment 12/95,3 ethics, population based 7/99,3 Evans, Sir John Grimely 3/00,S2 exodus of Canadian physicians 2/97,S2 ethics, population-based 11/98,1 Evergreen Freedom Foundation 6/97,4 exonerations 4/05,3 ethics, third party payment 8/94,4 Evergreen Freedom Foundation 7/92,2 expenditure targets 2/89,4; 8/89,4; 12/89,4; 1/90,2 ethics, universal shared 10/99,2 evidence 1/06,1 expenditures, federal and state govt 7/02,2 eugenic abortion 8/05,2 evidence, hearsay 5/05,1 experiments, social 8/00,3 eugenics 12/03,2 evidence, rules of 4/02,1 expert testimony 10/05,3 Europe, percent government spending 2/96,S2 evidence-based medicine 8/04,1 expert witness, guidelines 6/89,2 European Court of Human Rights 4/95,2 evidence-based medicine 4/04,2; 5/04,4; 9/04,2,4 expert witness ervice 5/88,1 European Food Supplements Directive 8/05,S2 evidence-based medicine 12/05,1 expert witness program 11/88,3 European Union food supplements rules 6/05,3 evidence-based medicine 5/02,4 Explanation of Medicare Benefits Form 11/97,1 euthanasia 1/99,2 evidence-based medicine 1/06,2 Express Scripts 4/03,4 euthanasia 1/99,1 evidence-based medicine (EBM) 2/05,2 extrapolation 7/98,3 euthanasia 10/97,4 evidence-based medicine 10/06,1 extrapolation by private carriers 7/98,3 euthanasia 11/91,4 ex post facto ruling 10/96,1 extrapolation method in fraud prosecutions 3/97,3 euthanasia 12/03,1 ex post facto law 8/02,3 extrapolation theory 12/96,3 euthanasia 12/06,1 ex post facto law 1/04,S2 FACA 12/95,1 euthanasia 5/01,4 ex post facto law 12/90,1; 8/91,3 FACA 2/95,1,3 euthanasia and PAS 5/05,2 excessive fines 5/01,3 FACA 4/93,1,3; 6/93,1,3; 8/93,1,3 euthanasia, in the Netherlands 12/97,4 Excessive Fines Clause 12/96,3 FACA 4/06,1,3 euthanasia in Holland 12/87,3 excitotoxins 1/01,1 FACA 8/06,3 euthanasia, involuntary in Britain 3/00,S2 exclusionary rule 7/04,1 FACA 9/00,3 euthanasia, Nazi files 12/03,2 exclusionary rule 10/06,3 FACA and CPT codes 10/95,3 euthanasia, Nazi Germany 1/93,2 exclusions, Medicare 11/94,3 FACA and the AMA 4/97,3 euthanasia of newborns 8/05,2 exclusions, Medicare 12/06,3 FACA, proposals to strengthen 10/95,1 euthanasia, Oregon law 7/91,1 exclusive contracts 6/96,3 Fackler, William R 6/97,4 euthanasia, Washington 9/91,4 Executive Order 13335 12/04,1 Fail safe payment 4/90,3 Fainberg, political prisoner 11/01,3 False Claims Act 6/98,3 Faria, Russ on tort reform 5/06,4 Fair Care 4/03,S2 False Claims Act 8/95,3 Faria, Russell 2/05,4 Fair Care for the Uninsured Act 8/01,S2 False Claims Act 10/96,3 Faria, Russell 8/05,4 fair-share contribution 5/06,1 Faltz, Lawrence 3/97,1 Faria, Russell, health systems research 10/05,4 fairness, WHO definition 8/00,1 Falwell, Harris 9/94,3 Faria, Russell 6/04,1 Fallin, Mary 6/94,1 Families First 1/97,1 Faria, Russell on Medicaid to clinics v. private false claims 9/02,4 Families for Kids 6/99,3 doctors 6/04,4 false claims 11/98,2 Families USA 6/01,S2; 7/01,S1 Farm Security Act of 2001 1/02,S1 false witness 7/04,1 Families USA 5/98,S2 Farrell, James 10/99,3 False Claims Act 2/02,3 Families USA 11/97,S2 fascism 1/06,1 False Claims Act 11/01,3 Families USA 5/04,1; 7/04,S1 fascism 3/04,1 False Claims Act 9/01,3 Families USA 2/94,S1; 6/94,S2 fascism 4/00,1 False Claims Act and false certifications 8/02,1 Families USA 7/03,S1 fascism 6/90,1 False Claims Act 10/05,3 Families USA 9/01,S1 fascism 7/98,2 False Claims Act and Medicare carrier 1/05,3 Families USA 4/03,1 fascism 8/02,4 False Claims Act, damages punitive 5/01,3 Families USA 3/01,S1 fascism, definition of 5/98,1 False Claims Act 3/00,3 Families USA 5/97,2 fascist model 3/92,4 False Claims Act 7/98,3 Families USA 5/03,S2 fascist, synonym for liberal 2/95,S2 False Claims Act 8/98,2 family physicians, opinion on Clinton Plan 4/94,2 fat taxes 1/03,2 False Claims Act 11/99,1 Family Choice Health Plan 6/94,1 Fath, Steve 7/01,4 False Claims Act 3/03,3 Family Medical Savings and Investment Act 10/95,S2 Fauci, AS 5/02,1 False Claims Act in Katrina 11/05,2 Faria, Miguel 12/95,2 Fawell, Harris 4/95,S1 False Claims Act, scope of 5/97,3 Faria, Miguel 4/92,4; 2/93,4 Fawell, Harris 7/96,S1 False Claims Act 12/96,2,3 Faria, Miguel 9/95,2 Fawell, Harris 5/96,S1 False Claims Act 3/03,1 Faria, Miguel 11/01,4 FAX machines and HIPAA 4/03,3 False Claims Act, Michigan 8/97,3 Faria, Miguel A 11/02,2 Fazio, Vic 10/93,S1 False Claims and regulatory violations 11/97,3 Faria, Miguel 12/91,2 FBI 5/98,1 False Claims Act 4/02,2 Faria, Miguel A 4/03,2 FBI 6/96,2 False Claims Act 2/99,3 Faria, Miguel 6/01,3 FBI ethics course 7/04,3 False Claims Act, qui tam 6/95,3 Faria, Russ on Medicaid look-back 12/05,4 FCIM 9/93,1 False Claims Act 12/95,3 Faria, Russ on Oregon Health Plan 6/05,2 FDA 11/98,2 False Claims Act 12/01,3 Faria, Russ on medical records 9/05,4 FDA 4/05,1 Federal Employee Health Benefits 4/92,4; 10/92,S2 fees, Osler's 6/87,3 FDA 5/95,1 Federal Employee Health Benefits Program 1/00,S1 fees, physician, in Ontario 4/99,2 FDA 5/91,2; 7/92,1 Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan 10/98,S2 fees, public perception of 3/99,3 FDA 7/95,4 Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan 11/99,S1 FEHBP 1/01,S2 FDA 8/00,2 Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan 7/93,S2; FEHBP 10/94,S1 FDA and lasers 8/97,3 3/94,S2 FEHBP 10/00,S1 FDA and dietary supplements 12/03,2 Federal Employee Health Benefits Program 9/97,S1 FEHBP 11/95,S2, 12/95,S1 FDA, and medical devices 9/94,3 Federal Employee Health Benefits Program 6/00,S1 FEHBP 12/01,S1 FDA and free speech 5/95,3 Federal Employee Health Benefits 7/97,S1 FEHBP 2/06,1 FDA and home drug testing 11/96,S2 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 4/00,S1 FEHBP 3/99,S1 FDA and Dr. Burzynski 4/97,3 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 5/00,S2 FEHBP 4/03,S2 FDA authority 8/05,S1 Federal Law Enforcement: Physician Compliance FEHBP 5/95,S1 FDA delays 1/00,3 11/98,1 FEHBP 5/95,2 FDA, excimer lasers 5/96,2 Federal Register, growth of 3/98,3 FEHBP 6/90,4 FDA Modernization Act 4/01,3 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 2/92,3 FEHBP 7/96,S1 FDA pediatric rule 1/00,3 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(3) and 9(b) 7/97,3 FEHBP 7/02,S1 FDA Pediatric Rule 5/02,3 Federal Tort Claims Act 6/01,3 FEHBP 7/99,S2 FDA, software regulation 11/94,3 Federalist Papers 6/93,3 FEHBP 8/99,S2 FDA, unapproved use 8/94,1,2 Federalist, The 5/94,2 FEHBP 8/01,S2 Feder, Judith 2/93,S1; 3/93,1,S1-2; 4/93,S1; 11/93,3 Federalists 11/01,4 FEHBP 9/97,S1 Feder, Judy 7/02,S1 Federated Council for Internal Medicine 9/93,1 FEHBP and Bush Medicare reform 3/03,S1 federal budget 3/96,S1 Federation of State Medical Boards 6/03,3 FEHBP and HSAs 2/04,S1;4/04,S1; 6/04,S2 federal employees 6/02,4 Federation of State Medical Boards 10/00,3; 2/01,1 FEHBP and Medicare 5/03,S2 federal expenditures 7/02,2 Federation of State Medical Boards 6/97,3 FEHBP and health care spending accounts 11/02,S1 federal health care offense 6/92,1 Federation of State Medical Boards 10/02,4 FEHBP cf Medicare 6/03,S1 federal pre-emption 3/94,2 FedEx, Hurricane Katrina 11/05,1 FEHBP for uninsured age 62 to 64 4/98,S2 federal spending 3/96,S1 fee freeze challenge 11/86,1 FEHBP, quality and 5/01,4 Federal Action agenda 12/06,S1-2 fee profiles appeals KMB 10/86,3 FEHPB 5/02,S2 Federal Advisory Committee Act 3/98,S2 fee screens 1991 1/91,2 FEHPB 6/02,S1 Federal Advisory Committee Act 4/97,3 fee splitting 9/95,2 Fehr, Debbie 12/99,4 Federal Advisory Committee Act 6/97,3 fee structures 5/96,3 Fehr, Debbie 8/00,4 Federal Advisory Cmte Act 4/94,1 Fee screens 5/90,3 Feingold, Russell 2/05,S1 Federal Advisory Committee Act 10/94,1 fee-for-service 5/96,4 Feinstein, Dianne 3/97,S2 Federal Advisory Committee Act 5/93,1,3; 6/93,1,3 fee-splitting 1/95,4 Feinstein, Dianne 6/98,4 Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 3/98,1 fees and sanctions, motion for 12/95,1 Feldman, Sanford 10/96,1 Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 9/00,3 fees, elective surgery, 1/88,3 Feldstein, Mark 9/02,1 Federal Aviation Administration 4/00,2 fees in silver and gold 1/87,1 Feldstein, Martin 12/93,S1 Federal Employee Health Benefit Program 12/97,S2 fees, laboratory work 10/88,1 Felos, George 5/05,2,4; 7/05,1 Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan 12/98, fees, Medicare 2/88,4; 5/90,1 Felsher, David P 7/06,3 Federal Employee Health Benefits Program 2/00,S1 fees, Mencken on 6/87,3 Fenner, Gary 10/98,1 Ferdinand and Isabella 11/98,3 Field, Mark 11/01,3 First Amendment 10/00,3 Ferguson, Chris 5/03,2 Field, Steven D 1/01,4 First Amendment 5/02,1 Ferguson Christie 11/94,S1 Fifth Amendment 12/98,3 First Amendment 12/01,3 Fernandez, Alina 6/00,1 Fifth Amendment 4/91,1; 1/92,1 First Amendment 11/91,1,3; 2/92,3 Ferrar, Peter 8/99,2 Fifth Amendment 2/99,3 First Amendment 4/00,3 Ferrar, Peter 12/88,1; 6/93,4 Fifth Amendment 10/96,4 First Amendment 7/01,3 Ferrara, Peter 7/98,S2 Fifth Amendment 6/03,1 First Amendment 8/00,3 Ferrara, Peter 10/00,1 File, the 6/01,2 First Amendment 9/01,1 Ferris, Judge Janet 5/06,3 filibuster 2/02,1 First Amendmnet 4/04,3 fetal parts for sale 11/99,2 Final Exit 11/91,4 First Health West 7/96,3 fetal research, lift of ban on 11/99,2 Financial Statement Audit of HCFA 10/97,1 First Lady, status of 8/93,1 Feynman, Richard 6/88,4 fingerprinting of Medicaid recipients 4/99,1 fiscal irresponsibility, US government 7/02,2 Feyz, Bruce 11/06,3 Finigan, Dorothy 2/99,S2 Fischer, Howard 9/02,3 Feyz v Mercy Memorial Hospital 11/06,3 Finland 5/89,1 Fisher, Al 4/99,4 FHP 10/98,2 Finleyson, Norm 10/92,2 Fisher, Al 6/05,3 FHP Foundation 12/96,1 Finney, Albert 11/91,2 Fisher, Al 6/03,3 fiat money 3/99,3 firearms 6/01,2 Fisher, Albert 12/91,S1; 3/92,2 fiat money 3/05,1 firearms confiscation, Katrina 11/05,1 Fisher, Albert 8/95,2 fiction v. fantasy 12/05,1 firearms, seizure in emergency 1/02,1 fictitious ICD-9 code 5/98,2 Fisher, Albert 1/97,4 Florida Wellcare Alliance 10/98,4 Foundation by Isaac Asimov 7/98,1 Fisher, Albert 7/00,3 Fluck, Betty 7/99,2 Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Fisher, Barbara Loe 3/00,3 Flynn, John T. 6/90,1 Education 3/99,3 Fisher, George 2/02,4 Focused Bureaucrat Review 9/98,4 Foundation Health 5/96,4 Fisher, George 7/02,4 Foerster, Rachel 1/04,3 foundations 7/98,1 Fisher, George 6/02,2 Foertsch, Terry 11/05,S1 foundations 8/98,1 Fisher, George 2/02,1,2 Fogarty, James 9/94,4 foundations 9/98,4 Fisher, George 4/01,2 FOIA, restrictions on 1/03,1 Fourteenth Amendment 11/91,1,3; 2/92,3; 3/92,2 Fisher, George 9/04,2 FOIA, time for response 6/95,4 Fourth Amendment 4/99,4 Fisher, George 3/03,4 Foley, Thomas 6/93,1 Fourth Amendment 12/99,1 Fisher, George Ross 7/06,1 Folmar, Cecil 12/00,4 Fourth Amendment 5/02,2 Fisher, George 10/01,4 Folsom, David 5/97,3 Fourth Amendment 6/01,2 Fisher, George 5/01,2 Fontenot, Eugene, 5/94,2 Fourth Amendment 1/03,3 Fisher, George 8/03,1 food storage 12/87,4 Fourth Amendment 7/92,3 Fisher, George, hospital prices 4/03,4 Food and Drug Admin 7/92,1 Fourth Amendment 9/02,4 Fisher, George 4/03,1,2 for-profit medicine 7/00,1 Fourth Amendment 6/03,1 Fisher, George 12/01,2 Forbes, KB 1/04,1 Fourth Amendment 10/02,3 Fisher, Richard D. 8/95,4 Forbes, Steve 7/97,4 Fourth Amendment 3/06,3 Fisher, Richard 7/96,4 Forbes, Steve 10/97,S2 Fourth Amendment 9/01,1 Fishman, H 11/90,2 Forbes, Steve 2/00,S1 Fourth Amendment 11/97,2 Fitterman, HN 8/98,4 Forbes, Steve 9/98,S2 Fourth Amendment 8/01,3 Fitzgerald, Judge Edward 11/06,3 forced drugging and death penalty 5/06,3 Frame, William 6/04,3 Fitzgerald, Rusty 12/03,3 forced drugging 5/02,1 France, growth ceiling in 2/98,2 Fitzpatrick Kellyanne 6/97,S1 forced drugging 8/03,3 Francis, Samuel, 10/92,3 Fitzsimmons, James 5/98,2 forced drugging 11/02,3 Francis, Walt 5/03,2 Flaherty, Peter 4/93,3 forced vaccination 8/03,3 Francis, Walton 6/03,S1 Flaherty, Timothy 7/02,2 Ford, Gerald 11/02,1 Francis, Walton 8/03,S1 Flaherty, Timothy 2/99,2 foreign medical graduates, payments for 12/95,S1 Francis, Walton 7/99,S1 Flake, Jeff 6/05,S2; 7/05,S2 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 10/02,3 Franck, Matthew 5/05,3 Flake, Jeff 4/05,S2 forfeiture 6/92,1; 11/93,2 Frank, Little 6/00,4 Flat Earth Health Care Debate 3/02,2 forfeiture and health care fraud 5/95,2 Frankenstein, Richard 2/99,2 Fleischer, Ari 10/97,S1 forfeiture, civil 7/93,2 Frankhouser, George V 3/99,3 Fleisher, Ari 2/01,S1 forfeiture law 2/94,3 Franklin, Benjamin on eagle 9/97,4 Fleming, Thomas 8/97,2 Formaldehyde regs 3/90,1 Fraser Institute 3/02,2 Flemming v Nestor 10/06,2 Formica, Palma 2/99,2 Fraser Institute 10/02,S2 Fletcher-Peterson Bill 9/01,S1 Formica, Pamela 12/97,1 Fraser Institute 3/00,1 Fleury, Fred 9/88,3 Formulary, national 10/90,2 Fraser Institute 10/92,2; 1/92,1; 2/92,1; 7/93,2 Flexible Spending Accounts 9/04,S1 Forrow, Lachlan 5/05,2 Fraser Institute 11/94,2 Flexible Spending Account 9/98,S1 forum 3/99,2 fraud & abuse, Medicare 3/91,1 Flexible Spending Accounts 3/02,S2 Forum for Health Care Quality Measurement and fraud 7/96,4 Flexible Spending Accounts 4/02,S1 Reporting 2/99,2 fraud 8/92,2,4; 8/94,1 Flexner Report 6/99,2 foster care 3/05,3 fraud alert 10/92,3 Flores, Caroline Haggard 11/00,3 Foster, Dale 1/01,4 fraud and abuse, Clinton Plan 12/93,2 Florida birth injury fund 4/89,3; 5/89,3; 11/89,3; Foster, Henry 4/95,S2 fraud and electronic billing 4/98,S3 8/89,1,3;10/89,4; Florida Birth-Related Foster Higgins 2/97,S1 fraud and abuse certification test 4/02,5 Neurol Inj 1/92,3 Foster, Richard 5/04,S1 fraud and abuse 11/95,S1 Florida Birth-Related NICA 8/89,1;10/90,3; 2/91,3 Foster, Richard A. 11/99,1 fraud and abuse, incidence of 9/01,3 Florida doctor shopping 4/04,3 Foster, Richard 4/97,S1 fraud and abuse 12/90,4; 8/92,S1; 7/93,2 Florida, emergency powers 5/02,1 Foster, Vince 2/98,1 fraud and private contracting 11/97,1,S2 Florida Med Assoc 2/91,3 Foster, Vincent 10/95,1 fraud and abuse process 11/90,1 Florida Medical Assoc 9/95,1 Fotheringham, Mark, 8/01,3 fraud and abuse and privacy 4/97,2 Florida Supreme Court 4/92,1,3 Fotsch, Edward 8/05,1 fraud and HMOs 8/95,4 fraud by Medicare carriers 1/00,3 fraud investigations 3/97,3 Fraud and Abuse Control Program 5/00,3 fraud, by patients 6/97,2 fraud investigations 2/98,3 Fraud Hotline 8/95,3 fraud, computer monitoring for 10/97,S2 fraud legislation 5/95,2 Fraud, insurance 5/90,2; 1/93,1 fraud convictions 5/98,3 fraud, Medicare 9/97,S2 fraud-finding, budget for 12/02,3 fraud, defense programs v. health 9/00,2 fraud, Medicare 7/93,LS free markets and quality 2/98,S2 fraud, definition 8/95,4 fraud, Medicare 7/98,S2 free speech and FDA 5/95,3 fraud dragnet 4/95,3 fraud, penalties collected 3/94,2 free speech and copyright 1/03,3 fraud enforcement 7/96,1 fraud prosecutions 4/97,3 free speech 7/96,2 fraud enforcement budget 5/02,3 fraud prosecutions 7/99,4 Free Enterprise Institute 12/98,2 fraud, health care 11/93,2 fraud prosecutions 5/00,3 Free speech 9/90,2 fraud, home health 2/94,3 fraud rates 5/00,4 Free Trade Medical Network 2/97,S2 fraud, home health 10/97,S2 fraud squads 12/94,2 fraud in school-based health programs 8/98,2 fraud v. error 7/01,1 free-rider surcharge 5/06,1 Frist, Bill 3/01,S1 Garamendi Plan 4/93,S2 freedom, economic, importance of 3/01,S1 Frist, Bill 1/00,S1 Garber, Alan 12/05,1 freedom of association 4/00,3 Frist, Bill 6/96,1 Garcetti v. Ceballos 8/06,3 freedom of contract 1/98,1 Frist/Clinton bill 8/05,1 Garcia, Hector 9/99,2 freedom of information acts, state 4/98,2 Frogue, James 8/01,S1 Gardner, Governor 12/91,1 freedom of choice 1/87,1,2; 3/92,1,3 Frosch, Ben 6/02,1 Gardner, Robert E 5/88,2 freedom of association 8/00,3 Frum, David 3/00,2 Garibaldi v. Applebaum 6/96,3 freedom of choice, Medicare 6/92,4 Frum, David 12/99,2 garnishment 12/04,3 freedom vs. health 11/98,2 FTC Enforcement Policy 5/96,3 Garwood, George 11/99,1 Freedom of Choice Fund 6/91,3 FTC meeting on health care fraud 6/97,3 gas-siphoning solution 10/06,1 Freedom of Information Act 10/95,1 Fuchs, Victor 2/04,1 gatekeeper model 3/03,4 Freedom of Information Act, government evasion Fuchs, Victor 3/92,2 gatekeepers 1/88,3 of 4/98,4 Fudin, Jeffrey 12/06,3 gatekeepers, Canada 9/88,4 Freedom of Information Act, and scientific data Fugitive Slave Law 6/03,3 GATT 2/99,1 6/99,2 Fukayama, Francis 1/90,3 Gauthier, Anne 3/05,4 Freedom of Information Act 10/94,1 Fulghum, David 9/94,4 Gawande, Atul 1/93,S1-2; 2/93,1; 3/93,1 Freedom of Information Act, and scientific data Fumento, Michael 11/91,4 Gawande, Atul 5/97,2 5/99,2 futile care 10/02,1 Gaymont Nursing Center 9/92,1 Freedom of Information Act 3/92,1; 5/93,1 futile care 7/99,4 Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty 4/00,3 Freedom of Information Act, Arizona 7/98,1 futilitarianism 7/05,1 GDP, percent federal spending 2/96,S2 Freedom of Information Acts, state 5/98,3 gabapentin, off-label use 8/04,3 Gebhardt-Clinton 9/94,2 freedom-based reform 2/97,1 Gabos, Dennis 3/95,4 Geelhoed, Glenn 12/91,4 Freeh, Louis J. 5/95,2 Gabriel, Rudolph 4/04,3 Geier, Mark and David 4/04,2 Freeh, Louis 12/98,2 gag clauses 4/96,1 Gekas, George 6/98,3 freeloader argument 3/95,2 gag rule 3/97,1 Gelded 2/91,4 Freeman, John C 10/96,4 gag rule and MCOs 11/95,1 Gelernter, David 2/06,3 Freeman, Lawrence 12/90,2 gag rules, HMOs 2/96,1 Gellman, RM 6/90,3 Freeman v. Wood 10/92,3 gag rules, HMO 11/96,S1 Gellman, Robert 9/98,2 French model 7/06,4 Gailey, Raymond Keith 10/98,1 Gellman, Robert 4/01,1 French Revolution 2/00,2 Gailey, Raymond Keith 12/98,3 Gellman, Robert 4/97 insert French Revolution 10/01,1 Gailey, Rayond Keith 8/99,3 Gem Health 6/94,1 French Revolution 11/01,4 Gainer, Terrance 12/97,2 general intent 2/96,3 freshmen, House 2/96,S1 Gairdner, William 1/91,4 General Accounting Office, carrier errors 12/01,1 Freudenheim, Milt 2/99,S1 Gale, Arthur 3/03,4 General Accounting Office, on DOJ compliance Freudenheim, Milt 2/98,S2 Galen Institute 6/02,S2 with rules Frias, Alonso Salazar y 4/02,1 Galen Institute 12/02,S2 General Accounting Office and Health Care Task Fried, Bruce 8/00,S2 Galen Institute 8/98,S1 Force 1/96,S2 FRIEDA 5/99,1 Gallagher, Ali 5/95,1 General Accounting Office on fraud prosecutions Friedman, Lynn 1/02,3 Gallagher, Pamela 12/94,4 11/01,3 Friedman, Marion 2/97,3 Gallagher, Thomas F 7/95,3 General Accounting Office on carrier accuracy Friedman, Milton 3/98,3 Gallup Survey on medical privacy 11/00,2 4/02,S2 Friedman, Milton 5/04,1 Galston, William 5/95,S2 genital exams in school children 11/96,2 Friedman, Milton and Rose 8/00,2 Galvin, R 11/98,1 genocide 12/97,4 Friedman, Milton 4/99,S1 game theory 7/00,4 George, HC 4/03,4 Friedman, Milton 10/94,4 gaming the system 6/00,3 George, William 9/94,3 Friedman, Milton 6/02,1 Gammon, Max 7/00,4 Georges, Christopher 12/95,2 Friedman, Milton 1/92,1; 4/94,3 Gammon's Law 1/92,1 Georgia law on hospital bylaws 10/98,3 Friedman, Milton 4/00,S2 Gandhi 9/01,4 Georgia Ophthalmic Network 4/91,1 Friedman, Milton 6/95,3 Ganske, Greg 10/01,S1 Gephard plan 8/92,S2 Friedman, Paul 6/98,4 Ganske, Greg 11/96,S1 Gephardt, Dick 1/95,S1 Friedman, Paul S. 10/97,4 Ganske, Greg 1/98,S1 Gephardt, Dick 3/96,S2 Friends of Medicine (Alberta) 6/02,2 Ganske, Greg 12/99,S1 Gephardt, Rep. Richard 8/02,S1 Frist, Bill 2/03,S1 Ganske-Dingell 9/01,2 Gephardt, Richard 9/96,2 Frist, Bill 1/98,S1 Ganske-Norwood-Dingell 9/01,S1 Gephardt, Richard 6/93,1 Frist, Bill 2/02,S1 GAO Canada study 9/91,1 Gephardt, Richard 1980 bill 12/95,S2 Frist, Bill 9/05,S1 GAO on govt accounting 9/02,1 Gerard, Sue 5/98,1 Frist, Bill 5/98,S1 GAO on Medicare management 10/02,S1 Gerber, George 10/94,2 Frist, Bill 5/01,S2 GAO survey, govt privacy compliance 6/01,1 Gergen, David 7/93,1,S1 Frist, Bill 6/03,S1 Garamendi, John 9/05,1,2 German constitution 8/99,3 German medical system 7/91,2; 12/91,2 Gershman, Bennett 4/99,3 Gervais, Robert, on Canadian system 1/00,4 Germany, bonus malus in 5/06,2 Gerson, Stuart 6/92,S2 Gervais, Robert 9/00,4 Germany, budget caps 2/98,2 Gervais, Robert 5/02,4 Gervais, Robert 2/90,2; 8/91,2; 10/92,4; 7/93,4 Germany, doctors strike 4/99,2 Gervais, Robert 6/01,4 Gervais, Robert on entitlements 4/04 Germany, economy of 2/96,S2 Gervais, Robert 11/00,3 Germany, two-tiered system 3/06,2 Gervais, Robert P 2/03,4 Gervais, Robert on med mal 6/04,1 Gingrich, Newt 1/06,1 Goltry, Bud 12/99,2 Gervais, Robert on ID numbers 1/03,4 Gingrich, Newt, AHA speech 3/95,S1 Goltry, Vern 7/04,4 Gervais, Robert 1/02,4 Gingrich, Newt 9/96,2 Goltry, Vernon 7/96,1 Gervais, Robert on govt money 3/05,4 Gingrich, Newt, Medicare Commission 12/97,S2 Goltry, VL 2/95,4 Gervais, Robert 4/02,4 Gingrich, Newt 5/95,S1 Goltry, VL 6/94,1 Gervais, Robert, taxation 8/04,4 Gingrich, Newt 8/06,1 Goltry, VL 11/96,4 Gervais, Robert 4/00,4 Gingrich, Newt 2/01,1 Gonzales v. Oregon 6/06,3 Gervais, Robert on knowledge problem 5/06,4 Gingrich, Newt 12/04,1 Gonzalez, Elian 6/00,1; 8/00,3 Gervais, Robert 6/03,4 Gingrich, Newt 1/98,S1 Gonzalez, Elian 5/05,3 Gervais, Robert on computers 12/04,4 Giordano, Joseph 2/96,4 Gonzalez, Lazaro 6/00,1 Gervais, Robert 5/03,4 Girsh, Faye 12/03,1 good faith defense 10/06,3 Gervais, Robert on socialism and costs 3/04,4 gladiators 5/05,1 Good Samaritan 2/92,1 Gervais, Robert 8/03,4 Gladwell, Malcolm 11/05,2 Good Samaritan laws 1/05,1 Gervais, Robert 10/04,2,4 Glanville, Paul 5/90,2; 6/90,2 Good, Terry 12/94,1 Gervais, Robert P 3/03,4 Glassman, James 1/97,S1 Good, Terry W 8/01,3 Gervais, Robert 9/02,4 Glassman, James 2/98,S1 Goodman, Ellen 7/97,2 Gervais, Robert 3/00,4 Glassman, James 2/96,S1 Goodman, John 12/99,2 Gervais, Robert on drug prices 6/04,4 Glatzer, Richard 9/95,4 Goodman, John 3/98,2 Gervais, Robert 10/05,4 Glaxo-Wellcome 8/99,2 Goodman, John 10/04,1; 11/04,1 Gervais, Robert socialist illusion 6/05,4 Gleason, Stephen 11/99,1 Goodman, John 12/88,1; 7/89,1; 10/89,1,3; 7/90,1; Gervais, Robert 4/97,4 Gleichschaltung 2/99,2 8/90,1,4; 3/92,2; 5/92,2; 8/92,1,2; 12/92,2; 1/93,4 Gervais, Robert 8/99,4 Glendening, Parris 2/99,S1 Goodman, John 3/97,1 Gervais, Robert P 1/01,4; 3/01,3 Glenn, Gary 11/96,2 Goodman, John 8/03,1 Gervais, Robert and conflicts of interest 5/04,4 Glenn, John 12/95,1 Goodman, John, value of insurance 12/06,4 Gervais, Robert and economic signals 11/04,4 global budget 4/00,1 Goodman, Kenneth 1/06,1 Gervais, Robert on P4P 12/05,4 global budget 12/92,S2; 2/93,S2; 9/93,S1 Goodman, William 5/89,2; 11/89,1; 2/90,2; 4/90,4; Gervais, Robert, costs in Canada 11/02,4 global budgeting 3/92,S1; 8/92,S1 7/90,2; 1/91,4; 7/91,4; 8/91,2; 6/92,4; 12/92,S1-2; Gervais, Robert 10/98,2 global budgeting, Clinton Task Force on 7/03,2 9/93,2 Gervais, Robert 5/96,4 global budgets, US 10/92,S1 Goodman, William 10/01,4 Gervais, Robert 4/03,4 global energy rationing 2/99,1 Goodman, William 12/95,4 Gervais, Robert 9/01,4 global health structure 8/98,1 Goodman, William 7/01,4 Gervais, Robert 10/01,4 global standards 2/99,1 Goodman, William 2/02,4 Gervais, Robert 8/02,4 global surgical fee 1/97,3 Goodno, Charles 6/92,4 Gervais, Robert P 11/05,4 Glueck, Michael 6/02,4 Goodwin, Joseph 2/98,2 Gervais, Robert double standards 1/04,4 Glueck, Michael 2/02,2 Goodwin, Martin 8/99,3 Gervais, Robert 7/99,3 Glueck, Michael 6/01,3 Gorbachev Foundation 12/96,2 Gervais, Robert 1/99,4 Glueck, Michael Arnold 8/00,1 Gordon, Illene 1/98,S1 Gervais, Robert on cognitive dissonance 2/04,4 glut of doctors 10/97,S1 Gordonson, Lewis 6/94,4 Gervais, Robert 5/05,4 GME, Council on 4/97,2 Gordy, Tracy 12/01,3 Gervais, Robert on malpractice judgments 2/05,4 Goal 2001 11/97,4 gore, Al 2/99,2 Gervais, Robert on French model 7/06,4 Goals 2000 1/99,4 Gore, Al 9/98,2 Gervais, Robert on slavery 4/05,4 Goebbels 1/93,2 Gore, Al 5/00,S2 Gervais, Robert 1/00,1 Goering, Hermann 3/06,2 Gore, Al and SCHIP 10/00,1 Gervais, Robert on govt contracts 3/06,4 going bare 2/05,2 Gore, Al 1/03,S1 Gervais, Robert on reverse bundling 2/06,4 Goldberg, Alan 3/03,2 Gore, Al 8/00,S1 Geshell, R Steven 11/90,1 Goldberg, Robert 11/00,2 Gore, Al 2/00,S1 Ghormley, LW 1/90,2 Goldberg, Robert 6/99,3 Gore, Al, prescription drug proposal 11/00,S1 Gibbons, Sam 9/96,1 Goldberg, Robert 2/00,S2 Gore, Albert 9/92,S1; 5/93,1; 6/93,1 Gibbons, Sam 5/03,S1 Golden Rule Insurance Co 10/91,1; 12/91,S4; 4/94,3 Gore prescription drug proposal 1/01,S2 Gibbons, Sam 3/92,S1; 2/94,S1; 8/94,S1 Golden Rule Insurance v. Kentucky 10/95,3 Gore, Tipper 1/01,2 Gibbs, Philip S. 4/95,4 Golden State Physicians Medical Group 2/03,2 Gorgell, Gerald 7/00,2 Gibson, Dick 12/04,2 Goldman, Janlori 7/06,3 Gorman, Linda on self-referral 8/04,4 Gibson, Gordon 4/99,2 Goldman, Janlori 1/04,3 Gorman, Linda on administrative costs 3/04,2 Giebel, Shelley C 9/98,4 Goldman v. Truman Medical Center 8/99,3 Gorman, Linda on charity 9/05,4 Gienapp, John 4/95,2 Goldmeier, David 11/02,S2 Gorman, Linda, privacy 11/04,3 Gilbert, John 10/04,3 Goldsmith v. Harding Hospital 2/92,3 Gorman, Linda on paper records 8/05,2 Gilbert, WS 6/98,3 Goldstein, Allan 3/88,4 Gorman, Linda on Oregon Health Plan 6/05,2 Gimpelson, Richard 11/00,2 Goldstein, Amy 10/01,S2 Gorman, Linda on redistribution 6/05,1 GIMS 5/92,4 Goldstone, Marc 11/01,3 Gorman, Linda on "best practices" 1/05,4 GIMS newsletter 4/91,4 Goldwater Institute 6/02,2 Gorman, Linda on uncompensated care 11/04,1 Gingrich, Newt 1/95,S1 Goltry, Bud 4/97,1 Gorman, Linda on EBM 2/05,4 Gingrich, Newt 4/92,S2, 9/92,S2; 6/93,1 Goltry, Bud 3/00,1 Gorman, Linda popularity of socialism 7/05,4 Gingrich, Newt 5/01,S2 Goltry, Bud 3/96,2 Gorman, Linda on Schiavo 5/05,4 Gorman, Linda on the Left 7/04,4 Gorman, Linda on compromise 5/06,4 Gorman, Linda on EMR 8/06,1 Gorman, Linda on adm costs 12/02,4 Gorman, Linda on quality 9/06,4 Gorman, Linda on MA plan 5/06,2 Gorman, Linda on insurance 6/06,4 Gorman, Linda on data mining 8/06,4 Gorman, Linda on EBM 12/05,1 Gorman, Linda on financial incentives 12/05,4 government, role of 10/05,2 Green, Mark 3/00,2 Gorman, Linda on rationing 6/05,4 government, subject to law 10/01,2 Green, Michelle 9/00,2 Gorman, Linda on monopsony 4/05,4 Government Accounting Office on school-based Greenberg, David 6/03,2 Gorman, Linda on standards 8/05,4 clinics 10/00,2 Greenberg, David 5/03,1 Gorman, Linda on Medicare disaster 11/05,4 Government Dependency Illness 9/97,2 Greenblatt, Sandra 7/96,1 Gorman, Linda, firing customers 4/04,4 Government Reform Committee, vaccine hearings Greene, Rex 2/03,4 Gorman, Linda on uninsured 5/04,1 1/01,1 Greenspan, Alan 7/98,S2 Gorman, Linda 6/01,3 GP Job Action Menu 1/97,2 Greenspan, Alan 4/05,S2 Gorman, Linda on IT 3/05,4 Gradison, William 3/90,4; 4/92,S1; 5/92,S1 Greenspan v. HealthSouth 5/97,3 Gorman, Linda 8/03,4 graduate medical education, subsidies to not teach Greenville County Med Soc 5/90,4 Gorman, Linda premiums and economy 11/04,2 4/97,S1 Greenwood, Jim 5/00,S1 Gorman, Linda 5/03,4 graduate medical education, financing 12/95,S1 Greenwood, Rep. Jim 9/02,S1 Gorman, Linda 2/01,2 Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Greer, George 5/05,4 Gorman, Linda on the poor 2/04,4 Committee 6/02,2 Gregg, Alan 10/99,2 Gorman, Linda 4/03,4 Graduates Ital Med Schools 2/91,4 Gregg, Judd 6/95,S1 Gorman, Linda on RWJF 3/06,2 Graham, Bob 8/01,1 Gregg, Judd 4/05,S2 Gorman, Linda on risk pools 2/04,1 Graham, Bob 6/02,S1 Gregg, Judd 1/04,S1 Gorman, Linda on seniors' drug costs 2/06,4 Graham, Bob 8/96,2 Gregg, Judd 7/97,S2 Gorman, Linda 5/02,2; 7/02,4 Graham, David 12/98,1 Greider, William 1/93,2 Gorman, Linda, Medicaid costs 10/05,4 Graham, Jim 9/00,S2 Gresham v. Peterson 1/02,LS Gorman, Linda, trust 1/04,4 Graham, Robert 2/99,1 Gresham's Law 4/03,1 Gorman, Linda on EBM 4/04,2 Gramm Leach Bliley 8/02,3 Grey Nuns Hospital 12/94,2 Gorman, Linda on mandates 4/06,4 Gramm, Phil 6/93,S2; 1/94,S1; 3/94,2,S1 Grier, Ruth 7/93,2 Gorman, Linda 11/02,2 Gramm, Phil 11/96,S1 Griffin, Glen 8/93,2; 9/93,S2 Gorman, Linda 12/03,4 Gramm, Phil 5/98,S1 Griffis, Monika Krizek 9/00,3 Gorman, Linda on expert hubris 12/04,4 Gramm, Phil 3/99,S2 Grigorenko, Pyotr 11/01,3 Gorman, Linda on price transparency 1/06,4 Gramm, Phil 4/98,S2 Grijalva v. Shalala 10/98,2 Gorman, Linda on quality 3/06,4 Gramm, Phil 7/98,2,4 Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute 5/02,3 Gorman, Linda on Mass. plan 7/06,4 Gramm, Phil 3/98,S1 Grinstead, Joy 7/93,2 Gorman, Linda on IOM error figures 3/04,1 Gramm, Phil 3/97,S1 Griswold v. Connecticut 2/98,S1 Gorman, Linda 6/03,4 Gramm, Phil 11/99,1 Grossklaus, Rolf 8/05,S2 Gorman, Linda, price transparency 10/06,4 Gramm, Phil 9/97,S2 Grove City v. Bell 12/89,2 Gorman, Linda 10/06,1 Gramm, Phil 1/98,S1 Grove City College 4/97,1 Gorman, Linda, discrimation ag/ sick 12/06,1 Gramm, Phil 3/96,4 Grove City College 3/01,1 Gorman, Linda, judging doctors 11/06,4 Gramm, Phil 8/01,S1 Grubb, Shannon 8/00,4 Gorman, Linda on quality 11/06,1 Gramm, Phil 6/97,S1 Grubel, Herbert 8/92,2 Gorman, Linda, disparity 12/06,4 Granat, Pepi 10/95,4 guaranteed issue, effects on uninsured rate 8/98,S1 Gorman, Paul 1/06,2 grand jury reform 3/05,3 guaranteed issue 11/95,1 Gorsuch, Lea 8/92,2 Grand Alliance, The 3/96,2 guaranteed issue 4/03,2 Gorsuch, Paul 6/92,4, 8/82,2 Grant, Ulysses S. 5/95,3 guaranteed issue 1/94,S1 Gorsuch, Paul, Jr. 1/95,2 grantmaking, purposes of 1/98,2 guardianship for senior citizens 12/87,3 Gorton, Slade 8/00,2 GrantWatch 2/01,2 Guerra, Jose 8/00,4 Gorton, Slate 5/98,S1 Grassley, Charles 5/01,S1 Guerrero v. Copper Queen 1/91,1 Gosfield, Alice 12/02,3 Grassley, Charles 8/03,S1 guidelines, practice 2/01,3 Gosfield, Alice 6/98,2 Grassley, Charles 3/01,S1 guilt by association 10/96,2 Gosfield, Alice 3/99,2 Grassley, Charles 8/02,1 guilty plea, consequences of 9/94,3 Gosfield, Alice 3/91,1 Grassley, Charles 12/01,S1 Gulag Archipelago 2/93,4 Gosfield, Alice 5/04,3 Grassley, Charles 4/99,3 Gulag Archipelago 7/03,2 Gostin, Lawrence 2/02,2 Grassley, Charles 1/02,S1 Gulf States Land and Dev v. Premier Bank 7/96,3 Gostin, Lawrence 1/02,1 Grassley, Sen. Charles 5/93,1 gun control 9/95,2 Gostin, Lawrence 3/02,1 Grassroot Grannies 12/01,4 Gupta, Mahendra 8/04,3 Governance Committee 3/96,2 Grassroot Grannies 4/98,2 Gutman, Jeffrey 12/93,1 government "help" 11/05,1 Gratzer, David 6/00,2 Gwartney, James 1/89,4 government contract bidding 8/99,S1 Gratzer, David 12/03,4 Haar, Helmut 7/91,2 government contracts 5/88,2 Gratzer, David 11/02,2 habeas corpus 11/01,1 government controls 5/87,2; 8/87,2; 10/88,1; 11/88,2; Graves, James 7/05,3 hackers and medical records 8/06,2 2/89,2 Gray, Charles 2/02,2 Hafer v. Melo 2/92,3 government, definition by Washington 1/01,4 Green, Gene 10/95,S2 Hafner v. Beck 1/05,3 government medicine, public support 7/95,2 Green, Jacob 4/99,4 Hagel, Chuck 7/00,S1 government power 1/06,S2 Green, Jacob Haislmaier, Ed 2/04, S1 government, reinvention of 1/01,2 Green, Jacob 12/89,3; 9/91,2 Haislmaier, Ed 11/02,S2 Hamburger, Harry 11/01,4 Hanchette, John 9/99,2 Haislmaier, Edmund 10/87,1; 8/93,2 Hamersma, H 12/99,2 Hanks, Tom 3/03,2 Haislmaier, Edmund 4/05,S1 Hamilton, Alexander 6/93,3 Hanlester network 3/93,3 Haislmaier, Edmund 5/06,1 Hamilton, Anne 11/01,2 Hanlester Network v. Shalala 2/96,3 Hakim, Safaa 10/04,3 Hamilton, Anne 7/02,2 Hannon, Kemp 8/04,2 HAL, 2001 10/05,4 Hamilton, Robert 3/04,4 Hansen, Kenneth 6/92,2 Haley, Kathleen 9/95,2 Hamilton, Robert 9/06,4 Hansen, Patrick 12/02,3 Halkitis, Mike 8/04,3 Hamilton, Robert on hospital accounting 1/06,4 Hansen, Susan 2/02,2 Hall, Judy 9/02,3 Hamlet 1/99,1 harassment of individual physicians 8/98,2 Halligan, Senator 2/99,3 hammer, if I had a 11/97,4 Hardy, Mary Ann 4/94,3 Halpers decision 7/98,3 Hammurabi, code of 4/05,3 Harkin Proposal 6/02,4 Harkin, Senator 10/98,4 Hawaii, health care reform model? 4/94,2 health insurance tax breaks 12/05,S1 Harmon, Judge Melinda 8/02,3 Haworth, JD 1/94,3 health management 9/05,1 Harold Eist v. Maryland State Board of Quality Hawthorn, Bruce 10/97,2 health outcomes, public reporting of 8/06,1 Assurance 7/03,3 Hayek, Friedrich 7/02,1,4 health security accounts 6/97,2 Harper, Jim 4/06,2 Hayek, Friedrich 1/97,3 health, UK v US 6/06,1 Harris, Charles 8/97,4 Hayek, Friedrich 1/04,3 Health Access America 5/90,4 Harris, Charles 3/91,4 Hayek, Friedrich 2/06,1 Health Act 9/02,S1 Harris, David 6/91,3 Hayek, Friedrich 11/90,2 Health Act of 2002 11/02,S1 Harris, Michael 3/02,4 Haynes, Ray 10/01,2 Health Alliances 6/93,S1 Harris, Michael 1/02,2 Haywood, Trent 9/05,1 Health and Social Care bill 11/02,2 Harris, Michael 2/01,2 Hayworth, JD 8/03,S2 Health Benefits Coalition 5/98,S2 Harris, Michael 10/02,4 Hayworth, Rep. JD 8/02,4 Health Benefits Reform list serv 5/01,2 Harris, Michael 12/01,4 Hazard Communication Plan 10/92,2 Health Care Purchasing Cooperative 10/92,S1; Harris, Michael 7/03,2 HCAAC, Maryland 8/96,3 4/93,S2; 10/93,1 Harris poll on managed care 11/95,2 HCACC (Maryland) 3/96,1 Health Care Quality Improvement Act 10/88,3 Harris, Seth 2/01,S2 HCACC 2/97,2 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Harris, T Reginald 6/98,1 HCACC 5/96,3 2/04,3 Harris v. McRae 3/90,1 HCFA 1500 claim form 8/97,3 Health Care Choice Act 6/06,S1 Harry and Louise 8/95,3 HCFA 485 forms 10/96,2 Health Care Accessibility Act (Ontario) 12/99,2 Harry v. Marchant 7/02,3 HCFA ambulatory surgery standards 1/00,1 Health Care Reform Project 1/94,2 Harshman, Edward 11/06,4 HCFA, audit of 10/97,S2 Health Care Data Commission, KY 1/94,1 Harsuch, David 1/95,2 HCFA, financial audit of 10/97,1 Health Care Fraud Prevention Act 5/95,2 Hartwig, John E 4/97,2 HCFA, internal reorganization 2/97,S2 Health Care Qual Improvmt Act 7/91,3 Hartwig, John 1/01,2 HCFA name change 8/01,2 Health Care for All Oregon 11/02,1 Harvard Medical Practice study 3/04,1 HCFA Office of Managed Care 2/97,S2 Health Care Task Force 4/93,S1; 5/93,2 Harvard Pilgrim 3/00,1 HCFA, renaming and reorganization of 6/01,S1 Health Care Quality Improvement Act 4/02,1 Hash, Michael 5/99,S2 HCFA, retaliation by 1/00,1 Health Care Task Force 8/94,2 Hassan v. Mercy American River Hospital 12/03,3 HCFA screens 9/90,2 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account Hassle Coefficient Factor Analysis 5/99,3 HCFA Survey form 9/94,3 9/96,S1 Hassman, Jeri 11/04,2 HCFA, volume of regulations 2/01,1 Health Care Access and Cost Commission 5/96,3 Hassman, Jeri 7/04,1 HCFAC 2/04,3; 5/04,3 Health Care Rescue Network 11/95,1 Hassman, Jeri 6/03,2 HCQIA 1/06,4 Health Care Advisory Board 2/01,1 Hassman, Jeri 8/03,3 HCQIA 10/02,3 Health Care Quality Improvement Act 2/92,3,4 Hassner, Vera 12/02,3 HCQIA 8/02,3 Health Care Quality Advisory Board 7/98,2 Hastert, Dennis 6/01,2 HCQIA immunity, crack in 10/05,3 Health Care Coverage and Affordability Act of 1996 Hastert, Dennis 12/99,S1 HCQIA of 1986 10/90,1 5/96,S1 Hastert, Dennis 1/97,1 HEAL Montana 1/95,2 Health Care Quality Improvement Act 5/03,3 Hastert, Dennis 7/96,S1 Healey, Bernardine 3/93,S1 Health Care Restructuring Commission, Ontario Hastert, Dennis 8/98,S1 healing, healer, def. 7/91,2 7/00,2 Hastert, Dennis 8/02,S2 health card spending accounts and FEHBP 11/02,S1 Health Care Reform Week 3/93,1 Hastings Center 1/99,1 health care, fallacy of 4/92,2 Health Care Quality Advisory Board 9/98,1 Hatch Act 5/93,3 health care IRAs 10/86,1; 4/89,2 Health Care Task Force, congressional invest 4/95,3 Hatch, Orrin 3/00,S2 health care, perils of 12/06,1 Health Care Access and Cost Commission of MD Hatch, Orrin 6/97,S2 health crimes 1/03,2 2/97,2 Hatch, Orrin 5/97,1 health disparities 8/02,1 Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 1995 2/96,2 Hatch, Orrin 1/90,2 health expenditures 2/97,2 Health Carrier Services Corp 5/00,3 Havelock, Steve 3/99,1 health, importance of 12/99,1 Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1993 Havighurst, Clark 2/98,4 health indicators, leading 8/02,1 1/94,S1 Havinghurst, Clark 4/98,S2 health insurance v. medical care 8/01,4 Health Equity Improvement and Access Act 2/92,S2 Hawaii, exemption from Clinton Plan 8/94,S2 health insurance, costs of 6/00,S1 Hawaii, free speech 4/94,2 health insurance, tax treatment of 8/98,S1 Health Freedom bill, Ohio 11/00,3 Health Insurance Networks 10/92,S1 Health Security Act of 1993 12/99,S2 Health Information Technology Promotion Act Health Insurance Association of America 9/01,S1 Health Security Act 11/93 4/06,S1 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Security Act 1/00,S1 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 5/00,3 Health Security Act 1/96,1 8/98,1, S1 Health IT Adoption Initiative 4/06,3 Health Security Act of 1993 10/99,1 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Law Institute of Boston 8/96,1 Health Security Express 9/94,2 7/98,S1 Health Leadership Council 8/01,3 Health Security Act 7/98,S1 Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Act Health Net v. Weiss Research 1/95,3 Health Security Act, Clinton 9/00,3 (HIFA) 10/02,S2 Health Pay 12/87,4 Health Services Restructuring Commission 1/97,2 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Plan Purchasing Cooperatives 5/96,S2 Health Systems Advisory Group 5/97,2 11/97,2 Health Plan Purchasing Coop 2/93,1 Health Systems International 7/98,4 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act 8/05,1 (HIPAA) and fraud 5/98,3 2/96,2 Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Institute 4/02,5 Health Insurance Reform...Act 1991 6/92,S1 Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) Healthcare Leadership Council 8/98,2 Health Insurance Association of America 4/99,S2 2/03,S2 HealthCare Compare 1/90,1; 2/90,1; 6/90,4 Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) Health Savings Accounts, MMA 1/04,S1; 2/04,1,S1 HealthCare Leadership Council 9/98,2 3/01,S1 Health Savings Accounts 9/04,S1 Healthguard 6/94,1 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Savings Accounts 3/06,1 HealthNet 8/95,2 (HIPAA) 1/00,S2 Health Savings Accounts 10/04,1 Healthy America Act 2005 9/05,S1 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Savings Accounts 10/04,S1 Healthy Families, MediCal 4/01,4 2/98,3 Health Savings Accounts 1/04,1 Healthy Families, CA 12/00,4 Healthy Options 6/95,4 Henley, Douglas 4/06,3 Hewlett, Patrick 4/99,2 Healthy People 2000 8/96,1 Hennebold, Alan 8/97,4 Hewlett, Patrick 12/99,2 Healthy People 2010 6/01,1 Henry, Bonnie 5/05,3 HHS e-mail info-line 11/96,2 Healthy Start 4/04,2 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 6/02,1 HHS snitch line 11/96,2 Hearne, Donna 6/94,2 Henry, Patrick 2/97,1 HIAA 6/01,S2; 7/01,S1 hearsay evidence 5/05,1 Henry, Patrick 2/00,3 Hiatt, Howard 10/99,2 Heartland Institute 1/96,2 Henry, Renata 5/04,3 Hiatt, Mark 6/99,4 Heartland Institute 8/93,S1; 5/94,2 Henry V 6/96,3 Hieb, Lee 4/04,4 Heartland PolicyFax 4/95,2 Henry VIII 12/98,4 Hiepler, Mark 8/95,2 Heberle, Paul 7/06,3 hepatitis b vaccine 4/05,2 HIFA 11/02,S2 HEDIS 2/96,2 hepatitis b mandate, IL 6/04,2 HIFA waivers 2/03,S2 HEDIS 4/04,1 hepatitis B vaccine 8/01,4 Hill, C Stratton 2/05,3 HEDIS report cards 4/01,4 hepatitis B vaccine 1/02,3 Hill, J Edward 4/98,S4 Heemstra, TS 1/03,1 hepatitis B immunization 8/98,2 Hill, Tim 5/03,1 Heersink, Bernhard 1/98,3 hepatitis B vaccine 7/99,1,2 HillaryCare 10/04,1 Hegyi, Bruce 1/99,4 Herbert, Donald 7/05,1 Hillsdale College 4/97,1 Hein, Paul 3/92,1 Heritage Center for Data Analysis 1/02,S1 Hillsdale College 3/01,1 Heinz, John on Medicare HMOs 6/87,1 Heritage, eliminate agencies 6/95,S1 Hillsdale College 2/87,1; 12/89,2; 8/91,3; 12/91,S3 Hellender, Ida 11/02,1 Heritage Foundation 7/00,S1 Hilsabeck, John 4/95,2 Heller, Charles 2/02,4 Heritage Foundation proposals 3/89,2 Himmelstein, D 8/91,2 Heller, Charles 10/00,4 Heritage Foundation Plan 4/92,S2 Himmelstein, David 7/00,1 Hellmuth and Associates 2/97,S1 Heritage Foundation 5/06,1 Himmelstein, David 3/05,1 Hellmuth, CT 11/99,S1 Heritage Foundation 8/95,S2 Himmelstein, David 3/96,S2 Hellou, Gisele 7/00,2 Heritage Foundation 9/00,1 Himmelstein, David 9/02,2 Helman, Manya 6/02,2 Heritage Foundation 7/89,4; 5/94,S2 Himmelstein, David 2/00,4 Helms, Jesse 6/92,4 Heritage Foundation, on tax cut 4/01,S1 Hindelang, Sandra 1/95,2 Helms, Jesse 5/95,1 Heritage Foundation 1/95,S2 Hinds, Edward Dee on HSAs 11/05,4 Helms, Jesse 12/95,2 Herman, Alexis 1/98,S2 Hinds General Hospital 11/91,1,3 Helms, Robert 6/00,4 Herochik, Shelley 11/02,1 HIPAA 1/03,1 Helms, Robert 8/00,1 Herrera, Pascual 9/04,3 HIPAA 1/99,2 Helmueller, Mary 5/05,4 Herrera, Pascual 5/03,3 HIPAA 10/02,1,2 Helsinki Decl World Med Assoc 7/92,1 Herrick, Devon 6/05,2 HIPAA 12/00,3 Helwig, Patrice 10/94,2 Herring, Bradley 12/02,S1 HIPAA 2/03,4 Hemlock Society 11/91,4 Herschman, Zvi 7/01,4 HIPAA 4/00,1 Hemlock Society 5/05,1 Herschman, Zvi 2/06,4 HIPAA 4/01,1 Hemlock Society 12/03,1 Hertford, Douglas 5/02,4 HIPAA 5/01,4 Henderson DR 1/03,1 Hertzer, Randy 9/92,1 HIPAA 7/00,S2 Henderson, Elmer 11/94,2 Herzlinger, Regina 3/04,2,3; 3/04,S2 HIPAA 8/98,1, S1 Hendricks, William 6/89,2 Hewitt and Associates 12/01,S1 HIPAA, AAPS challenge 8/02,3 Hendrix, Annette 8/04,3 Hewitt Associates 6/00,S2 HIPAA, AAPS challenge to 9/01,1 Henley, Doug 2/95,3 Hewlett, Patrick 2/03,4 HIPAA, AAPS challenge to 10/01,3 Henley, Douglas E 6/98,1 Hewlett, Patrick 7/00,2 HIPAA and convictions 4/01,3 HIPAA and Clinton Plan 1/03,2 HIPAA privacy rule 5/02,2 Hitler, Adolf 6/99,2 HIPAA and free speech 11/02,4 HIPAA Privacy Rule, AAPS appeal 11/02,3 Hitler, Adolf 4/96,1 HIPAA compliance rate 5/04,2 HIPAA Privacy Rule 2/02,3 Hitler, Adolf 11/97,4 HIPAA compliance software 4/02,2 HIPAA Privacy 9/02,4 Hittner, Judge David 5/97,4 HIPAA compliance costs 10/01,3 HIPAA Privacy Rule, AAPS challenge 1/03,3 HIV legislation 7/90,4 HIPAA countdown 3/03,2 HIPAA Privacy Rule 1st anniversary 6/04,2 HMNo 5/99,4 HIPAA covered entities 8/02,1 HIPAA readiness 12/02,2 HMO Act 4/99,4 HIPAA, effect on small-group insurance 4/03,1 HIPAA scofflaws 12/02,1 HMO Act 2/02,1 HIPAA enforcement 1/05,3 HIPAA survey, AAPS 7/03,1 HMO Act of 1973 6/01,4 HIPAA enforcement 7/06,3 HIPAA System of Records (SOR) 9/05,3 HMO Act, expiration of 4/95,2 HIPAA Enforcement Rule 8/05,3 HIPAA train wreck 7/03,1 HMO act11/88,2 HIPAA extensions 1/03,2 HIPAA, transaction code sets 4/02,2 HMO costs 12/89,3 HIPAA, first criminal conviction 11/04,3 HIPAA transaction code sets 12/03,2 HMO disclosure, Arizona law 2/96,1 HIPAA, fraud enforcement budget 5/02,3 HIPAA transaction code sets 7/03,1; 8/03,2 HMO error rates 3/97,2 HIPAA fraud-finding budget 12/02,3 HIPAA transaction code sets extension 1/02,S2 HMO gag rules 11/96, S1 HIPAA, Huntoon on 8/02,4 HIPAA transaction code sets, extension 7/02,3 HMO growth 7/97,1 HIPAA Information Tracking System (HITS) 9/05,3 HIPAA v Y2K 12/02,1 HMO hybrid 8/01,S1 HIPAA, misleading title of 8/00,2 HIPAAdocs Corp 1/03,2 HMO, Medicare 7/90,4 HIPAA noncompliance 11/02,2 HIPCs 10/93,1 HMO, Medicare payment formula 10/96,S2 HIPAA noncovered entities 4/03,3 Hippocrates 1/01,1 HMO, Medicare costs 6/94,S2 HIPAA privacy rule disregarded 7/05,2 Hippocrates, oath 1/88,2; 2/89,1; 5/89,1; 9/89,2; HMO, Medicare reimbursement to 6/97,S2 HIPAA privacy rule 12/01,1 11/91,4; 5/93,2 HMO penetration 2/99,S1 HIPAA privacy "guidance" 8/01,3 Hippocrates, Oath of 7/99,1 HMO problems 7/95,2 HIPAA privacy rules 6/01,1 Hippocrates, Oath of 7/02,2 HMO profits 6/97,S2 HIPAA privacy rule 1/02,2 Hippocrates, Oath of 1/06,1 HMO stocks 11/98,S2 HIPAA privacy rule enforcement 3/03,2 Hirsch, Michael 11/97,3 HMO studies, RAND 4/89,4 HIPAA privacy regulations 7/01,1 Hitchcock, Douglas 2/97,S2 HMOs, 10/86,2,4, 3/93,1 HIPAA privacy regs 9/01,1 Hitchner, Gretchen 10/01,2 HMOs, adverse selection by 2/96,4 HIPAA privacy rules 7/01,3,4 Hitler 11/98,3 HMOs and GM 3/91,2 HIPAA privacy rule 3/02,3 Hitler, Adolf 2/98,4 HMOs, avoidance of 10/99,4 HMOs, billing in MD 3/91,2 Hoff, John 3/01,S1 Holsinger, James 6/91,2 HMOs, Citigroup Smith Barney on 7/06,2 Hoff, John 5/00,S1 Holt, Fred 9/91,4 HMOs, class action suits against 12/99,3 Hoff, John 9/00,S1 Holtz-Eakin, Douglas 7/05,1 HMOs, cost shifting 12/92,2 Hoff-Hay, Sydney 1/94,2 Holtz-Eakin, Douglas 5/03,S1 HMOs, disenrollment difficulties 3/87,3 Hogan, Thomas 6/98,3 Holzer, Henry Mark 12/90,3; 6/91,1,3; 1/93,3 HMOs, disenrollment rate 5/95,2 Hogan, Thomas 4/98,S2 Homchick, Robert G 3/03,3 HMOs for fed employees 6/90,4 Hogberg, David 3/06,4 home drug testing kits 11/96,S2 HMOs, funding regulation 2/88,4 Holcomb, F Larry 9/91,2 home health care, transfer to Part B 3/97,S2 HMOs, history of 4/96,2 hold harmless clause 12/06,1 home health care, Medicare 9/97,S2 HMOs in South Africa 12/99,2 Hold Harmless 7/06,3 home health agencies 5/99,S2 HMOs, insolvent 2/88,2; 9/88,1 holdback, physicians' fees in Ontario 12/93,3 home health care, effect of BBA 1/00,S1 HMOs, lab referrals 1/90,2 Holden, S.Craig 6/93,2 home health, corruption in 10/97,S1 HMOs, malpractice suits against 8/01,1 Holder, Eric 4/95,3 home health costs 7/97,S1 HMOs, mandatory funding regulation 3/87,2; 5/87,4 Holder, Eric 12/95,1 home health, PPS and 12/95,S1 HMOs, Medicaid 2/96,2 Holder, Eric 2/98,1 home health certification 10/96,2 HMOs, Medicaid 3/92,S1 Holder, Eric 3/95,1 home health agency, fraud conviction 2/94,3 HMOs, MediCal 1/96,2 Holder, Eric 8/98,2 home health services 6/99,S2 HMOs, Medicare 6/87,1; 3/90,4 Holder, Eric 10/95,1 Home Depot 8/02,2 HMOs, Medicare regulation of 2/92,S2 Holder, Eric 3/99,3 Home Depot, hurricane Katrina 11/05,1 HMOs, Medicare 9/95,3 Hole-less in Jamestown 5/96,4 homeland security 5/03,2 HMOs, physician opinion 6/88,1 Holland, Elizabeth 12/02,1 Homeland Security Act 1/03,1 HMOs, solvency of 1/95,3 Holland, George 1/90,1 homosexuals in military 3/93,S2 HMOs, statistics 5/87,4; 6/87,3 Hollerith machine 4/97,2 Hong Kong and data 3/98,3 HMOs, study of in NY 4/96,4 Hollerith machine 9/01,3 honorarium 5/95,4 Hobson, David 1/02,S2 Hollinger, Paula 3/96,1 honors system 2/97,1 Hobson, David 10/02,2 Hollings, Ernest 5/98,S1 Hooper, Patric 11/97,3 Hodge, Scott 7/97,S1 Hollings, Ernest 12/97,S1 Hooper, Patric 9/00,1 Hodges, Carol J 10/94,3 Hollings, Ernest 3/04,4 Hoosier Healthwise 2/96,2 Hodges v. Tucker 10/94,3 Holmes, Oliver Wendall 12/98,3 Hoover, Herbert 5/91,3 Hoelscher, John 1/05,1 Holocaust 2/98,4 Hoppe, HH 7/03,3 Hoff, John S 9/99,1 Holocaust 2/94,3 Horan, Janet 10/99,4 Hoff, John 8/01,1 Holocaust 7/98,4 Horiuchi, Len 7/02,3 Hoff, John 4/01,1 Holocaust Museum 4/97,2 Horn, Steve 8/96,2 Hoff, John 6/00,S1 Holscher, Mark 12/00,2 Hornberger, Jacob 3/89,3 Hornberger, Jacob 6/00,2 HSAs 10/06,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 6/96,4 Horowitz, David 10/99,1 HSAs 12/04,S2 Huntoon, Lawrence on quality 10/4,4 Horty Springer 12/05,3 HSAs and socialists 12/05,2 Huntoon, Lawrence 4/97 insert Horty Springer 1/06,4; 4/06,3 HSAs and sick 4/04,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 8/96,1 Horty Springer 5/06,4 HSAs at birth 8/05,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on RBRVS 6/04,4 Horwin, Michael 4/05,3 Hsiao study 4/88,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on Medicare claims denial Horwin, Michael 12/99,4 Hsiao, William C 11/96,S2 6/03,4 hospice and opt out 7/01,2 Hsiao, William 1/90,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, Clinton tour 10/99,3 hospice care 12/00,S2 HSQB 5/91,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on living will 7/05,2 Hospice Patients Alliance 1/04,2 hub-and-spokes hospitals 4/03,2 Huntoon, Lawrence 1/04,2 Hospice Patients Alliance 12/03,1 Hubbard, Barbara Marx 12/96,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on LCERs 4/99,1 Hospice Patients Alliance 5/05,1; 7/05,1,2 Hubbard, R. Glenn 1/06,S1 Huntoon, Lawrence 12/98,4 hospices 7/97,4 Hubbell, Webster 2/98,1 Huntoon, Lawrence 12/98,3 hospital accounting 1/06,4 Huber, Peter 8/93,2 Huntoon, Lawrence on SimpleCare 3/04,4 hospital beds, effect of Medicare 7/00,4 Hubler, David 8/01,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 9/95,4 hospital/physician relationship 8/00,4 hubris 12/06,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on credentialing 9/04,4 hospital prices 4/03,4 Huckaby, Mike 9/93,S2 Huntoon, Lawrence on Medicaid cost crisis 9/05,4 hospital pricing 7/06,1,2 Hudson Institute 10/92,S1 Huntoon, Lawrence on MCS 4/06,4 hospital reporting requirement 5/06,3 Hull, Jane Dee 6/99,3 Huntoon, Lawrence 8/01,4 hospital staff privileges, IL case 11/87,3 human capital 5/02,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 3/97,4 hospital tracking 11/98,4 human immunodeficiency virus, no quarantine for Huntoon, Lawrence, private neurology 10/05,2 Hospital that Ate Chicago 7/06,1 3/02,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, HCFA confirm fees 1/97,4 Hospital Trust Fund 3/99,S2 Human, RICO claim against 4/99,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on HCQIA 1/06,4 hospitalists 1/05,2 Humana 12/99,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, Lapp rally 2/98,2 hospitals, effect of administrative simplification on Humana Inc v. Forsyth 4/99,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on EMRs 2/06,4 7/00,S2 Hume, Brit 6/00,1 Huntoon, Lawrence, privacy rule side effects 8/03,4 hospitals, private 7/93,3 Humpty Dumpty 10/94,3 Huntoon, Lawrence and medical necessity 1/98,4 hospitalvictims.com 7/06,2 Hungerford Hospital 4/04,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, on Medicare participation hotline, fraud 1/93,1 Huntoon 7/96,4 1/99,3 Houpt, Michael 3/04,3 Huntoon, Don 10/04,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, on medical record 9/01,4 House Joint Resolution 38 6/01,1 Huntoon, Donald 4/02,5 Huntoon, Lawrence 8/98,2 House Joint Resolution 107 3/98,3 Huntoon, Donald 5/98,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on documentation 7/99,4 Hovenkamp, H on antitrust policy 1/97,3 Huntoon, HIPAA 8/02,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on health information 7/03,4 Howard, Samuel 1/98,S1 Huntoon, L, on Lapps 8/97,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 10/94,4 Hoyer, Steny 5/04,S1 Huntoon, L. and addiction to govt 9/97,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on regulations 5/00,4 HSA policyholders 9/05,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, informed consent 8/04,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on private contracting 7/97,2 Hsaiao, William 10/97,S1 Huntoon, Lawrence, on asset forfeiture 3/98,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, electronic billing 3/02,4 HSAs 1/05,S1 Huntoon, Lawrence 7/00,3 Huntoon, Lawrence 1/02,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on participation 6/02,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, Medicare fees 5/04,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on Chaoulli case 9/05,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on HIPAA privacy rule, plan Huntoon, Lawrence on antitrust 12/05,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 5/96,1 B 1/02,2 Huntoon, Lawrence on insurers and EBM 2/05,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, on slavery 3/00,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 5/96,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on opt out 6/05,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on Schiavo case 5/05,1,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 3/98,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on P4P 3/06,4 Huntoon, Lawrence and EDI form 8/97,3 Huntoon, Lawrence 9/00,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on Medicare nonparticipation Huntoon, Lawrence, on nonparticipation 9/99,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on 4th amendment 4/99,4 4/98,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 9/96,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, denial of hearing 5/00,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on Blue Bunglers 12/03,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, on Medicare fraud 7/00,S1 Huntoon, Lawrence, and Medicare investigator Huntoon, Lawrence, on prosecutorial strategy 4/02,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on Medicare payments 2/97,2 1/98,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on insurers 7/05,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 8/96,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on MA plan 6/06,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, on compliance certification Huntoon, Lawrence on professional courtesy 11/01,4 Huntoon, Lawrence and NY clawback 2/04,4 4/02,5 Huntoon, Lawrence, on public-private partnership Huntoon, Lawrence, NY HMOs 4/96,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 10/01,4 12/99,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on Medicare accountability Huntoon, Lawrence 4/03,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, Communist salute 12/00,4 12/01,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on Turning Point 5/98,1,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on Medicare price controls Huntoon, Lawrence 5/96,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, on AMAP 2/99,4 2/02,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on genocide 12/97,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 10/95,4 Huntoon, Lawrence and "free" care 11/04,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 5/02,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 1/97,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, fraud allegations by 1/00,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, on charity 11/99,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on government mandates 7/02,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 7/95,3,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on EBM 8/05,1 Huntoon, Lawrence, E&M guidelines 11/00,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 6/95,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, Centers of Excellence 1/04,4 Huntoon, Lawrence and nonparticipation 3/01,4 Huntoon, Lawrence R. 1/95,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on quality 10/00,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on Horty Springer 5/06,4 Hyperbaric medicine and RVS 5/92,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on privacy 7/01,4 Huntoon, Lawrence R, "churning" 9/06,4 Iacocca, Lee 10/89,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on compliance 2/00,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on fundamental evil of Medicare Iatros 4/96,2 Huntoon, Lawrence 12/95,2,4 6/98,4 IATROS 5/89,1; 5/92,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, intimidation 2/01,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on medical necessity Ibbitson, John 10/00,2 Huntoon, Lawrence on EMRs 1/05,4 certification 6/99,4 Ibbitson, John 6/00,2 Huntoon, Lawrence on opt out 8/05,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, Medicare payment 10/06,4 IBEX 4/06,2 Huntoon, Lawrence on EMR 12/04,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, seat at table 11/06,4 IBM 8/96,1 Huntoon, Lawrence 8/95,3,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, recertification 12/06,4 IBM and the Holocaust 9/01,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on doctors & terrorists 7/04,4 Huntoon, LR on price-fixing 1/03,4 ICD book, errors in 12/96,4 Huntoon, Lawrence on EMR 3/05,4 Huntoon, LR on electronic claims 12/02,4 ICD-10 12/02,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on accountability 4/05,4 Huntoon LR on OPMC 2/03,4 ICD-10 8/02,1 Huntoon, Lawrence, on Medicare correspondence Huntoon, LR, nonessential workers 1/96,4 ICD-10-CM 1/04,2 6/00,4 Huntoon, LR on claims filing 9/02,4 ICD-9 code, fictitious 5/98,2 Huntoon, Lawrence on jury nullification 5/05,4 Huntoon, LR on unprofessional conduct 10/02,4 ICD-9 codes 4/91,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on giving up 11/96,2 Huntoon, LR, Relative Dog Value Scale 11/02,4 ICD-9 codes 9/96,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, on socialism 3/99,4 Huntoon, LR on mandatory generic drugs 3/03,4 ICD-9 codes, inaccuracy of 5/99,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, on E&M guidelines 4/00,4 Huntoon on AMA cooperation 8/00,4 ICD-9-CM 9/01,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, sham peer review 4/03,4 Huntoon on IDS 6/97,4 Idaho MSAs 6/94,1 Huntoon, Lawrence, semantic 2/96,4 Huntoon Participating Bureaucrat Program 5/97,4 identification number 4/97 insert Huntoon, Lawrence, on veterinary medicine 9/00,4 Huntoon Songbook 12/98,2 identifier, medical 11/00,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on vaccines 10/99,4 Hurd, Richard A 6/00,4 identifiers, unique, health 8/96,1 Huntoon, Lawrence 11/98,4 Hurricane Katrina 4/06,4 identity theft 9/06,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, liberal compassion 5/03,4 Hurricane Katrina 10/05,4; 11/05,1 identity theft and IT 4/06,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on take backs 4/04,4 Hurwitz, William 3/05,3 identity theft, provider 9/04,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, on Medicare costs 7/00,4 Hurwitz, William 4/05,3 identity theft 11/04,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on Medicaid fraud 10/05,4 Hurwitz, William 6/03,2 IG Special Agent Handbook 5/95,3 Huntoon, Lawrence 5/95,4 Hurwitz, William, conviction of 2/05,3 Iglehart, J on Canadian medical care 10/00,2 Huntoon, Lawrence on Kids First 7/98,4 Hurwitz, William 9/02,3 Iglehart, John 2/90,1; 2/93,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on coding 2/98,4 Hurwitz, William, appeals amicus 10/05,3 Ignani, Karen 9/99,S2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on HMOs 6/01,4 Hurwitz, William E. 11/96,2 Ignani, Karen 8/00,S2 Huntoon, Lawrence 4/94,3; 8/94,4 Hurwitz, William 10/06,3 ignorance, no excuse 10/97,4 Huntoon, Lawrence 7/96,2,4 Hustead, Lee & Marjorie 10/95,4 iHealthRecord 8/05,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on EDI 8/98,4 Husted, Ralph W 5/88,4 Ile, Michael 9/01,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on EPEC 5/01,4 Hutchinson, Asa 6/03,1 Iliff, Douglas 8/98,4 Huntoon, Lawrence, on fraud and abuse 1/01,4 Hutchison, Kay Bailey 8/93,S1 illegal aliens and uninsured 9/06,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on clinical pathways 4/99,2 Hutchison, Kay Bailey 9/98,2 illegal aliens, payments for 7/05,2 Huntoon, Lawrence, on nonparticipation 4/01,4 Hutt, James B 4/97,4 Illinois State Medical Association 4/00,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, Bonhoffer paraphrase 3/96,4 Hyde Amendment 5/02,3 illiteracy rate, American 10/01,1 Huntoon, Lawrence 11/95,3 Hyde Amendment 10/94,3 imaginative solutions 9/01,2 Huntoon, Lawrence 9/99,2 Hyde Amendment 9/93,S2 imagine 5/01,1 Huntoon, Lawrence 10/96,4 Hyde, Henry 3/05,3 Immediate Helping Hand 3/01,S1 Huntoon, Lawrence 2/01,3 Hyde, Henry 3/98,4 Immerman, Alan 4/95,1 Huntoon, Lawrence 2/95,4; 3/95,4 Hyde, Ted L 1/89,3 ImmTrac 8/98,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on RWJF 5/98,4 Hyland, Sheila 9/90,4 immunity, absolute, AMA and 4/04,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on AMA quality measures 7/06,4 Hyman, David 9/01,3 immunity, absolute 11/06,3 Huntoon, Lawrence 11/96,4 Hyndman, Lou 7/90,2 immunity for informants 5/95,3 Huntoon, Lawrence, ICD-9 codes 5/99,4 hyperbaric medicine 11/99,3 immunity for hospitals 12/05,3 Huntoon, Lawrence 12/96,4 hyperbaric oxygen 9/97,2 immunity for insurers 2/99,3 Huntoon, Lawrence on Katrina and SGR 11/05,4 hyperbaric oxygenation 4/05,3 immunity, governmental 7/01,1 Huntoon, Lawrence on AMA masterfile 8/06,4 hyperbaric oxygenation 7/05,1 immunity, governmental 6/01,3 immunity of judges 12/04,3 immunization requirements for college 10/99,4 implants, medical, raw materials for 7/02,1 immunity, peer review 12/03,3 immunizations 5/97,2 implied contract 6/06,3 immunity, peer review 8/02,3 immunizations, mandatory 7/99,1 improper delegation 7/04,3 immunity, PRO 1/92,3 immunizations, required reporting 1/97,2 improper payments, Medicare 7/98,S2 immunization rates 9/00,2 immunizations, tracking 11/96,2 Incao, Philip 3/00,3 immunization registries 9/99,2 immunizations, tracking of 8/98,3 incarceration rate, US 12/00,3 immunization registries 10/99,1 impaired physicians, Canada 7/00,2 incentives, hospital 10/92,3 immunization registries 3/99,3 Imperato, Gabe 9/05,3 income and health outcomes 3/04,1 immunization registry 4/06,2 Imperato, Gabriel 11/00,2 income, national mean 11/04,2 income tax 4/05,S2 innocence, irrelevance of 12/04,3 insurance mandates, state 10/04,2 income tax, Communist Manifesto on 8/96,3 innovation and FDA 5/95,1 insurance mandates, state 3/02,S2 income taxation 6/87,2 Innovator's Dilemma, the 2/01,1 insurance mandates 10/00,1 Income, Medicare 3/90,4 Inquisition, Spanish 11/98,3 insurance mandates 4/03,2 IncomeRX 7/96,1 Inquisition, Spanish 12/98,4 insurance mandates 4/02,S1 incurance v. subsidy 8/99,S2 Inquisition, Spanish 4/02,1 insurance mandates 1/02,S1 indemnity contracts 8/01,1 Inquisition, tools of the 4/02,1 insurance, mandatory 5/04,1 indemnity insurance 2/97,S1 Insitute of Medicine, on computerized medical insurance, medical, tax treatment of 4/98,S1 indentured servants, 5/98,2 record 10/02,1 insurance, overhead 6/87,4; 8/91,2 Independence Blue Cross 12/05,3 Inspector General 4/98,S4 insurance, pitfalls of 11/96,1 Independence Institute 6/01,3 Inspector General 11/94,3 insurance plans offered by employers 10/98, S2 Independence Institute (CO) 2/01,2 Inspector General v. Hanlester 10/92,3 insurance premiums 11/04,S2 independent counsel, for Magaziner 3/95,1 Inspector General 10/92,3 insurance premiums after K-K style reform 9/96,2 independent counsel denied for Magaziner 4/95,3 inspectors general, subpoena powers of 6/97,2 insurance premiums, increases in 12/01,S1 Independent Blue Cross 11/05,3 Inspectors General Act 6/97,2 insurance principles 2/03,1 Independent Citizens Committee 2/98,2 Inspectors General, deputization of 10/97,1 insurance principles 3/87,4; 11/87,1; 12/87,4; 4/88,2; Independent Doctors Traditional Practice Institute for Health Freedom 11/00,2,3 10/89,3; 2/92,2 Association of South Bay 4/98,2 Institute for Health Freedom 1/02,1 insurance, problems with 4/04,S2 Independent Doctors 11/90,2 Institute for Policy Studies 4/94,1 insurance reform 5/92,2; 12/92,2 Index of Economic Freedom 3/05,1 Institute for Health Freedom 4/01,1 insurance, secondary and opted-out 7/06,2 Index of Economic Freedom 2/06,2 Institute of Medicine on EMR 12/04,2 insurance, tax advantaged 9/04,S1 India, narcotic prescriptions in 4/05,3 Institute of Medicine 1/00,2 insurance, tax deduction self-employed 4/91,2 Indiana PRO 5/91,1 Institute of Medicine on quality 9/04,1 insurance, transformation of 3/98,1 indictments, statistics 1/01,2 Institute of Medicine, medical errors 11/02,2 Insurance fraud 5/90,2 individual insurance market 8/01,S2 Institute of Medicine 3/04,1 insurers & patients 7/93,4 Individual Responsibility Plan 2/94,2 Institute of Medicine and Clinton Task Force 1/03,2 insurers, number of 4/03,1 Individuals with Disabilities Education act (IDEA) Institute of Medicine 4/00,1 insurers resist change 7/05,4 2/05,S1 Institute of Medicine, error 9/06,1,2 intact dilatation and extraction 4/00,3 INDOC 4/98,2 institutional review board 9/00,2 integrated delivery 11/98,4 INDOC 4/03,2 Institutional Review Board 4/01,1 Integrated Delivery Systems 6/97,4 inducements to receive services 10/96,2 insurable events 10/01,1 Integrated Healthcare Association 9/04,1 Industrial Commission of Utah 8/97,4 insurance 2/04,2 integrity contractors, Part D 12/05,3 infant mortality 3/06,1 insurance 4/05,1 intellectual property 5/99,1 Infant mortality rates 2/90,4; 3/92,2 insurance 4/96,1 intent, definition of 7/03,3 infanticide, and partial birth abortion 4/00,3 insurance 8/90,1; 3/91,4; 5/93,2 intent, specific 12/95,3 infection, control exposure 5/92,2 insurance 9/95,4 intentional tort 6/01,3 infectious waste 6/88,3; 5/90,3 insurance, AAPS plan 9/97,2 Interagency Work Group MN 1/95,2 informal economy 2/91,2 insurance, adverse effects of 2/03,2 Interdepartmental Working Group 2/99,1 informants 10/92,1 insurance and control 3/04,1 Interdepartmental Working Group 6/93,3 informants 12/00,2 insurance and attorney-client relationship 1/01,2 Interdepartmental Working Group 6/99,1 informants, paid 2/94,3 insurance as evil 7/06,1 interferon, off-label use 3/02,4 information infrastructure, federal 4/06,S1 insurance, bare bones 12/91,1 intergenerational contract 6/97,1 information overload 10/00,4 insurance claims, fairness of 11/99,4 Intergroup 5/96,4 information straitjacket 4/06,1 insurance, cost of 3/02,4 Intergroup of Utah 9/96,4 information systems 7/00,S2 insurance, cost of 10/89,1 InterGroup 6/01,4 information systems, uses 3/96,2 insurance, definition of 7/02,1 Internal Revenue Code 7/00,4 information technology 2/01,1 insurance, definition of 4/98,4 Internal Revenue Service 5/99,S1 information technology (IT) 3/05,2; 8/05,1,2,4 insurance, doing without 12/96,1 International Information Superhighway 5/96,3 information technology in ER 4/06,2 insurance, effect of increased cost 2/98,4 International Monetary Fund on US entitlements information technology 9/01,3 insurance, effect on medicine 1/04,1 3/04,2 Information Age 5/99,1 insurance, effect on cost 1/01,4 internet and public health threats 8/03,2 Information Awareness Office 1/03,1 insurance, effects on practice since 1955 8/99,2 internet and Napster 10/00,3 Information Industry Association 11/98,1 insurance, employment-based 2/02,S1 Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation 4/01,2 Information Superhighway 5/96,3 insurance, federal employees 6/90,4 Interro device 7/92,1 Information Superhighway 10/94,S1 insurance for displaced workers 12/01,S1 interstate commerce 7/04,3 informed consent, vaccine 9/00,2 insurance fraud 4/96,2 Interstudy of Minnesota 6/94,4 informed consent, abortion and 2/02,3 insurance fraud 3/98,2 InterStudy 5/95,2 informers, HCFA and 11/97,2 insurance, history 6/02,4 intussusception and rotavirus vaccine 3/00,3 Ingenix 8/00,4 insurance, history of 7/06,1 investigations, employee interrogations 6/98,2 Inhofe, James 2/05,S1 insurance, interstate purchase of 10/04,1 investigator at the door 8/01,LS Injured Infants Act 1/92,3 insurance, interstate commerce in 12/03,4 investment, effects of reform 11/94,1 Inland Health Plan 5/95,2 insurance law in New Jersey 8/01,2 invisible man 6/02,1 Innis, Roy 1/05,2 insurance, liability 12/91,S1-3 IPRO 2/99,2 IRAs, medical 10/91,2; 12/91,S4; 12/92,2,4 JCAHO accuracy 9/04,2 Johnson, Nancy 7/01,2 Irick, Neil 6/03,2 JCAHO and Pain 9/02,4 Johnson, Nancy 8/01,S2 IRS 12/92,2 JCAHO, hospital opts out 3/06,2 Johnson, Nancy 6/90,4; 6/92,S1 IRS abuses 11/97,3,S1 JCAHO on pain 8/01,3 Johnson, Patti 1/01,1 IRS and Lapps 12/97,2 JCAHO pain standard 7/02,2 Johnson, R Duran 11/02,3 IRS and Lapp family 8/97,2 Jefferson, Mildred 9/93,S2; 5/94,2 Johnson, Stanley 4/04,4 IRS and privacy 10/02,2 Jefferson, Thomas 1/02,1 Johnson v Univ Chicago Hospitals 3/93,3; 7/93,3 IRS, audited by GAO 10/93,1 Jefferson, Thomas 9/99,3 Johnson v. Independence Blue Cross 12/05,3 IRS, corruption of 2/98,4 Jefferson, Thomas 10/01,1 Johnson v. U.S. 7/06,3 IRS, errors and fraud 8/97,2 Jefferson, Thomas 11/00,1 Johnson, Val 8/01,3 IRS, misuse of data 10/93,1 Jefferson, Thomas 11/01,2 Johnston, Howard 9/98,4 IRS reporting rules for MSAs 9/96,S2 Jefferson, Thomas and debt 7/97,S2 Johnston, Robert 9/91,2 Irving, Dianne 5/05,1 Jefferson, Thomas 5/00,1 Johnston, Sarah Bush 3/98,4 ISI Group 2/04,S2 Jefferson, Thomas 8/02,2 Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Iskakov, B 10/90,4 Jefferson, Thomas 11/01,4 Care Organizations 2/99,2 Israel Defense Forces 11/01,2 Jefferson, Thomas 7/91,4 Joint Economic Committee 10/01,1 Istook, Congr 11/94,S2 Jeffords, James 7/01,S1 Joint Underwriting Assoc 12/90,3 Istook, Ernest 7/01,3 Jeffords, James 5/97,2 Joint Underwriting Assoc MA 6/91,3 Istook, Ernest 9/00,S2 Jeffords, Jim 1/98,S2 Jones, Allan 4/05,2 Istook, Jim 9/94,1 Jeffords, Jim 12/01,S1 Jones, Allen 10/04,2 IT 3/05,4 Jeffords, Jim 2/02,S1 Jones, Brereton 1/95,1 IT, NHS 9/05,2 Jekot, Walter, 10/97,4 Jones, Brereton 3/94,3 IT system, VA 9/05,2 Jenkins, Holman 6/05,1 Jones, Edith 11/90,1; 11/91,1,3 Italian medical system 5/92,4 Jenkins, HPV 11/99,3 Jones, Judge Edith 7/04,3 Ivey, Donathan M 8/91,4; 9/91,2 Jenkins on jury nullification 2/04,3 Jones, Ken 2/03,3 Ivey, Mark 12/89,2 Jennings, Chris 5/97,2 Jones, Paul B. 9/96,4 Ivins, Molly 4/01,S1 Jennings, Chris 6/99,S2 Jones, Paul B 10/00,4 Izen, Joe A 10/97,1 Jennings, Chris 1/97,1 Jones, Paul B 9/97,4 Jackson, Andrew 11/01,4 Jennings, David Reese 5/00,3 Jones, Richard 9/92,2 Jackson Hole Group 2/93,1,2; 4/93,S2 Jennings, Emmit 3/01,2 Jones, William A 5/03,2 Jackson, Jesse 12/00,4 Jennings, Marianne 8/01,1 Jonsen, Albert 6/06,1 Jackson, Judge Robert 4/99,3 Jennings, Marianne 5/05,2 Jonsen, Albert R. 3/98,1 Jackson, Michael 3/03,3 Jensen, Gail 4/99,S2 Jonson, Michael 3/95,3 Jackson, Michael D 1/06,3 Jensen, Lynn 12/98,3 Joplin, Janice 5/98,S2 Jackson, Robert 6/95,2 Jessee, William 4/98,2 Jordan, Henry, 1/89,2; 1/94,3 Jacobins 10/01,1 Jetter, Art 3/04,4 Jordan, WD 9/90,3; 12/91,S4; 1/94,2 Jacobins 11/01,4 Jetter, Art 12/03,4 Joseph, Jack 7/03,1 Jacott, William 2/99,2 Jetter, Art 2/01,4 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons 4/03,2 Jaczko, Mike 7/02,2 Jetter, Art 4/01,4 Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Jadeja, Naren 1/01,3 Jews, Nazi persecution of 1/93,2 Restoration 5/05,3 Jaffe, David 2/00,2 jihad 11/01,1 judges, activist 5/05,3 Jaffe, Erik 11/00,3 Jim Porter's Compounding Specialties 3/06,2 judgment, physicians' 6/88,1 Jaggard 6/88,1; 10/88,4; 1/89,3; 3/89,4; 12/89,2; Jindal, Bobby 3/98,S2 judgment, professional 1/88,1 1/90,2; 2/90,4; 3/92,1; 4/93,2 job loss due to premium increases 7/98,S1 judicial activism 1/92,3 Jaggard, confidentiality 1/88,2 jobs, created by medical industry 12/93,S1 judicial restraint 1/92,3 Jaggard, fees 10/86,4 JOBS, Inc. 2/99,2 judicial review 4/92,1; 5/92,3 Jaggard, health care costs 9/87,4 John Q 4/02,S2 judicial review, lack of 9/97,2 Jaggard, IATROS 5/87,1 Johns Hopkins, prices 7/06,2 Judicial Accountability Initiative Law 12/00,2 Jaggard, Just say no 9/86,2 Johns, Michael 2/95,4 Judicial review, Medicare 4/90,3 Jaggard, MAACs 8/87,2 Johnson & Johnson 11/00,1 Judicial Watch 8/01,3 Jaggard, Robert 9/97,1,4 Johnson, Bennett 7/93,S1 Judiciary Committee 3/95,1 Jaggard, Robert on codes 1/98,2 Johnson, Charles W 3/96,4 junkyard dogs 6/96,2 Jaggard, Robert 1/98,3 Johnson City Medical Center 10/02,3 jury awards 9/02,S1 Jaggard, Robert 11/95,2 Johnson, Daniel 2/99,3 jury nullification 2/04,3 Jaggard, RS 4/98,1 Johnson, Daniel 12/93,2 jury nullification 6/03,1,3 James, Kay Cole 11/02,S1 Johnson, Douglas 6/93,1 jury nullification 2/05,3 James, Kay Cole 2/04,S1;4/04,S1; 6/04,S2 Johnson, J William 4/03,4 jury nullification 5/05,4 James, Kay Cole 9/05,S2 Johnson, James Bond 3/96,3 jury verdict, 1999 AAPS meeting 2/00,3 Jannings, Charles 3/94,1 Johnson, Kirk B 6/96,2 jury, voir dire, questions for 3/03,3 Jarrell, Jay 6/02,3 Johnson, Lyndon 8/95,1 Justice for Families 3/05,3 Jarvis, Charlene Drew 9/00,S2 Johnson, Lyndon 7/95,1 Kabes 3/90,3 JCAHO 2/99,2 Johnson, Lyndon 10/95,2 Kahanovitz, Neil 5/95,1 JCAHO 5/06,3 Johnson, Lyndon 7/97,1 Kahn, Richard 8/06,1 JCAHO 7/01,1 Johnson, Lyndon Baines 4/98,4 JCAHO 8/02,1 Johnson, Nancy 2/95,S1 Kaigh, Robin 10/02,1 Kaiser Family Foundation 10/04,S2 Kaiser Permanente South Bay 4/06,3 Kaip, Sherwood 2/90,3; 5/93,2 Kaiser Family Foundation 12/93,S2; 4/94,1,3; 8/94,2 Kaiser Wilhelm Foundation 12/03,2 Kaiser/Commonwealth National Health Insurance Kaiser Family Foundation, survey of uninsured Kaiser-Harvard survey on managed-care abuse Survey 10/98,S2 2/03,S1 11/98,S1 Kaiser/Commonwealth National Survey of Health Kaiser Family Foundation 11/02,S1 Kaiser-Permanente 4/94,1 Insurance, 2/99,S1 Kaiser Permanente 10/02,2 Kalb, P 11/99,1 Kaiser Family Foundation 10/99,1 Kaiser Permanente 11/97,S2 Kamarck, Elaine 2/00,S2 Kamath, KPS 4/00,4 Katz, Stephen 3/04,4 Kendall, David 7/99,S1 Kamath, KPS 3/98,4 Katz, Stephen 4/96,4 Kendall, David 11/95,S2 Kamath, KPS 8/96,4 Katz, Stephen on "best practices" 1/05,4 Kennedy, Anthony and foreigh law 5/05,3 Kamen, Henry 11/98,3 Katz, Stephen on med mal 6/04,1 Kennedy, Edward 7/87,2; 6/89,4; 5/91,2; 3/92,S2; Kaminetsky, Bernard 10/01,2 Katz, Stephen on EMR 12/04,4 3/93,1 Kampner, Tony 12/94,2 Katz, Stephen on HSAs 3/05,4 Kennedy, Edward 1/01,2 Kamsler, Milt 12/05,2 Katz, Stephen 6/97,4 Kennedy, Edward 1/00,2 Kamsler, Milt 10/04,4 Katz, Stephen 6/03,4 Kennedy, Edward 8/96,4, S1 Kamsler, Milt 5/04,1 Katz, Stephen R 5/97,4 Kennedy, Edward on HIT 12/04,1 Kamsler, Milt 1/06,4; 2/06,4 Katz, Stephen 7/03,4 Kennedy, Edward 8/01,1 Kamsler, Milt 7/04,4 Katz, Stephen R 8/03,4 Kennedy, Edward, and HMO Act 6/01,4 Kane, Nancy 5/94,2 Katz, Stephen 7/98,4 Kennedy, Edward, long term care 11/88,2 Kansas Assoc. of Osteopathic Medicine 10/98,3 Katz, Stephen R. 7/95,4 Kennedy, Edward 10/01,S1 Kansas Medial Mutual Insurance Company 12/01,1 Katz, Stephen 7/97,4 Kennedy, Edward 9/02,2 Kansas v. Naramore 2/04,3 Katz, Stephen 7/02,4 Kennedy, Edward 12/02,3 Karel, Frank 5/94,3 Katze, Jennifer 8/96,3 Kennedy, Edward 9/00,S1 Kasch, John 7/02,2 Kay, Thomas 10/01,3 Kennedy, Edward 7/01,S1 Kasch, John 12/00,4 Kazanjian, Michael 4/94,3 Kennedy, Edward, mandated benefits 10/89,1 Kasich, John 4/92,S2 Kazman, Sam 5/02,3 Kennedy, Judge Henry 12/01,3 Kasich, John 5/96,S1 Kazman, Sam 5/91,2 Kennedy, Mark 4/03,S2 Kasich, John 1/96,S1 Kazman, Sam 12/02,3 Kennedy, national health proposal 3/04,S1 Kasick, John 9/97,S1 Kazman, Sam 4/01,3 Kennedy Rul 4/93,1e Kassebaum, Nancy 5/97,1 Keating, Frank 7/06,1 Kennedy, Ted 7/98,2 Kassebaum, Nancy 1/95,S1 Keats, Gary 6/97,3 Kennedy, Ted 5/98,S1 Kassebaum-Kennedy 11/96,1, S1 Keats, Gary 3/99,4 Kennedy, Ted 5/97,1 Kassebaum-Kennedy, 11/97,2 Keats, Gary 9/96,4 Kennedy-Hatch 6/97,S1 Kassebaum-Kennedy 6/96,1 Keats, Gary 7/98,4 Kennedy-Kassebaum 1/97,S1 Kassebaum-Kennedy 7/96,4,S1 Keats, Gary K 3/97,4 Kennedy-Kassebaum, effects of 6/00,S2 Kassebaum-Kennedy 7/96,1 Keats, Gary 10/97,4 Kennestone Regional Health Care System 3/93,3 Kassebaum-Kennedy 8/96,4,S1 Keats, Gary 2/99,4 Kent v. Dulles 2/98,3 Kassebaum-Kennedy 8/98,1,S1 Keats, Gary K 4/97,4 Kentucky Assn of Health Plans v. Miller 6/03,3 Kassebaum-Kennedy, AAPS action on 8/96,2 Keeler, Louis 8/01,2 Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure 11/96,2 Kassebaum-Kennedy Act 12/00,3 Keenan, M Edward 1/96,2 Kentucky, doctor shortage in 1/96,2 Kassebaum-Kennedy, analysis of 9/96,S1-2 Kefauver-Harris amendments 4/05,1 Kentucky HB 250 1/95,1 Kassebaum-Kennedy and privacy 4/97 insert Kehoe, James 5/00,3 Kentucky, insurers depart 6/97,S1 Kassebaum-Kennedy and AMA 12/98,1 Kehoe, James 7/00,3 Kentucky Kare 3/06,2 Kassebaum-Kennedy bill 9/96,1 Keller, Gerald 9/92,2 Kentucky Medicaid tax 7/91,2 Kassebaum-Kennedy bill 5/96,S2 Keller, Joseph, on uninsurance 2/00,4 Kentucky, medical market in 11/00,4 Kassebaum-Kennedy, BNA analysis of 10/96,2 Keller, Joseph 1/00,2 Kentucky provider tax 7/93,1; 9/93,3; 11/93,3; 1/94,1 Kassebaum-Kennedy, cost of 3/98,2 Kelley, Frank J. 8/97,3 Kentucky Revenue Cabinet 9/93,3; 12/93,3; 5/94,3 Kassebaum-Kennedy, effect on insurance premiums Kelley, Frank 10/94,2 Kentucky Supreme Court 5/94,3 12/97,S2 Kellogg Foundation 9/04,1 Kernberg, Paulina 6/00,1 Kassebaum-Kennedy, effects on individual Kellogg Foundation 4/98,2 Kerr, Richard 9/95,4 insurance 7/98,S1 Kellogg Foundation 5/98,1 Kerr, Richard 6/95,4 Kassebaum-Kennedy, funding of enforcement 2/97,3 Kellogg Foundation 11/00,1 Kerrey, Bob 1/00,S1 Kassebaum-Kennedy, members comments 9/96,4 Kellogg, William 1/00,2 Kerrey, Bob 1/96,S2 Kassebaum-Kennedy, privacy regs 12/99,1 Kellogg, WK Foundation 10/99,1 Kerrey, Bob 3/92,S2; 12/93,S2 Kassirer, J 11/98,2 Kelly, James E. 9/06,2 Kerrey, Robert 5/02,S1 Kassirer, JP 3/97,1 Kelly, James 8/99,2 Kerrey, Robert 1/98,S1 Katrina and EMRs 10/05,2 Kelly, James E 11/00,2 Kerry health plan 8/04,S1 Katrina and court data 11/05,3 Kelly, James 2/97,2 Kerry, John, health proposal 10/04,S1 Katrina, effect on congress 10/05,S1 Kelly, James 3/96,1 Kerry, Teresa Heinz 10/04,1 Katrina, private initiative in 11/05,1 Kelly, Michael 4/02,2 KerryCare 10/04,1 Katz, Stephen, artificial shortages 1/04,4 Kelly, Paul J 4/99,3 Kessel, Steven T 10/92,3 Katz, Stephen 5/05,4 Kelo v. City of New London 8/05,3 Katz, Stephen R 3/96,4 Kendall, David 1/97,S2 Kessler, David 3/93,S1 KidCare 10/99,1 King County Medical Blue Shield 9/93,2 Kevorkian method, alternative 11/96,2 KidCare 11/94,S2 King, Fred L 7/87,4 Keyes, Alan 4/96,2 KidCare 2/97,S1 King, Guy 2/96,S2 keystone 4/00,1 KidCare 6/97,S1 King, Roland (Guy) 6/00,3 Keystone Bituminous v DeBenedictis 1/92,1 KidCare 9/97,S1 King, Winnie 12/96,1 Keystone East 10/96,2 KidCare bounties 2/00,4 Kinney, Donna, Stark 8/04,4 KGB 11/01,3 KidCare, FOIA requsts 4/98,2 Kinney, Donna 10/04,4 KGB 6/92,2 KidCare funds forfeited 1/01,2 Kinney, Donna 5/01,1 KGB 7/04,1 KidCare, Indiana 12/00,4 Kinney, Donna 11/01,4 KGB tradition 1/97,2 kidneys, reimbursement for 11/99,2 Kinsley, Michael 10/95,2 kickbacks 10/91,3 Kids First 1/96,1 Kirby, Holly Fritch 4/95,2 kickbacks 12/05,3 Kids First Turning Point Project 7/98,4 Kirby, Holly Fritch 5/98,4 kickbacks 9/96,S2 Kienzle, CJ 8/95,4 Kirby, Holly Fritch 7/95,4 KidCare 1/98,2 Kim, David E 2/97,4 Kirby, Holly Fritch 12/97,4 KidCare 1/97,1 Kimber, Robert 10/00,4 Kirby, Michael 6/02,2 KidCare 10/97,S1 Kindley, John 2/02,3 Kirman-Liff 7/91,2 Kirschner, Celeste 5/00,1 Kornylak, Harold J 10/94,4 Kuttner, Robert 10/01,S2 Kitchin, Tina 4/05,S1 Korte, Elizabeth 5/91,2 Kuttner, Robert 9/98,S2 Kitzhaber, John 6/06,1 Korynlak, Harold J. 1/98,4 Kuttner, Robert 2/97,S2 Kitzhaber, John 1/90,4; 7/91,1; 2/93,1 Kose, Warren 3/92,3 KVI 6/97,1 Kizer, Kenneth 4/04,1 Kosters, Marvin 3/95,S2 Kwoun v SE MO Prof Stand Rev 1/92,3 Klees, David 7/06,3 Kotlikoff, Laurence 8/04,S1 KY Health Care Data Commission 9/93,3 Klein, Ralph 3/00,1 Kotlikoff, Laurence 4/05,S2 Kyl bill 3/96,3 Kleinhaut, Herbert 10/01,2 Kozinski, Alan 7/02,3 Kyl, Jon 3/01,3 Kleinke, JD 2/01,1 KPMG 10/02,2 Kyl, Jon 11/97,1 Kleinman, Mark Allen 11/01,3 Kramer, Yale 9/94,2 Kyl, Jon 1/98,S1 Kleppel, Noel 5/90,3 Krane, Steven C 8/02,3 Kyl, Jon 4/98,S1 Klimova, Rita 3/92,2 Krauthammer, Charles 4/97,S2 Kyl, Jon 8/97,S1, 9/97,1,S2 Kling, Arnold 5/06,1 Kreutzer, Don 6/03,2 Kyl, Jon on Kyl-Archer bill 4/98,S3 Knight, James 8/06,1 Kreutzer, Don 6/03,4 Kyl, Jon 11/05,3 Knight, James 9/06,4 Kreutzer, Donald 12/02,4 Kyl, Jon 2/92,S2; 6/92,S2 Knight, James 6/02,4 Krever, Horace 7/01,4 Kyl, Jon 11/95,3 Knight, James 7/03,4 Kriss, Tim 7/03,2 Kyl-Archer 4/98,1 Knight, James 9/05,1 Kriss, Timothy 12/05,2 Kyl-Archer bill 12/97,S1 Knight, James 2/06,2 Kristofferson, Kris 5/98,S2 Kyl-Archer bill and privacy 4/98,4 Knight, Joseph 2/04,2 Kristol, Irving 1/90,4 Kyl-Archer bill 11/97,1,S1 knocks on the door 6/98,2 Kristol, William 2/94,S2; 3/94,S1; 5/94,S2; Kyl-Archer Bill 12/97,1 Know Your Customer 4/01,2 Krizek, Blanka 1/99,4 Kyl-Archer, testimony on 4/98,S3 knowing and willful standard 9/96,1 Krizek, Blanka 9/00,3 Kyoto Treaty 2/99,1 knowing and willful standard 8/96,2 Krizek, Blanka 1/97,4 La Duca, Dave 11/99,3 Knowles, John H. 4/96,1 Krizek, George 12/01,3 labor costs, Canadian medicare 3/00,2 Knowlton, David 12/00,2 Krizek, George 6/98,3 labor, organized and managed care 2/97,S1 Knox, Cecil 12/03,3 Krizek, George 2/98,3 labor theory of value 6/91,4 Kochanski, Mathew 9/00,3 Krizek, George 5/01,3 Labor Laws 8/97,2 Kogan, Justice 4/92,3 Krizek, George 9/00,3 laboratories, number under CLIA 3/93,2 Kohl, Helmut 2/96,S2 Krizek, George 10/96,3 laboratory billing, Ohio case 7/89,3 Kohl, Helmut 1/99,1 Krizek, George 8/97,3 laboratory costs 8/89,4 Kolata, Gina 3/04,2 Krizek, George 12/95,3 laboratory fees, lawsuit 11/88,1 Kolbe, Jim 9/94,3 Krizek, Goerge O. 10/94,3 laboratory referrals 1/90,2 Kolbe, Jim 6/92,1; 8/92,2; 1/93,1 Kroll, J Denis 7/05,3 laboratory roll ins 2/91,1 Kolchoses 8/94,2 Kronick, Richard 11/93,3 laboratory service billing, lawsuit 1/89,1 Kolender v. Lawson 12/98,3 Krueger, Bob 6/93,S2 laboratory services, Medicare billing 3/88,3 Kolter, Joe 7/90,4; 9/90,2; 11/90,4 Krueger, Philip 4/97,1 laboratory services, office 2/87,4 Kombinates 8/94,2 Krugman, Paul 6/06,1 laboratory testint, CMIC restraints 1/95,4 Koop, C. Everett 5/04,1 Krugman, Paul 10/04,1 laboratory tests, billing 12/90,1 Koop, C. Everett 12/03,1 Krumlik, Jerry 9/99,4 Laboratory licensing 8/90,3 Koop, C. Everett 7/95,3 Kuhn, David 1/95,4 Labotest v. Bonta 9/00,1 Koop, C.Everett 11/96,S2 Kuhn, Joseph 1/00,4 labour coaches 9/93,2 Koop, Everett 8/89,4; 12/89,3; 12/92,S1; 1/94,2 Kuhn, Joseph 6/01,4 LaChance, Janice 11/99,S2 Kopel, D 6/01,3 Kuriansky, Edward 1/91,3 LaCombe, Michael 9/87,2 Kopf, Randi 4/97,3 Kuritsky v Blue Shield 4/90,3 LaFollete, Karen 11/91,2 Korbey, Mike 2/98,3 Kusserow, Richard 6/96,1 LaGrelius 1/03,2 Korn, David 4/01,1 Kusserow, Richard 6/88,4; 6/89,4; 6/90,4; 11/90,2; LaGrelius 8/06,4 Kornak, Paul 12/06,3 2/91,1; 2/92,3 LaGrelius, Thomas 5/95,4 Kornylak, Harold 3/97,4 Kutner, Luis 5/05,4 LaGrelius, Thomas 4/98,2 Lamberth, Royce 3/98,3 Lapp, citizens rally to support 2/98,2 LaGrelius, Thomas 12/05,2 Lamberth, Royce 4/95,3 Lapp family, refusal to lie 8/97,2 LaGrelius, Thomas 2/02,2 Lamberth, Royce 1/99,3 Lapp, Jacob 9/97,2 LaGrelius, Thomas 5/02,4 Lamberth, Royce 2/95,1; 3/95,1 Lapp, Jacob 12/97,4 LaGrelius, Thomas, value 11/06,4 Lamberth, Royce 9/94,1 Lapp, Jacob 11/97,3 LaGrelius, Tom 1/04,1 Lamberth, Royce 2/98,1 Lapp, Rachel 2/98,4 LaGrelius, Tom 6/02,2 Lamberth, Royce 1/95,3 Lapps, IRS seizures 12/97,2 LaGrelius, Tom 3/03,4 Lamm, Richard 7/99,4 Lapps: stopped at random 8/97,4 LaGrelius, Tom 4/03,2 Lamm, Richard 7/99,3 Laputa 10/97,3 Laguna Honda Hospital 2/03,3 Lamm, Richard 11/98,2 Lardie, Diane 12/01,4 LaHue, Robert 12/99,3 Lane, William 11/86,4 Largent, Steve 3/98,2 LaHue, Robert 4/02,3 Langlois, Yves 7/00,2 Lary, John H. Jr. 9/92,4 LaHue, Ronald 12/99,3 language regulations 3/01,1 lasers, excimer and FDA 8/97,3 Laibow, Rima 8/05,S2 language rule 10/04,3 lasers, excimer 5/96,2 Lake, Judge Sim 8/02,3 language rule 6/05,3 Last Acts 12/03,1 Lambert, Judge Royce 4/93,1; 5/93,1; 6/93,1; 8/93,1; language rules 7/01,3 Last Acts 1/04,2 12/93,1; 4/94,1 Language Rule 1/04,3 Last Acts 2/01,2 Lamberth, Judge Royce 10/02,3 Lanham Act 5/97,4 Last Acts 1/99,1 Lamberth, Judge Royce 5/03,3 Lanier, Bob 2/95,2 Last Acts Partnership 11/04,2 Lamberth, Judge Royce 8/01,3 Lankin, Frances 2/92,1 Lauer, Phillip 4/05,3 Lamberth, Judge Royce 10/95,1 Lantier, Steve 2/00, 3 Laughren, Floyd 8/92,2 Lamberth, Royce 12/95,1 Lapin, Daniel 6/02,1 laundering grant money 7/98,4 Lamberth, Royce 9/95,3 Lapp, Barbara 2/98,4 Laurence, Gregory 12/99,4 Lautenberg, Frank 8/97,S1 4/05,4 Lewis, Jacob 1/99,3 Lautenschlager, Peg 12/06,3 Lehrman, Nathaniel on psychotropic drugs 2/05,4 Lewis, John L. 6/97,4 Lavizza-Mourey, Risa 5/97,1 Lehrman, Nathaniel 6/90,1; 1/92,2; 1/93,4; 12/93,3 liabilities, unfunded, Canadian medicare 3/00,1 law, applied to government 10/01,2 Lehrman, Nathaniel 12/06,4 liabilities, unfunded, of Social Security 6/98,2 law enforcement v war 6/03,1 Leibovitz, Maja 1/02,3 liability crisis 12/91,S1-3 law, foreign 5/05,3 Leinenweber, Harry 12/98,1 liability, for mandated vaccines 3/02,3 law, rule of 5/94,2 Leinenweber, Judge Harry 11/98,3 liability insurance 1/05,1 law, who owns? 5/00,1 Lemieux, Jeff 7/04,S1 liability insurance for members 8/99,2 Law, Shannon 1/02,3 Lemieux, Pierre 11/02,2 liability insurance crisis 2/03,1 Lawnwood Medical Center v. Randall Seeger 5/06,3 Lenin 10/90,4 liability insurance 5/96,2 lawsuits, anti-HMO 10/98,S1 Lenin 4/00,1 liability insurance premiums, Canada 7/00,2 lawyer jailed for false affidavit 12/99,3 Leningrad psychiatric prison 11/01,3 liability insurance, going without 2/05,2 Lazerus, Jeremy 4/97,3 lenity, rule of 12/96,3 liability, medical 1/02,S2 lead levels 1/98,2 Leno, Jay 4/93,S1 liability of waiver 4/98,S4 League of Physicians and Surgeons 3/96,3 lensectomy, "clear" in Canada 1/02,4 liability premiums 2/05,1 League of Women Voters 4/94,3 LEP patients 1/04,3 liability reform 4/92,S1; 10/92,S2 League of Physicians and Surgeons 6/00,3; 7/00,3 LePage v. State of Wyoming Dept Health 5/01,3 liability, strict, in coding 10/91,3 League of Physicians and Surgeons 9/00,2; 2/01,3 Lester, Toby 4/01,2 liability, unfunded, for Medicare carriers 1/00,4 League of Physicians and Surgeons 4/01,3 Levant, Martin 3/00,1 liability uninsurance 5/04,3 League of Physicians and Surgeons 6/93,2 Levant, Martin 3/02,4 liability, unlimited 7/02,1 Leahy, Patrick 11/97,2 Levant, Martin 6/00,2 Libb, Ron 8/05,3 Leahy, Patrick 12/00,2 Levant, Martin 5/98,2 Libby, Ron 11/04,2 Lear, Graham 6/94,S2 leveraged buyout 4/96,4 Libby, Ron 2/04,3 Leavitt, Michael 2/06,1; 4/06,3 Levin, Carl 5/03,S2 Libby, Ronald 8/01,2 lebensunwertes Leben 12/03,1 Levin, Sander 6/90,4 liberalism 5/04,2 lebensunwertes Leben 1/99,1 Levine, Herbert 11/01,2 liberalism, evolution of 2/95,S1 Lecky, Catherine Miraglia 9/95,3 Levine, Scott 12/98,3 liberty 10/02,3 Lee, Philip R. 12/97,1 Levinson, Daniel 11/05,3 liberty and risk 12/88,4 Lee, Philip 12/91,2 Levit, Don 1/06,4 Liberty Committee 2/05,S1 Lee, Sheila Jackson 10/95,S2 Levitas, Rep. 6/97,2 Liberty Committee 6/01,1 Lee v. Harcleroad 1/95,3 Lewers, Donald 9/92,2 Liberty Counsel 1/02,3 Lee, Wen Ho 12/00,2 Lewers, Ted 3/01,2 Liberty Study Committee 4/00,1 Lefever Robert MH 1/87,4 Lewin/ECF 7/92,S2 Liberty Tree 11/90,2 legal fees, confiscation of 10/97,1 Lewin Group 6/00,S2 library provision 2/06,3 legal plunder 6/02,2 Lewin, Kurt 3/99,1 license revocation 12/00,3 legal reform 11/94,3 Lewin-VHI 10/93,S1; 2/94,2; 5/94,S2 license revocation by reciprocity 6/03,3 legislation, titles of 8/00,2 Lewis and Roca 3/01,3 license servitude 6/91,1 Lehrman, Nathaniel on mental health screening Lewis, C.S. 10/94,2 licenses revoked 1/87,2; 5/91,3 1/05,4 Lewis CS 4/96,1 Lehrman, Nathaniel on prostition of psychiatry Lewis, CS 12/95,3 licensing boards 4/97,4 Lifton, Jay 7/98,4 Little, Arthur D. 12/92,2 licensure 11/87,1; 9/88,2; 9/89,2; 6/91,2; 12/91,S1; Lifton, Robert Jay 7/91,2 Little Frank 6/00,4 3/92,4; 10/93,3 Lilly, Eli 10/91,1; 4/93,S2 Little, Judge 3/01,3 licensure 7/02,4 Lilly Provision 1/03,2 Little, Ross 1/95,2 licensure actions, abusive 3/02,3 Limbaugh, David 8/01,1 Little Shop of Horrors 10/00,1 licensure and Medicare in Massachusetts 1/98,3 Limbaugh, Rush 4/04,3 living wills 1/90,2; 6/90,4 licensure boards 2/99,1 Limbaugh, Rush, on private contracting 10/97,2,S2; living wills 5/05,1,3 licensure boards 8/04,1 11/97,S2 living wills and "welcome to Medicare" 6/05,1 licensure boards 12/06,3 Limbaugh v. State of Florida 11/04,3 Livingston, Robert 3/95,S2 licensure, due process in 8/04,2 limitations on defense witnesses 7/98,3 LLCS 12/94,2 licensure, federal 11/90,3 limited legal consultation service 4/95,3 LLCS 6/95,3 licensure, MA 12/90,4 Limited English Proficiency (LEP) regulations 3/01,1 loans, student 5/04,3 Licensure 6/00,4 limiting charge violations 7/00,3 Lobb, Sandra 11/05,3 Lichtenburg, Frank 1/01,S1 Limiting Charge Exception Reports 4/99,1 Lobb, Sandra 12/05,3 Liddy, Gordon 1/92,2 Lincoln, Abraham 8/99,4 Lobb, Sandra 7/06,3 Lieberman, Joseph 12/00,4 Lincoln, Abraham 3/98,4 lobbying act 11/94,2 Lieberman, Sen 11/95,S2 Lincoln Institute for Research and Education 11/00,3 Lobbying Disclosure Act 11/94,S2 Liebman JS 4/05,3 Linda Gorman Independent Institute 5/00,2 lobotomy 11/98,2 Liebowitz, S 9/02,1 Lindgren, Mark 12/02,2 lock box 4/01,S2 Liegner, Jeffrey T 4/00,4 Lindgren, Mark 11/02,1 Lock Box 8/00,S1 lies, prosecutors and 12/00,2 line, drawing the 12/91,S4 Lock-ins 9/90, 2 lies to insurers 6/00,3 Lipinski, Bill 4/03,S2 lockbox, Social Security 11/01,S1 life expectancy and Social Security 3/98,S1 listening tour 9/99,2 Locke, Gary 3/03,S1 life expectancy, U.S. 12/01,S1 listserv advice 4/01,3 Locke, John 12/96,3 life expectancy, British 4/99,2 Liteanu, Eugenin 1/91,3 Lockhart, Jack 9/99,3 life expectancy and entitlements 6/05,1 lithotripsy 10/92,3 Lockyer, Bill 9/05,3 Life Dynamics 11/99,2 lithotripsy, in Canada 10/92,S2 Loewenberg, Peter C 8i/87,2 LIFE for WV, appeal filed 1/93,3 litigation against insurers 10/99,S2 Loftman, Bert 5/98,4 LIFE for WV 12/90,3; 6/91,1; 9/92,3 Litow, Mark 9/02,1 Loftman, Bert 4/96,2 LIFE of MA 12/90,3; 12/91,S3 Litow, Mark 2/03,2 Loftman, Bert A. 8/94,4 lifestyle data 8/98,3 Litow, Mark 8/03,4 Loftman, Bert 12/98,4 Lifshutz, Howard 3/91,3 Littenberg, Glenn 9/01,3 Loftman, Bert 10/94,4 Loftman, Bert 11/94,4 Louisiana State Medical Society 9/01,1 Maccabee, Howard 11/86,4; 6/91,4; 7/93,4 Loftman, Bert 11/97,4 Lovett, Robert 3/01,4 Maccaro, James 12/97,4 Loftman, Bert 10/99,4 Low + Associates 1/00,1 MacDade, Albert D 3/95,4 Loftman, Bert 8/96,3,4 Lowen, Preston 7/95,2 MacDonald, David 9/02,4 Loftman, Bert 9/96,4 Lowen, Preston 1/95,4 MacDonald, David 9/98,2 London, Stephen 5/00,4 Lowen, Preston 9/98,4 Maciejewski, Jerome 12/99,3 London Stock Exchange 10/01,2 Lowry, Gov. 7/93,1 Mack, Connie 8/97,S2 Lonergan, Tad on HIPAA non-privacy 1/03,4 Lowry, Governor 6/95,2 Mack, Daryl 5/06,3 Lonergan, Tad 8/05,2 Lowry, Mike 6/93,2 Mack, Robert E 3/95,3 Lonergan, Tad 12/02,4 Lucas v. S Carolina Coastal Council 1/92,4 Macky, Peter 11/01,3 Lonergan, Tad 12/97,3 Luce, George 2/99,3 Macumber, Mark 2/05,2 long term care, Kennedy 11/88,2 Lumeria 4/01,2 Madden, Robert J 10/94,4 long term care hearings 4/87,4 Lumpkin, John 1/03,3 Madden, Susan Koch 5/94,2 long term care 6/88,2; 8/88,4; 2/89,4; 3/89,4; 6/93,1 Lumpkin, John 8/03,2 Madison, James 3/01,3 Long, Howard 10/94,4 Lundine, Stan 1/03,4 Madison, James 5/04,2 Long, Howard 7/98,4 Lundine, Stan 6/96,4 Madison, James 6/93,3 Long, Howard F 12/87,4 lung reduction for emphysema 3/96,3 Magaziner, Ira, declaration of 6/93,3 Long Island Ophthalmological Soc 6/95,3 Lupron 2/02,3 Magaziner, Ira 10/94,1 Long March 6/99,1 Luria, LW 7/02,1 Magaziner, Ira 12/94,S1 Longman, Phillip 3/05,2 Luther, Martin 11/98,2 Magaziner, Ira 12/95,1 look-back, Medicaid 12/05,4 lying to government 1/06,3 Magaziner, Ira, prosecution of 4/95,3 Lord, Nancy 1/94,2 Lyman, Roger 4/96,2 Magaziner, Ira 10/99,3 Los Alamos National Laboratory 2/97,3 Lyme disease 1/01,3 Magaziner, Ira 1/95,3 Lott, John R. 3/94,3 Lyness v. State Board of Med 8/92,3 Magaziner, Ira 11/94,1 Lott, Trent 5/98,S1 Lyon, Christopher 8/00,4 Magaziner, Ira 6/99,1 Lott, Trent 1/95,S1 Lyon, Christopher 1/00,4 Magaziner, Ira 12/94,1 Lott, Trent and CPT 9/01,2 Lyon, Christopher 3/00,4 Magaziner, Ira 10/95,1 Louis Harris survey on economic knowledge 2/02,1 M.A.C.E. 8/93,4 Magaziner, Ira 2/95,1; 3/95,1 Louisiana Clinic 5/03,1 MAAC violations 8/90,2 Magaziner, Ira 1/99,3 Louisiana Medicaid reform 1/95,2 MAACs 4/91,2; 6/92,S2 Magaziner, Ira 4/93,3; 5/93,3; 7/93,S1; 8/93,1,S2; Louisiana Physicians Guild 4/91,3 MAACs, method of calculation 2/87,2 1/94,2; 5/94,3; 6/94,1 Louisiana State Medical Association 6/99,2 MAACs, no appeal 6/87,3 Magaziner, Ira 2/01,1 malpractice insurance, lack of 8/04,3 managed care 2/95,2 Magaziner, Ira 1/96,1 malpractice insurance, premiums 10/87,3 managed care 12/94,4 Magaziner, Ira 9/94,1 malpractice insurance requirements 3/89,3 managed care and private contracting 4/98,S3 Magical thinking, MA plan 5/06,1 malpractice insurance, coverage for disciplinary managed care, AZ disclosure law 4/95,1 Maginnis Associates 6/97,1 action 4/97,4 managed care, political tide against 11/96,S2 Maginnis/KVI 9/97,2 malpractice insurance, tying arrangements 7/87,3 managed care 12/91,4,S4; 12/92,2,S2; 6/94,1 Magna Carta 3/97,4 malpractice insurance, hope? 4/88,2 managed care in Australia 3/97,2 Magna Carta 2/97,4 malpractice insurance, costs 2/89,3; 9/89,3 managed care failures 3/00,1 Magna Carta 4/97,4 malpractice insurance, required 10/87,3; 2/89,3 managed care, morality of 6/96,4 Maher, Bill 6/94,2 malpractice litigation 2/05,1 managed care, costs 4/95,1 Maher, Walter 7/90,1 malpractice payouts 7/02,1 managed care incentives 7/95,4 Mahkorn, Sandra 9/92,2 malpractice reform 9/02,S1 managed care and physician payment 7/97,4 Mahkorn, Sandra 11/99,1 malpractice reform 12/95,S1 managed care, spurred by Medicaid 11/99,2 mail fraud 9/02,1 malpractice reform 11/02,S1 managed competition, CBO cost estimate 9/93,S2 mail fraud 1/02,LS malpractice reform 10/91,1 managed competition 2/06,1 mail fraud 7/04,3 malpractice relief 7/97,S1 managed competition 2/93,1,2,S2; 5/93,S1 mail fraud 12/98,2 malpractice settlements 10/89,3, 11/89,4 Managed Care and Fraud Working Group 2/96,3 mail fraud 2/94,3 malpractice suits against HMOs 8/01,1 Managed Competition Act of 1992 4/93,S2 mail fraud 10/98,1 malpractice suits, effects on employers 6/00,S2 managed-care abuses 11/98,S1 mail fraud 5/03,3 malpractice suits 10/98,4 Mance, A.E. 5/96,2 Maine Health Security Board 11/02,1 malpractice suits, jury awards 1/02,S2 Mance, AE 12/86,4; 1/88,2 Maine, single-payer in 12/01,S2 Malpractice, arbitration 6/90,4 Mance, AE 10/99,4 Mainstream Coalition 10/94,S1 Malpractice reform, Bush plan 6/92,S2 Mance, Andrew 12/96,4 Malady, Susan 6/02,3 Maltz, Ellen 8/03,2 Mance, Andrew 8/02,2 malaria 8/00,1 Maltz v. Aetna 3/96,3 mandated benefits 10/86,1; 5/88,4; 6/88,2; 7/89,1; Malleus Maleficarum 12/06,4 Malwitz, Rick 4/03,2 10/89,1; 1/90,2; 3/91,4 Malleus Malificarum 4/02,1 mammography 3/97,1 mandated benefits, Kennedy 6/89,4 Malley, Rita 8/97,4 managed care, survey of AAPS 8/96,2 mandated benefits 10/02,4 Maloney, Rep 10/95,S1 managed care contracts, bonfire for 2/00,2 mandated benefits, Hatch 7/89,4 malpractice 2/91,1 managed care, AZ survey 5/97,2 mandated benefits, MA 10/87,4 malpractice 6/04,1 managed care, physician owned 1/96,4 mandated benefits, Kennedy bill 7/87,2 malpractice and NHI 10/91,1 managed care and MMA 9/05,2 mandated benefits 9/05,4 malpractice awards 2/05,4 managed care and pt-doctor relationship 12/95,4 mandates and uninsured 4/04,S1 malpractice coverage, mandated 3/02,4 managed care, HCFA & 4/91,2 mandates, cost of 10/97,S2 malpractice defense, practice guidelines 1/96,3 managed care hotline 9/94,3 mandates, education 10/98,4 malpractice, education 10/91,1 managed care, members' comments 5/96,4 mandates, effect of individual 9/06,2 malpractice in the marketplace 9/87,2 managed care, enrollment suspended in NY 11/95,2 mandates, federal 5/92,2 malpractice insurance crisis 2/03,1 managed care, congressional investig 5/95,S1 mandates, insurance 1/02,S1 malpractice insurance, FL assessment 4/89,3 managed care and fee splitting 1/95,4 mandates, insurance 10/00,1 malpractice insurance rates 7/87,2 managed care and organized medicine 10/95,4 mandates, state insurance 3/04,2 mandates, state, effects on premiums 12/96,1 Maresca, Anthony 6/02,4 Marshall, Will 2/95,S1 mandates, state insurance 3/02,S2 Margolis, Harold 9/99,2 Marsteller, Lawrence 11/02,4 mandates, state insurance 12/03,4 marijuana and privacy rule 5/03,1 Martin, Dannie M. 2/94,3 mandates, state insurance 3/98,2 Marion General Hospital 9/89,1 Martin, Frank 3/95,4 mandates, vaccine 8/01,4 market, definition of 10/05,2 Martin, Frank 12/93,3 mandatory assignment for drugs 3/02,4 market distortions 1/04,1 Martin, James 2/02,2 mandatory assignment, NY, 4/87,1 market economics 9/87,2 Martin, Jeanne R 9/96,4 mandatory assignment, Mass., response 3/87,1 market prices 8/02,4 Martin, Judge Steven 12/99,3 mandatory assignment, WA 1/88,4 market reforms and Daschle 2/02,1 Martin, R 6/02,1 mandatory assignment, MD and NH 5/87,4 market-based reform 2/97,1 Martinson, Bob 4/99,3 mandatory auto insurance 5/06,2 market-based reform 2/93,S2 Marx, Karl 11/95,2 mandatory flu vaccine 3/06,3 Marketplace, medical 8/90,1 Marx, Karl 3/99,S2 mandatory liability insurance 4/03,4 Markey, Edward 12/02,2 Marxicon economics 2/04,1 mandatory minimums 2/04,3 Markle Foundation 12/04,1,2 Marxism as a religion 6/02,1 Mandatory assignment 3/90,4; 5/90,1,2,4; 12/90,4 Markle, George 2/94,2 Marxist Labor Theory of Value 8/02,4 Mandela, Nelson 12/00,4 Marleau, Health Minister 4/95,2 Marxist Labor Theory of Value 2/01,2 Mangold, William 3/05,2; 6/05,3 marque and reprisal, letters of 11/01,2 Marxist Labor Theory of Value 6/97,3 Mangold, William 4/88,2 Marquez, Alfredo 10/98,2 Marxist model, medical care 3/92,4; 9/93,2 Mann, Thomas 4/01,S1 Marriott Corporation 4/01,4 Marxist systems 1/04,3 Manning, Ernest 12/92,S2 Marrosso, Judge Peter 6/99,3 Marxist view 2/99,2 manpower, medical 10/00,2 Marsh, Terry 7/04,4 Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance manpower, physician 10/92,3 Marshall, Thomas 3/00,2 (BPQA) 6/05,3 Marbury v. Madison 3/96,3 Marshall v. Barlow's 7/92,3 Maryland Business for Responsive Government Mattson, Gary 6/94,4 McCrery, Jim 3/98,S2 12/02,S2 Maus, F.L. 4/95,2 McCrery, Jim 8/98,S2 Maryland Businesses for Responsive Government Maves, Michael 4/06,1 McCrery-Thomas proposal 8/98,S2 Act 2/03,S1 Mayo Clinic declines Medicare assignment 6/03,S1 McCullagh, Declan 9/98,2 Maryland Citizen's Health Initiative 11/00,2 Mayo Foundation 4/00,S2 McCullars, George 7/98,3 Maryland Consumer Choice Bill 4/92,S1 Mazer, Robert 12/98,2 McCurry, Mike 5/97,2 Maryland data base, testimony against 4/96,S1-2 Mazzarella, Karen 5/96,3 McCurry, Mike 2/96,S1 Maryland Health Care Initiative 2/03,S1 McAlpin, KC 6/05,3 McDade, Joseph 12/00,2 Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission MCARE Fund, Pennsylvania 2/03,3 McDade law 4/02,1 5/96,S2 MCARE Fund 2/03,1 McDade Law 12/00,2 Maryland insurance mandates 4/02,S1 McArthur, William 8/00,2 McDermott, Jim 2/99,S2 Maryland, mandates in 3/02,S2 McCain, John 8/95,3 McDermott, Jim 4/99,S1 Maryland Medical Care Data Base 3/96,1 McCain, John 8/01,1 McDermott, Jim 9/94,2 Maryland Prescription Drug Monitoring Program McCain, John 2/00,S1 McDermott, Jim 5/01,1 9/06,2 McCain, John 9/01,S1 McDermott, Jim 6/99,S1 Maryland, privacy in 8/96,3 McCain, John 7/01,S1 McDermott, Kathleen 5/04,3 Maryland, privacy in 11/97,2 McCammon, Julie 6/04,1,3 McDermott, Kathleen 9/00,1 Maryland, privacy in 5/96,3 McCammon, Kyle 6/04,1 McDermott v. Koken 11/05,3 Maryland Psychiatric Society 8/96,3 McCammon v. Frame and WV Trial Lawyers Assn McDonagh, Brian 5/92,4 Maryland tort costs 2/05,1 6/04,2 McDowell, Charles 12/95,1 Massachusetts, balance billing ban 2/93,3 McCanne, Don 1/04,1 McDowell, Charles 9/94,1 Massachusetts Dept. of Social Services 3/05,3 McCarran-Ferguson 3/96,4 McDowell, Charles 12/91,S4; 1/94,2 Massachusetts Health Plan 6/06,2 McCarran-Ferguson 4/87,3; 5/87,3; 8/87,3,4; 11/88,2; McEwen, Bob 10/92,S2 Massachusetts Health Reform Bill 5/06,1 5/89,4; 8/90,3; 3/91,3 McGill University, internships 12/92,S2 Massachusetts mandates 9/06,2 McCarran-Ferguson 9/96,3 McGill v. Albrecht 2/03,3 Massachusetts Med Soc 6/91,3 McCarthy, Owen 11/01,3 McGoey, James 7/00,2 Massachusetts medical board and torts 2/05,1 McCarthy, Owen 1/01,3 McGreevey, Jim 8/01,2 Massachusetts, Medicare and licensure 12/97,3, McCarthy, Owen 12/02,3 McGuffey v. Hall 12/91,S2; 9/93,3 1/98,3 McCaughey 3/94,S1 McHugh, Paul 7/05,2 Massachusetts plan 7/06,4 McCaughey, Elizabeth 12/97,1 McIlraith, Duncan 7/05,4 Massachusetts Plan, Heritage view 6/06,S2 McCaughey, Elizabeth 12/95,4 McInsey & Company 12/05,2 Massachussetts Joint Underwriting Assoc 12/91,S3 McCaughey, Elizabeth 6/96,2 McIntosh, David 3/98,2 mastectomy coverage 3/97,S2 McClellan, Mark 9/06,1 McIntyre, Floyd 3/87,2 maternal hospitalization, 48 hrs 11/96,S1 McClellan, Mark 7/02,S1-S2 McIntyre, Ray V 5/88,4 maternity stay, length of 5/96,S2 McClellan, Mark 12/05,1 McKalip, David 5/06,3 Mathematica 10/96,S2 McClure v. Harris 12/89,1 McKalip, David 9/06,1 Mathematica 4/04,2 McClurg 1/91,3 McKalip, David 12/06,2 Mathematica, Inc., 1/95,2 McCollum, Bill 12/98,3 McKalip v. State of Florida HCA 5/06,3 Mathematica Policy Research 5/95,2 McConnell, Mitch 9/02,S1 McKenzie, Richard 1/02,4 Matthew, Dayna Bowen 12/01,3 McConnell, Mitch 4/92,S2 McKeon, Buck 6/93,S2 Matthews, Chris 5/99,S1 McCormick, Darrell 10/01,3 McLaren 8/02,1 Matthews, Chris 8/00,S1 McCoy v Commonwealth Board of Medical McLaughlin v King's Island 7/92,3 Matthews, Dick 8/03,1 Education and Licensure 2/03,3 McMahon, Fred 7/00,2 Matthews, Merrill 1/02,2 McCrery, Jim 5/01,1 McMahon, Jim 9/02,4 Matthews, Merrill 11/95,2 McCrery, Jim 7/01,S2 McMenamin, Brigid 8/96,2 Matthews, Merrill 4/03,S2 McCrery, Jim 4/98,S1 McMenamin, Brigid 4/97,2 Matthews, Merrill 5/94,1 McCrery, Jim 3/01,S2 McMinnville Physicians Organization 11/01,2 Matthews, Richard 11/04,4 McCrery, Jim 2/99,S2 McNamee, Lawrence 4/88,4 Mattson, Amy Jo 2/02,3 McCrery, Jim 2/01,S2 McQueeney, Robert 8/00,4 McVay, Malcolm "Tad" 7/04,1 Medi-Cal, fraud 9/00,1 Medicaid Commission 9/05,S2 MDVIP 10/01,2 mediation 1/05,3 Medicaid contracts 6/00,3 Mead, Margaret, 11/91,4 Medicaid 7/91,2 Medicaid, corruption in 10/06,1 means testing 5/95,S1 Medicaid abortion coverage 1/02,4 Medicaid cost crisis 9/05,S2 means testing, Medicare 12/97,S2 Medicaid Access Study Group 7/01,S2 Medicaid cost 10/05,4 Means test, Medicare 3/92,S1 Medicaid and opt out 7/01,2 Medicaid, costs 12/95,S2 Means testing, Medicare 8/97,S1,9/97,S2 Medicaid and HSAs 1/06,S2 Medicaid deficit NY 2/91,2 measles virus 7/04,2 Medicaid and uninsured 2/00,4 Medicaid, difficulty expanding 7/01,S2 Measure 223 11/02,1 Medicaid and drug trade 2/04,3 Medicaid, direct cash transaction proposal 5/02,S2 Measure 23 12/02,2 Medicaid and OBE 1/96,1 Medicaid disenrollment, NY 1/04,2 MedChi 10/00,1 Medicaid, billing patients 1/04,2 Medicaid expansion 1/02,S2 MedChi Health Care for All resolution 11/00,2 Medicaid claims, cost of filing 3/97,2 Medicaid Expansion 2/03,S1 Medem 8/05,1 Medicaid, class action settlement 11/01,3 Medicaid, families forced into 10/01,4 Medi-Cal, early challenge to 9/99,4 Medicaid, Colorado 9/02,2 Medicaid, federal mandates 5/92,2 Medi-Cal fraud 9/05,3 Medicaid Commission 12/05,S2 Medicaid fraud 10/05,4 medical manpower 10/00,2 Medical Outcomes Study 2/96,2 Medicaid fraud 9/04,3 medical necessity & dementia patients 10/97,3 Medical Protective Co. 5/96,2 Medicaid fraud 2/96,3 medical necessity 1/98,4 Medical savings accounts 6/96,1 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) 7/05,3; 9/05,3 medical necessity, Medicare definition of 1/00,S2 Medical Savings Accounts, for Canada 6/00,2 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 6/00,3 medical necessity 6/96,2 Medical Savings Accounts in S. Africa 10/00,2 Medicaid growth 10/05,S1 medical necessity 11/98,2 Medical Savings Accounts 1/98,3 Medicaid, growth of 5/96,S2 medical necessity 10/97,1 Medical Savings Insurance 4/98,2 Medicaid HMOs 2/96,2 medical necessity, definition of 10/96,1 Medical Savings Accounts, presidential candidates' Medicaid HMOs 10/01,S1 medical necessity 10/05,3 position on 2/00,S1-2 Medicaid Integrity Pilot 9/04,3 medical necessity 12/96,3 Medical Savings Accounts, Kassebaum-Kennedy Medicaid, Kentucky 1/96,4 medical necessity, definition of 2/97,3 9/96,S2 Medicaid, lawsuits against 8/01,1 medical record, computerized 10/02,1 Medical Savings Accounts 7/98,4 Medicaid lock-in 9/90,2 medical record, Huntoon 9/01,4 Medical Savings Accounts, Medicare 1/98,S1 Medicaid look-back 12/05,4 medical record, computerized 12/91,2 Medical Savings Accounts, effect on spending 4/94,3 Medicaid managed care 6/96,4 medical record, who owns? 8/03,4 Medical Savings Accounts, Medicare 8/97,S2, 9/97,S1 Medicaid Mandatory Generic Drug Program 3/03,4 medical records, ownership of 5/99,1 Medical Savings Accounts 10/99,S2 Medicaid, New York, brand name drugs 2/03,2 medical records tracking by HHS 8/03,2 Medical Savings Accounts 10/00,1 Medicaid, no pay for MDs in ER 11/95,3 medical savings accounts 10/98,S2 Medical Savings Accounts, advantages of 10/00,2 Medicaid patients, number of 2/97,2 medical savings accounts 10/92,S2; 1/93,4; 5/94,1; Medical Savings Accounts, numbers of 2/98,S2 Medicaid private pay option 7/97,2 6/94,1 Medical Savings Accounts 8/99,4 Medicaid, privatization 10/92,S1 medical savings accounts 4/99,S1 Medical Savings Accounts in South Africa 12/99,2 Medicaid, proposals to expand 2/02,S1 medical savings accounts 7/96,S1 Medical Savings Accounts 1/95,2 Medicaid, proposed repeal 2/93,1 medical school applications 6/02,1 Medical Savings Accounts 2/97,1 Medicaid, proposed expansion 3/01,S2 medical school applicants and malpractice 2/05,1 Medical Savings Insurance Company 10/01,1 Medicaid prosecutions in Illinois 1/02,LS medical spending, U.S. 6/04,S1 Medical Savings Accounts 12/96,1 Medicaid, provider taxes 11/91,2 medical staff privileges (also see Adkins) 1/89,3 Medical Savings Accounts 12/00,2; 2/01,4 Medicaid, Provider Tax Amendments 11/94,1 medical staff applications 12/05,3 Medical Savings Accounts 9/96,2 Medicaid Provider's Manual 8/92,4 medical staff bylaws 8/06,3 Medical Savings of America 7/97,2 Medicaid, qualification by transferring assets 9/96,S2 medical staff bylaws a contract 5/06,3 Medical Savings Accounts, in Canada 7/99,3 Medicaid recipients, fingerprinting of 4/99,1 medical staff bylaws 2/00,3 Medical Savings Accounts, physicians' opinion Medicaid recoupments 6/04,3 medical staff self governance 5/06,3 4/94,2 Medicaid Section 1115 waivers 4/99,4 medical staff reappointment 1/06,3; 4/06,3 Medical Savings Accounts 6/99,1,2 Medicaid thresholds 12/89,4 medical staff bylaws 1/02,3 Medical Savings Accounts, US experience 7/99,3 Medicaid travel certification 2/00,3 medical staff bylaws 2/91,3; 9/91,3 Medical Savings Accounts, Canada 7/00,2 Medicaid utilization 6/01,S2 medical staff bylaws 8/00,4 Medical Savings Accounts & retirement planning Medicaid's unseen costs 5/06,2 medical tax credits 12/02,S1 10/97,2 medical costs and GNP 9/02,4 medical technology, HCFA approval process 7/00,S2 Medical Sentinel 12/95,2 medical costs, percent of income 10/92,S2 medical tourism 2/06,2 Medical Sentinel 4/03,2 medical device probe 7/95,3 Medical Action Committee for Education 8/93,4 Medical Society for the State of New York 5/02,4 medical devices 9/94,3 Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland 2/97,2 Medical Society of New Jersy 5/00,4 medical devices and FDA 5/95,1 Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi 3/04,3 Medical Tourist Company 10/05,2 medical education, cost of 8/04,2 Medical Care Injury Compensation Reform Act Medical Volume Perf Stand 2/91,1 medical education costs 7/97,1 2/92,S2 Medical Waste Tracking Act 12/91,2 medical education 9/93,1 Medical Cost Containment Act of 1992, 1/93,4 MediCal HMOs 1/96,2 medical error, IOM report 9/06,1,2 Medical Device Manufacturers Association 2/01,3 medicalization of society 7/89,2 medical errors, National Safety Council 1/00,2 Medical Education Group Learning Systems 5/99,4 medically necessary 8/01,1 medical errors, IOM study 1/00,2 Medical Education Council of the State of Utah Medicare + Choice program 7/99,S1 medical errors 1/06,1 6/02,2 Medicare + Choice 11/99,1 medical errors 6/01,3 Medical Freedom Fund 4/97,1 Medicare + Choice 12/00,S2 medical errors, British NHS 11/02,2 Medical Information Protection Act of 1999, 7/99,S2 Medicare & -caid Program Protection Act of 1987 medical expenditures, US per capita 4/98,S2 Medical Information Bureau 10/02,1 3/91,2 medical industry, job creation by 12/93,S1 Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 Medicare & private contracts 6/92,3,4; 12/92,1; medical liability reform 11/02,S1 9/02,S1 10/93,2 medical liability costs 12/01,S1 Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange 6/01,4 Medicare Acknowledgement Form 12/97,3 medical malpractice by HMOs 10/98,S1 Medical Justice 12/06,2 Medicare Acknowledgement Form 7/96,2 medical manpower 6/02,1 Medical Liberties Defense Fund 1/96,1 Medicare act, provisions in 1965 7/97,1 medical manpower 6/02,2 Medical Monopoly 3/96,S2 Medicare Act, noninterference 10/88,1 Medicare Act 3/92,3 Medicare, administrative cost 9/95,2 Medicare administrative costs 9/02,1 Medicare, administrative pricing 1/00,S1 Medicare, administrative costs of 7/00,S2 Medicare, administrative efficiency 4/03,S1 Medicare cost-shifting 10/92,3 Medicare, growth of 8/95,S1 Medicare, administrative costs 2/03,S2 Medicare costs, CBO projection 3/98,S1 Medicare HMO 12/01,4 Medicare Advantage system 3/04,S1 Medicare costs 1/01,S1 Medicare HMOs 10/98,2 Medicare Advantage Plans 8/03,S2 Medicare crisis 1/97,S1 Medicare HMOs 9/95,3 Medicare Advantage 11/05,S1 Medicare debt 5/04,2 Medicare HMOs, quality 12/97,4 Medicare Advantage system 1/04,S2 Medicare deductible 6/03,S2 Medicare inactive provider 9/04,2 Medicare, age of eligibility 6/99,1 Medicare deficit 3/03,S2 Medicare Industrial Complex 1/00,S2 Medicare and insurance market 10/04,1 Medicare definitions 9/89,1 Medicare, insolvency of 3/99,S2 Medicare and access to care 4/98,S3 Medicare denials 6/98,2 Medicare Integrity Program 12/98,2 Medicare and Medicaid 1/04,1 Medicare disassociation 3/92,3 Medicare Integrity Program 7/98,3 Medicare and Medicaid spending 10/96,S2 Medicare, distribution of claims 10/95,2 Medicare Integrity Program 11/98,3 Medicare and prescription drug coverage 5/01,S1,S2 Medicare, doctors refusing 9/01,3 Medicare, interest charges 9/91,4 Medicare Anti-Fraud Act of 1996 8/96,2 Medicare documentation 1/98,4 Medicare investigator sentenced 1/98,3 Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute 3/93,3 Medicare, drs attitudes 5/90,1,4 Medicare Law (1965) 8/95,1 Medicare, appeals 5/91,4; 9/91,4 Medicare drug benefit cost 4/05,S1 Medicare, lawsuit immunity 8/01,S1 Medicare, appeals adjudication 1/00,S2 Medicare drug benefit formularies 4/05,3 Medicare Lock Box 8/00,S1 Medicare appeals 6/03,4 Medicare drug delay 12/05,S1 Medicare managed care, benefits cuts 2/98,S2 Medicare appeals, telephone 1/88,3 Medicare drug benefit, sustainability of 1/06,S1 Medicare management, GAO on 10/02,S1 Medicare appeals process 9/99,S2 Medicare drug benefit and Viagra 3/05,S1 Medicare, mandatory exclusion 2/95,3 Medicare as giant HMO 4/03,S1 Medicare drug entitlement 5/06,S1 Medicare Manual 5/95,3 Medicare audits 2/00,2 Medicare drug benefit, Seniors opinon 10/04,S2 Medicare, means testing 8/97,S1 Medicare, bankruptcy of 5/03,S1 Medicare drug entitlement 11/05,S1 Medicare Modernization Act 11/00,S1 Medicare, bankruptcy of 7/96,1 Medicare drug benefit, cost of 3/04, S2 Medicare Modernization Act 5/06,S1 Medicare, bankruptcy of 10/95,S1 Medicare drug benefit crowd-out 12/03,S1 Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act Medicare, basic reform of 5/00,S2 Medicare drug benefit 7/05 S2 1/04,S1 Medicare benefits, determination of 1/00,S2 Medicare drug benefit 8/02,S1 Medicare Modernization Act 12/05,1 Medicare benefits 5/89,4 Medicare drug discount card 3/04,S1; 6/04,S1; Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act Medicare benefits determinations 12/00,S1-2 7/04,S1 8/02,S1 Medicare Benefits Administration 8/00,S1 Medicare Drug Discount Card 12/05,S1 Medicare MSAs 8/02,S1 Medicare budget 4/95,S1 Medicare EDI agreement 8/98,4 Medicare, new benefits 9/97,S1 Medicare, Bush reform 3/03,S1 Medicare, effect on private market 7/99,S2 Medicare non-providers 12/97,3 Medicare Bypass 6/97,1 Medicare, effect on prices 7/95,2 Medicare, opinion of 12/97,S2 Medicare, can it be saved? 6/95,1 Medicare, effect on prices 8/92,1 Medicare opt out 6/00,4 Medicare carrier audits 7/90,4 Medicare, effect on power of administrators 10/98,4 Medicare, opting out 2/04,4 Medicare carrier errors 7/99,4 Medicare, effects of demographic change 7/98,S2 Medicare opting out 10/99,2 Medicare Carriers' Manual 4/94,3; 8/94,1 Medicare, effects on survival 12/06,2 Medicare, opting out 3/04,3 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 8/04,S1 Medicare electronic claims, small office exemption Medicare opting out 10/99,4 Medicare Catastrophic coverage 8/99,S2 7/05,2 Medicare opting out 3/99,3 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage 2/94,S2 Medicare, electronic claims 5/95,4 Medicare opting out 5/99,3 Medicare Choice 12/98,S1 Medicare Electronic Claims Rider 6/95,3 Medicare opting out 6/99,4 Medicare Choices 7/96,3 Medicare, enactment of 8/00,2 Medicare opting out 12/99,4 Medicare claims, number 10/92,3 Medicare enrollment 8/06,3 Medicare paper claims 3/05,2 Medicare claims, permission to release 6/95,4 Medicare errors 8/99,4 Medicare paperwork, time required for 6/01,S1 Medicare claims processing 10/95,2 Medicare exclusion, effects of 5/06,3 Medicare Part B expenditures 7/96,S2 Medicare claims, cost of filing 3/97,2 Medicare exclusion 7/95,3 Medicare Part B disenrollment 3/92,1,3 Medicare, claims denials in 8/01,1 Medicare, exclusionary sanctions 10/92,3 Medicare Part A bankruptcy 6/98,2 Medicare claims filing 7/90,4; 8/90,2; 9/90,2; 10/90,1; Medicare exclusions 2/06,3 Medicare Part D 12/05,3 11/90,4; 12/90,2 Medicare exclusions 5/04,3 Medicare Part C 9/94,2 Medicare Claims Processing Manual 7/06,3 Medicare exclusions 11/94,3 Medicare Part B, claims denials 6/96,2 Medicare, class action settlement 11/01,3 Medicare exclusions 8/05,3 Medicare Part A 7/00,4 Medicare, Clinton reforms 8/99,1,2, S1-2 Medicare exclusions record high 12/06,3 Medicare Part B, disenrollment 3/95,2 Medicare coding errors 9/92,2 Medicare expansion 3/98,S1 Medicare Part D, cost estimate 5/00,S1 Medicare Commission 3/98,S1-2; 4/98,S2 Medicare fee increase 2002 4/03,2 Medicare Part B premiums 1/96,S2 Medicare Commission nominees 12/97,S2 Medicare fee cuts 4/02,S2 Medicare participation contracts 9/92,4 Medicare Commission 7/98,S2 Medicare fee cuts 2/02,4 Medicare Participation agreements 1/99,3 Medicare Commission 1/98,S1 Medicare fees 5/90,1 Medicare patient access to physicians 6/02,1 Medicare Competitive Premium System 5/01,S2 Medicare fees 5/95,4 Medicare Patient Freedom Day 7/97,2 Medicare contractors 10/97,1 Medicare finances 11/00,S2 Medicare Patient Freedom Day 7/95,1 Medicare contractors, fraud and 1/00,S2 Medicare, flaws seen at outset 10/95,2 Medicare Patient Freedom Day 9/95,1 Medicare contracts, validity of 1/00,2 Medicare fraud and abuse 12/90,4; 6/93,2 Medicare Patient Freedom Day 8/95,1 Medicare copayments 10/98,S2 Medicare fraud 12/94,2 Medicare Patient Freedom Day 8/00,2 Medicare cost estimates 5/01,4 Medicare, free services 7/93,LS Medicare, cost sharing in 7/99,S2 Medicare governance 7/00,S1 Medicare, patients shunned 4/93,2 Medicare, physician fee cuts 3/02,S1 Medicare premium Part B 4/91,2 Medicare pay cuts 7/02,S2 Medicare, physicians fees 1/03,2 Medicare premiums 8/97,S1 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission 5/02,S2 Medicare physicians fees 8/02,S1 Medicare prescription drug benefit, seniors' view Medicare Payment Advisory Commission 6/03,S1 Medicare Plus program 12/95,S1 4/04,S1 Medicare payments 3/90,4 Medicare Plus Choice 10/98,S2 Medicare prescription drug benefit 8/03,S1 Medicare payroll tax 1/06,S2 Medicare population 7/99,S1 Medicare prescription drugs 10/01,S2 Medicare, physician pay 12/02,S1 Medicare population 10/92,3 Medicare prescription drugs 6/02,S1; 7/02,S2 Medicare prescription drug program 8/00,S1 (also Medicare, share of federal budget 7/99,S1 Medicare unfunded liability 5/02,S1 see prescription drug) Medicare shipwreck 11/99,1 Medicare unfunded liabilities 8/03,S1 Medicare prescription drug benefit 5/99,S1 Medicare showstopper 11/97,1,S1 Medicare, unfunded liabilities 4/05,S1 Medicare prescription drug benefit 6/99,S2 Medicare Socialist Republic 4/92,4 Medicare unfunded liability 8/03,1 Medicare prescription drug program 8/00,4 Medicare, solvency of 1/01,S1 Medicare Value Purchasing Act 12/05,1 Medicare prescription drug benefit 7/03,S1; 8/03,1 Medicare, solvency of 3/91,2 Medicare, voluntary nature 7/96,1 Medicare prescription drug bill 9/02,S2 Medicare, spending projections 4/99,S2 Medicare, what if not enacted 3/04,2 Medicare, prescription drug benefit 3/99,S1 Medicare spending 5/02,S1 Medicare Working Group, Senate Repub 10/95,S1 Medicare prescription drug benefit 5/00,S1 Medicare spending and Niagara Falls 2/97,2 Medicare+Choice 7/02,S1 Medicare prescription drug benefit 10/02,S1 Medicare spending, growth of 12/99,S2 Medicare+Choice 8/00,S1, S2 Medicare prescription drug coverage 5/02,S1 Medicare spending 7/97,S1 Medicare+Choice 8/02,4,S1 Medicare prescription drug benefit 6/03,S1 Medicare spending 5/01,S1 Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Medicare prescription drug benefit 4/02,S2 Medicare spending 10/92,3 Amendments 1/93,1 Medicare prescription drugs, presidential Medicare spending growth 6/99,S1 medication errors and computers 2/05,2 candidates' position on 2/00,S1-2 Medicare spending 7/02,S2 Medicode Publishing 8/00,4 Medicare Preservation and Improvement Act 5/01,S2 Medicare survey 10/99,2 Medigap insurance 6/97,2 Medicare Preservation Act 2/96,S1 Medicare survey, AAPS 2001 9/01,3 Medigap insurance 8/90,2 Medicare Preservation Act 11/95,S1, 12/95,S1 Medicare tax 7/93,S1 Medisave accounts 4/92,S2 Medicare price controls 5/03,S2 Medicare technical amendments 12/94,3 MEDPARD 4/01,4 Medicare, privacy violations 12/00,S2 Medicare Technical Corrections Act of 1995 8/97,S1, Medtronic 9/94,3 Medicare, private contracting 4/95,4 9/97,1 Meghrigian, Astrid 11/90,1 Medicare private contracts 12/97,S1 Medicare Technical Amendments 3/95,3 MEHPA 1/02,1 Medicare private contracting 9/97,1,S2 Medicare threat letters 12/96,1 MEHPA 2/02,2 Medicare, private contracts 3/95,2,3 Medicare Transaction System 7/93,2 MEHPA 3/02,2 Medicare, private contracts 10/95,3 Medicare, treatment approval process 3/00,S2 MEHPA 3/02,1 Medicare, private alternative 3/94,2 Medicare trust funds 5/01,S1 MEHPA 4/02,2 Medicare private contracts 12/97,1 Medicare trust fund 6/02,1 MEHPA, Florida 5/02,1 Medicare private FFS plans 9/97,2 Medicare trust funds 5/02,S1 Meier, Conrad 9/01,2 Medicare private contracting 1/99,3 Medicare trust fund bankruptcy 4/97,S1 Meier, Louis A 4/03,4 Medicare, private contracting 9/95,1,3 Medicare Trust Fund, bankruptcy of 8/95,S1 Meier, Louis 2/03,3 Medicare, private contracting 12/94,3 Medicare Trust Fund 10/96,S2 Meier's Law of Probable Dispersal 9/01,2 Medicare Private Contracting Clarification Act of Medicare Trust Fund, bankruptcy of 5/99,3 Mein Kampf 2/98,4 1998 4/98,S3 Medicare Trust Fund 7/97,1 Meisner, Carl 12/94,4 Medicare Program Education and Training Unit Medicare Trust Fund 12/94,S2 Meissner, Doris 6/00,1 4/98,4 Medicare Trust Fund 7/98,S2 Melashenko v. Bowen 11/90,2 Medicare proposal, Clinton 4/00,S1 Medicare Trust Funds 6/99,S1 Melfi, Michael 3/96,4 Medicare Pt. Freedom Day 7/96,1,2 Medicare trustees report 5/01,S1 Melfi, Mike 11/95,2 Medicare, public views on 10/02,S1 Medicare trustees 6/97,S2 Mencer, Glenn 4/91,3 Medicare quality cases 9/04,3 Medicare trustees report 5/00,S2 Mencken, HL, fees 6/87,3 Medicare recertification 6/90,4 Medicare Trustees 6/05,S1 Menendez, Roger 2/00,4 Medicare, recoupment 4/90,3; 10/92,1 Medicare Trustees Report 7/98,S2 Mengele 7/97,4 Medicare Recovery Audit Initiative 6/05,3 Medicare Trustees Report 1999 5/99,3 Mengele, Joseph 12/03,2 Medicare red tape 1/00,S2 Medicare Trustees Report 1996 8/96,S2 Mengele, Joseph 7/98,4 Medicare reform, Clinton 3/97,S1 Medicare Trustees Report 6/06,S1 mens rea 5/03,3 Medicare reform 11/99,S2 Medicare Trustees Report 11/99,1 mens rea 6/03,1 Medicare reform 6/02,S1 Medicare Trustees 5/96,S2 mens rea 1/97,3 Medicare reform 1/00,S1 Medicare Trustees Report 2004 5/04,2,S1 mens rea 12/01,3 Medicare refunds for overpayment 12/89,1 Medicare Trustees Report 95, 6/95,S1 mental health screening 1/05,4; 2/05,S2 Medicare regulations, length of 5/98,S2 Medicare Trustees Report 1/01,S1 mental health screening 4/05,2 Medicare regulations, volume of 7/00,S1 Medicare Trustees Report 7/95,1 mental health screening, universal 10/04,2 Medicare regulations, volume of 4/00,S2 Medicare Trustees' Report 2000 6/00,3 mental health parity 11/96,S1 Medicare Restore Trust Act of 1996 8/96,2 Medicare Trustees' Report 6/98,2 mental health screening 11/05,3 Medicare retaliation against patients 12/99,3 Medicare unfunded liability 6/02,1 mental health parity 3/02,S1 Medicare rules 5/99,S1 Medicare unfunded liabilities 3/03,1 mental health screening 12/06,4,S1-2 Medicare, secondary payer 7/95,3 Medicare unfunded liabilities 8/04,S1 mental status exam 7/97,4 Medicare secondary payer 6/90,4 Medicare, unfunded liabilities of 11/99,1 Medicare SGR 9/06,1 Medicare, unfunded liabilities of 3/99,S2 mental status exam 7/97,2 Metcalf, Senator 5/93,1 Meyerson, Harold 1/06,S1 Mental Health Early Intervention, Treatment, and methamphetamine 5/05,S2 MGMA 3/93,2 Prevention Act 1/01,2 Methodist Healthcare System 3/96,4 Mica, John 7/99,2 Mental Incapacity Bill, Netherlands 7/05,1 Metrolina Family Practice v Sullivan 1/92,1 Miccosukee Tribe v. Babbitt 1/95,3 Mephistopheles 4/96,1 MetroPlus 11/95,2 Michel, Bob 9/92 S2; 6/93,1 Mercer Health Systems 12/04,1 Meyer, Del on testing 8/04,2 Michigan, abusive prosecution in 5/97,3 Mercer, Ilana 7/00,1,2 Meyer, Del, liberal thought 8/04,4 Michigan Academy v. BC/BS 5/90,3 Merchant, Robert 8/01,4 Meyer, Del 3/02,4 Michigan Board of Medicine 4/96,2 Merck & Co. 5/00,2 Meyer, Del 2/00,3 Michigan False Claims Act 8/97,3 Merck 3/02,3 Meyer, Del 11/06,4 Michigan, prosecutions in 3/97,3 Merck-Medco 2/97,4 Meyer, Delbert 2/04,4 Microsoft 2/99,4 Mercy Health Center 2/00,3 Meyer, Herbert 1/00,3 Microsoft 8/02,2 Merikangas, James R 1/99,4 Meyer v. Nebraska 2/98,3 Microtek Medical Marketing 10/92,2 Merrick, Hollis 7/90,2 Meyerhoff, Gordon 6/97,4 middleman 10/91,2 Merrifield, Bruce 5/02,3 Meyerhoff, Gordon 3/98,4 Midland Memorial Hospital 9/02,3 Midwest Bioethics Center 1/99,4 Miniter R 5/01,4 MMA 4/04,1, S1; 6/04,S2 Mikado 6/98,3 Mink, Patsy 9/95,1 MMA 6/05,3 Mikulski, Barbara 5/90,2; 6/91,2; 9/93,S2; 10/93,3 Mink, Patsy 8/94,S2 MMA 6/05,S1 Mikva, Abe 3/95,1 Minnesota Care 1/95,2 MMA aftershocks 5/04,S1 Mikva, Judge 3/90,1; 3/92,1 Minnesota Chamber of Commerce 11/01,2 MMA and illegal aliens 7/05,2 Milburn, Alan 3/00,S2 Minnesota, confidentiality in 9/96,3 MMA boosts managed care 9/05,2 Mileikowsky, Gil 9/04,3 Minnesota Department of Health data 5/03,2 MMA cost estimates 5/4,S1 Mileikowsky v. Medical Board of California 9/04,3 Minnesota, effect of RWJF and reforms in 1/98,2 MMR 7/04,2 Mileikowsky v. Medical Board of California 2/05,3 Minnesota sickness tax 5/92,2 MMR vaccine 3/02,3 military training 9/00,1 Minnesotans for Affordable Health Care 1/95,2 MMR vaccine 6/03,3 Milke, Mark 6/00,2 MinuteClinics 10/06,4 mock trial, 1999 AAPS meeting 2/00,3 Milken, Michael 1/92,2 Minutemen 5/05,S1 Model Compliance Plan for Laboratories 4/98,S4 Miller, AE 4/06,1 Minuth, Andre 8/94,2 Model Rule 4.2 of American Bar Association 12/00,2 Miller, David 11/95,3 Minuth, Andre 10/02,2 Model State Emergency Health Powers Act 8/02,2 Miller, Gordon 4/96,2 Miranda ruling 2/99,3 Model State Emergency Health Powers Act 1/02,1 Miller, Gordon 9/96,3 Miranda v. Arizona 3/96,3 modest proposal 4/93,2 Miller, Henry 5/02,3 Miranda warning 5/03,1 Modlin, Dr. of ACIP 12/99,3 Miller, Jim 1/95,S1 Miranda warning 6/03,1 Moehring, Barry 6/92,1 Miller, Kathleen 9/97,4 Mirel, Lawrence 10/01,1 Moffett, P Michael 1/99,4 Miller, Matt 1/03,S1 Mirel, Lawrence 12/01,S2 Moffit, Ed 1/96,1 Miller, Matt 9/02,S2 Mirkin, Gary 4/00,4 Moffit, Robert 9/02,1 Miller, Matthew 5/01,1 Mirkin, Gary 11/00,4 Moffit, Robert 7/90,4; 9/90,2; 6/91,4 Miller, Michael 1/97,4 Mississippi Trial Lawyers Assn 6/04,1 Mogelvang, Christopher 12/02,4 Miller, Mike 2/99,S1 Missour health care reform 6/94,2 Mogelvang, L Christian 9/96,4 Miller, Tom 1/02,4 Missour State Health Dept 8/99,3 molecular mimicry 7/99,2 Miller, Tom 6/03,3 Missouri Hospital Assoc 12/92,2 Moley, Kevin 4/92,S1 Miller, Tom 8/01,1 mistreatment, criminalization of 2/99,3 Mollen Commission Report 4/05,3 Miller, Tom 3/95,S2 Mitchell, George 10/94,S1 Monagan, Congressman 10/94,1 Miller, Tom 3/03,1 Mitchell, George 3/92,S2; 10/92,S1 Monde, Debra M. 12/97,4 Miller, Zell 6/02,S1 Mitchell, George 2/99,4 Monde, Debra 5/05,2 Millet, Tom 1/95,3 Mitchell, Robert 3/02,2 money, fiat 3/99,3 Milliman & Robertson's pediatric guidelines 4/00,2 Mitchell, Shawn 3/00,3 money, Gertrude Stein 9/88,3 Milliman and Robertson 8/95,S2 Mitenko, Paul 7/93,2 money laundering 10/97,1 Milliman and Robertson 3/98,2 Mithridates, King 5/02,4 money laundering & doctors 9/02,3 Milliman and Robertson 10/97,S2 Mitrione, Robert 7/04,1,3; 8/04,3 money laundering 2/98,3 Milliman and Robertson practice guidelines 4/00,4 Mitrione, Robert 12/02,3 money laundering 6/93,2 Milliman and Robertson 9/98,2 Mitrione, Robert 1/02,LS Monitor in NHS 9/06,1 Mills, John Stuart 10/05,2 Mitrione, Robert 3/04,3 Moniz, Antonio Egas 11/98,2 Millsaps, Ralph 5/91,3 Mitrione, Robert 5/03,3 monopoly 7/06,2 Milton, John 10/92,2; 9/93,4 Mitrione, Robert 4/02,3 monopoly pricing 4/03,S1 Milwaukee Heart Hospital 2/06,2 Mitrione, Robert 6/02,3 monopsony 4/05,4 Min-DeParle, Nancy Ann 3/00,S2 Mitrione, Robert 11/01,1 Montana Supreme Court 6/02,3 Minarcik, John 2/06,4 Mitrione, Robert 10/02,3 Montana Supreme Court 1/01,2 Minarcik, John on standard of care 7/06,4 Mitrione v. U.S. 3/05,3 Monteith, Stanley 2/89,4; 11/91,2 minimum necessary rule 4/03,3 Mittler, Brant 7/06,2 Montgomery Medical Center 10/05,3 Minimum Data Set 1/03,2 MMA 1/04,S1 Minimum Necessary Standard 1/03,3 MMA 1/05,S1 Montgomery, Sonny 7/91,2 Morand, Charles 10/89,3,4, 11/89,4, 11/89,3 Moushey, Bill 4/99,3 Montreal as private health capital 6/05,2 moratorium 5/95,1 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick 11/94,S1 Moody, T Glendon 10/98,4 moratorium, regulatory 5/92,1 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick 6/01,S2 Moody, T. Glendon 5/96,4 Morford, Thomas 5/91,1 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick 8/93,S2; 12/93,S1; 1/94,S2; Moody, T. Glendon 2/97,4 morons 4/93,4 3/94,S1; Moon, Marilyn 1/98,S1 Morris, David 9/89,4 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 11/97,S2 Moon, Marilyn 11/00,S2 Morris, Dick 10/96,S1 MRI equipment, private, Belgium 4/95,2 Moon, Marilyn 8/98,S1 Morris, Dick 3/96,S1 MSA audio and videotapes 1/02,2 Moon, Marilyn 5/99,3 Morris, Jeffrey 8/95,4 MSA, BCBSO on 10/95,2 Moon, Marilyn 5/03,S1 Morris, Lewis 5/95,3 MSA, experience with 4/01,4 Moon, Marilyn 8/03,S1 Morris, Lewis 2/99,3 MSA, fiscal impact 12/95,S2 Moon, Marilyn 7/03,S2 Morrisey, Michael 4/99,S2 MSA tapes 9/01,2 Moon, Wayne 1/00,1 Morrissette, Karen 7/93,2 MSAs 10/01,1 Moon, Young 12/05,3 Morristown v. Moyer 2/03,3 MSAs 11/95,S1 Moore, Benjamin 9/02,3 Morrow, Allen 9/93,2 MSAs 5/01,1,3 Moore, Benjamin 6/03,2 Morse, Leonard 12/91,S3 MSAs aborted by Daschle 2/02,1 Moore, Pamela 6/05,3 Morse, Leonard 7/06,3 MSAs, aborted by federal law 6/97,2 Moore's Law 8/00,2 Morse, Leonard 5/99,3 MSAs, Ada County 11/95,1 Moorhead, Robert 2/01,2 mortality, infant 2/90,4; 3/92,2 MSAs and Gebhardt 3/96,S2 Moorhead, Robert J 11/87,2 Moscow News 1/91,4 MSAs and anesthesiologists 12/95,2 moral hazard 7/06,1 Moseley-Braun, Carol 8/96,S1 MSAs for teachers 1/96,1 moral hazard 11/05,2 Mosher, Leon 1/01,3 MSAs for seniors 7/97,1 moral hazard 2/03,1,2 Moskowitz, Barry 6/05,3 MSAs in South Africa 8/03,2 morality, collectivist 1/99,2 motion to quash subpoena 7/92,3 MSAs, Medicare 8/02,S1 Moran, Don 7/92,S2 Motley, John 11/94,S1 MSAs, PA tapes 8/02,2 MSAs, savings due to 5/97,2 MVPs 1/90,2; 2/91,1 national provider identifier 3/05,2 MSAs, slow start 7/97,S1 Myers, Dee Dee 4/93,3 national tort reform 3/05,S1 MSEHPA 1/02,1 Myers, Michael 7/00,2 National Academy of Sciences 6/99,2 Muda 6/01,4 Myers, Ronald 3/04,3 National Academy of Sciences report 1/03,S1 Mudafort, Eric 6/96,4 Myrtle Beach, SC 3/03,3 National Academy on Aging 7/96,S2 Mudafort, Eric 12/94,4 Nadler, Jerrold 2/96,2 National Academy of Science 2/89,2 Mueller, Rudolph 6/02,4 Nadler, Jerrold 2/98,S2 National Academy of Social Insurance 11/00,S2 Mueller, Steve 1/97,2 NAFTA 2/99,1 National Alliance for Senior Citizens 4/89,2 Mueller, Thomas 5/01,1 Nagel, Denis 4/97 insert National Alliance Phys & Surg 6/91,4 Muggeridge, Malcolm 9/04,2 Nagel, Denise 1/96,3 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1/01,3 Mulder, Richard 6/01,2 Nagel, Denise 11/97,2 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2/05,3 Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank 1/92,1 Nagin, Ray 11/05,1 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 12/06,2 Multi-Carrier System 5/96,3 Nahra, Kirk 11/04,3 National Assn of Criminal Defense Lawyers 10/05,3 Multi-Carrier System 4/06,4 Nanaimo, BC 10/92,2 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers multi-part pricing 6/00,4 NAPS 7/90,4 3/05,3 multiculturalism 2/93,S1 Napster 10/00,3 National Association of Attorneys General 1/02,1 Multinational Business Services 11/96,S1 Napster 4/01,2 National Association of Healthcare Consultants Multinational Business Services 5/94,S2 Naramore 2/04,3 12/98,2 multiple sclerosis and hepatitis B vaccine 4/05,2 Naramore, Stan 10/98,3 National Association of Manufacturers 3/94,S1 MUMPS 9/05,2 narcotics in noncancer pain 11/96,2 National Association of Health Underwriters Munro, Ian 10/92,S2 Narcotics Control Board of India 4/05,3 4/99,S1 Munson Medical Center 12/01,4 Nash, David 4/00,2 National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of murder convictions and drug companies 4/05,3 Nash, Ronald 10/88,2 Medicare 10/00,S1; 1/01,S2; 3/01,S1 Murdock, Deroy 4/05,S1 Nash, Steve 6/03,2 National Bipartisan Commission on Future of Murdter, Charles 12/98,2 NASPER 2/05,S2 Medicare 7/02,S1 Murkowski, Frank 6/95,2 NASPER 5/05,S2; 7/05,3 National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Murphy, Douglas R 10/91,4 Natalizumab 4/05,1 Medicare 3/99,S1; 5/99,S1; 6/99,S2 Murphy, Laura 5/05,S2 Nathan, Irv 12/00,2 National Cancer Institute and FOIA 4/98,4 Murphy, Paul 4/99,3 Nation's Business 6/92,2 National Capital Preferred Provider Organization Murray, Alan 6/99,S1 national debt 5/04,2 6/98,1 Murray, Kathleen 7/00,S2 national debt 7/97,S2 National Center for Policy Analysis 5/01,2 Murray, Robert 5/96,S2 national debt 1/96,2 National Coalition on Health Care 10/04,1 Musgrave, Gerald 10/89,1,3; 11/89,1; 3/92,2; 12/92,2 national health insurance, myths 3/92,2 National Coalition of Health Care 8/99,4 Musgrave, Gerald 11/95,4 national health identification number 11/97,2 National Coalition on Health Care 10/99,1 Muslim view of insurance 7/06,1 national health insurance 12/91,1 National Commission on Health Care Quality Mussolini 7/98,4 national health insurance, business 7/89,4 10/96,S1 Mustokoff, Mike 4/98,3 national health insurance, bsns, labor 10/89,4 Mutual Insurance Group, West Palm Beach 11/01,4 national ID 2/05,S2 National Commission on Entitlement Reform National Governors Association 1/02,1 National Patient Safety Foundation 4/00,2 1/96,S2 National Governors Association 10/01,3 National Patients' Rights Week 5/96,1 National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) National Governors Assoc 1/95,2 National Performance Review 1/01,2 4/04,1 National Guideline Clearinghouse 1/06,1 National Policy Forum 7/95,1 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National health insurance, drs favoring 5/90,1 National Practitioner Data Bank 5/97,3 5/00,2 National Health Service computer network 3/96,2 National Practitioner Data Bank 3/97,2 National Committee on Vital Health Statistics 6/97,3 National Health Service 10/00,2 National Practitioner Data Bank 12/91,2; 3/92,4 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National Health Service 4/00,S2 National Practitioner Data Bank 2/03,3 8/98,1 National Health Information Infrastructure 10/02,2 National Provider Identifier 8/98,1 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National Health Information Infrastructure 8/03,2 National Provider Identifier 8/06,3; 9/06,3 1/04,2 National Health Service, open-heart surgery 3/01,4 National Provider Identification Number 8/96,4 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National Health Board 1/00,2 National Provider Identifier 4/00,2 4/01,1 National Health Information Network (NHIN) National Quality Forum 4/04,1 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 9/05,1 National Research Council 6/99,2 (NCVHS) 8/03,2 National Health Board 2/93,1 National Review 2/96,1 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National Health Information Knowledgebase 3/99,2 National Rifle Assn 11/05,1 3/99,2; 5/99,2 National Health Council 2/96,1 National Right to Life Commission 6/93,1 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National Information Infrastructure 8/98,1 National Roundtable on Health Care Quality 4/00,1 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 11/98,1 National Committee for Quality Assurance 2/96,2 (NICE) UK 7/05,1 National Safety Council, medical errors 1/00,2 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National Institutes of Health funding 12/98,S1 National Security Letter 2/06,3 9/98,2 National Institutes of Health 6/99,2 National Socialism 12/97,4 National Committee for Quality Assurance 9/98,1 National Intelligence Reform Act 2/05,S2 National Socialism 7/98,2 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics National Legal and Policy Center 4/93,1 National Socialism 11/00,1 7/03,1 National Managed Health Care Conference 6/96,2 National Standard Format 8/95,4 National Coordinator of HIT 8/05,1 National Medical Enterprises v. Bowen 8/93,3 National Technical Information Service 2/01,3 National Correct Coding Initiative 11/01,3 National Medical Error Disclosure and National Uniform Claim Committee 12/01,1 National Council of Senior Citizens 5/98,S2 Compensation (MEDiC) 1/06,1 National Vaccine Information Center 7/99,1 National Council for Public-Private Partnerships National Medical Error Reporting System 1/06,1 National Vaccine Information Center 5/99,2 1/01,2 National Medical Enterprises v. Sullivan 8/93,3 National Vaccine Information Center 8/98,3 National Council on Economic Education 2/02,1 National Medical Association 10/01,3 National Wilderness Instit 3/92,2 National Crime Identification Center 5/03,2 National Medicare Education Program 7/99,S1 Nationwide Mutual 10/90,2 National Federation of Independent Business National Patient Data Base 11/96,2 Natl Anti-Hunger Coalition 5/93,3 2/94,S1 National Patient Advocate Foundation 4/06,3 Natl Assoc Home Care 6/92,S2 Natl Council of Teachers of Math 10/91,1 Netherlands euthanasia of newborns 8/05,2 New Republic on ClintonCare 12/97,1 Natural Solutions Foundation 8/05,S2 Netherlands, euthanasia in 12/97,4 New York State Public Health Law 2165 10/99,4 Nature of the Beast 6/96,2 Netherlands, infant treatment in 3/06,1 New York Public Health Law and electronic claims Navarro, Vicente 11/93,3 Netherlands, withholding treatment 7/05,1 12/02,4 Navigation Act 6/94,4 Network 11/91,2 New York Board for Professional Medical Conduct Nazi death camps 12/95,4 networks 9/05,1 6/03,3 Nazi Germany, medicine in 11/98,3 Neubauer, Richard 7/96,4 New York State Education Law 8/00,3 Nazi ideology 2/99,2 Neubauer, Richard 6/91,4; 5/92,3 New York Education Law 10/02,4 Nazi War on Cancer 11/00,1 Neumann, Joseph K 9/88,2 New York, living will 7/05,2 NCPA 7/90,1; 8/90,1; 11/90,2; 3/92,2; 5/92,2; 8/92,1 Nevada Policy Research Institute 12/98,3 New York OPMC 4/04,3; 8/04,1,2 NCPA Social Security benefits calculator 5/00,S2 Nevada Supreme Court 3/02,3 New York Care Plus 12/98,4 NCQA 3/05,2 Nevada Supreme Court 7/03,3 New York State Bar Assn 8/02,3 NCQA 8/02,1 Neville, Kimberly 3/98,3 New York State Balance Billing Law 6/02,4 NCVHS 1/03,3 Neville, Kimberly 5/98,2 New York clawback 2/04,4 NCVHS 10/02,1 new drug application costs 4/05,1 New York Public Health Law 2/03,4 NCVHS 12/02,2 new physician 9/87,4 New York, insurance costs in 9/96,2 necessity, defined 10/88,4 New Directions for Policy 11/01,3 Newcomer, Lee 9/98,1 Nelson, Alan 12/89,4 New Freedom Initiative 4/05,2 Newsmax.com 6/01,3 Nelson, Alan 4/97,4 New Freedom Commission 10/04,2; 12/06,S1-2 Newthink 11/98,4 Nelson, Bill 10/01,2 New Hires Directory 4/01,1 NFIB 11/94,S1 Nemazee v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center 6/96,3 New Jersey, insurance costs in 9/96,2 NFIB 7/96,S1 Nessman, Lawrence 4/97,4 New Jersey, insurance in 8/01,2 NFIB 8/93,S2; 6/94,1,S1 Nessman, Lawrence 6/01,4 New London Development Corporation 8/05,3 NHI 7/90,1 Netherlands and euthanasia 1/99,1 New Math 10/91,1 NHIN, AAPS urges caution 9/05,2 Netherlands, euthanasia in 11/91,4 New Medicine and Old Ethics 3/98,1 Netherlands, euthanasia 2/04,1 New Mexico 10/02,S2 NHS backlog 6/06,2 Nirschl, Robert 11/95,2 Norwood, Charles 12/99,S1 NHS, coverage priorities 11/02,S2 Nirschl, Robert 9/99,3 Norwood, Charles 7/03,S1 NHS, errors in 11/02,2 Nirschl, Robert 2/98,3 Norwood, Charles 6/00,3 NHS, P4P 9/06,1 Niskanen, Wm 6/92,S1 Norwood, Charles 6/03,S2 NHS, statistics in 11/02,2 Nixon, Richard 6/93,1,3 Norwood, Charlie 2/98,S2 Niagara Falls 2/97,2 Nixon v. Admin of Gen Serv 4/93,3; 6/93,1 Norwood-Dingell 12/99,S1 NICA 2/91,3; 4/92,1,3 Nobel, Joel 5/95,1 Norwood-Dingell 3/00,4 Nicaraguan health care 10/87,4 nobility, titles of 4/00,3 Norwood-Dingell 8/01,S1 NICE (NHS) 9/06,1 nolo contendere plea 4/02,3 Norwood-Dingell bill 3/00,1 NICE 5/06,S2; 6/06,2 non-participation, Medicare 4/98,4 Norwood-Dingell bill 9/00,S1 Nichols, David 12/00,3 Non-participation policy 1/97,2 Norwood-Dingell Bill 12/99,2 Nichols, Joe 7/03,1 Non-Participation 5/01,1 Norwood-Dingell Bill 11/99,2, S1 Nichols, Karen 10/99,4 Non-Participation Policy of AAPS 3/03,1 Not Dead Yet 12/03,1,2 Nichols, Len 6/02,S1 Non-Participation Policy 7/95,1 Novak, Robert on prescription drug benefit 8/04,S1 Nickles Amendment to PBOR 10/01,S1 Non-Participation Policy of AAPS 12/97,3 Novartis 1/01,3 Nickles, Don 8/01,S1 noncovered entities (see HIPAA) Novelli, William 4/02,S2 Nickles, Don 5/98,S2 noncovered entities 8/03,3 Novelli, William 5/02,S1 Nickles, Don 8/05,2 noncovered services & Medicare private contracting Novosibirsk 5/02,1 Nickles, Don 11/97,1,S1 4/98,1 NOW v. Scheidler 1/94,2 Nickles, Don 9/00,S1 noncovered services, medicare 12/97,3 Noyes, Gary 2/98,2 Nickles, Don 8/03,S1 nonparticipants, discrimination against 3/01,4 NPDB 2/05,4 Nickles, Don 9/01,S1 nonparticipating, def of 1/95,4 NRC 1/90,3 Nickles, Don 1/94,S1; 5/94,S2; 8/94,S2 nonparticipation 10/97,4 NSBU 3/90,3 Nickles, Senator 3/97,S1 nonparticipation 2/87,1 Nucklos, William 8/06,3 Nielsen, Nancy 10/06,2 nonparticipation 4/01,4 nuclear explosion 11/05,3 Nieves, Walter L. 9/94,4 nonparticipation 8/03,1 nuclear medicine 1/90,3; 1/91,2 Nightline 12/99,4 nonparticipation 9/99,4 nuclear power 1/90,3 Nigro, Samuel 7/99,4 nonparticipation, and antitrust 3/87,3 nuclear winter 11/86,4 Nigro, Samuel 3/98,4 nonpayment for noncompliance 9/06,1 Nudelman, Phil 2/99,1 Nigro, Samuel 6/95,4 nonprofit, definition of 10/05,2 Nuffield Hospitals 7/03,2 Nigro, Samuel, on confidentiality 9/99,3 nonprofit hospital takeovers 12/96,1 Nuland, Sherwin B 7/99,2 Nigro, Samuel 7/97,4 nonprofits 9/02,4 Nuland, Sherwin 1/00,2 Nigro, Samuel 2/03,4 normalization of deviance 4/00,1 Nunn, Sam 10/93,1 Nigro, Samuel 5/03,4 norms & totalitarian control 8/87,2 Nuremberg 11/01,3 Nigro, Samuel 12/00,2 North Carolina Medical Society 4/92,2 Nuremberg Code 5/02,3 Nigro, Samuel 6/97,2 North Carolina Medical Association 10/01,3 Nuremberg Code 4/97 insert Nigro, Samuel A 2/97,4 Northup, Stephen 2/01,3 Nuremberg Code 10/99,3 Nigro, Samuel 12/01,4 Northwest Seasonal Workers Assoc. 11/99,2 Nuremberg Code 9/00,2 Nigro, Samuel 1/98,4 Norton, Jane 6/01,3 Nuremberg congress of physicians 3/97,1 Nigro, Samuel 11/02,4 Norton v Shelby County 3/96,3 Nuremberg Trials 2/99,3 Nigro, Samuel 5/99,4 Norwood Amendment to PBOR 9/01,2 nurse practitioners, payment 7/92,4 Nigro, Samuel 3/03,4 Norwood, Charles 10/01,S1 nursing home inspectors 9/92,1 Ninety-Five Theses 11/98,2 Norwood, Charles 9/05,S1 nursing home quality data 9/04,2 Ninth Amendment 8/95,1 Norwood, Charles 3/98,2; 4/98,S1 nursing homes, performance measures 9/04,2 Nirschl, Robert P 6/89,2; 9/89,4; 4/93,4 Norwood, Charles 10/99,S1 nursing homes, in bankruptcy 4/00,S2 Nursing Home Compare 9/04,2 O'Kane, Margaret 2/96,2 OASIS 7/99,S2 Nussbaum, Bernard 4/93,1; 4/94,1 O'Leary, Dennis, JCAHO 12/89,4 oath, physicians 7/91,2 Nussle, Jim 4/02,S2 O'Leary, Dennis 11/98,3 Oath of Hippocrates 10/99,S2 Nussle, Jim 4/03,S2 O'Meara, Kelly Patricia 1/01,2,3 Oath of Hippocrates 3/96,1 nutrition as medical treatment 12/03,1,3 O'Meara, Kelly Patricia 7/02,2 Oath of Hippocrates 7/02,2 nutritional supplements, EU 6/05,3 O'Neil v. Aetna 12/99,3 Oath of Hippocrates, AAPS Resolution on 11/97,2 NY State Ophthalmological Society v. Bowel 2/98,S1 O'Neill, Ed 2/99,1 Obama, Barack 1/06,1 NY State Ophthal Soc v Bowen 3/90,1; 3/92,1; O'Neill, June 5/95,S2 Obedience school 9/00,1 12/92,1; 6/94,4 O'Neill, June and David 10/93,S2 Ober Kaler Grimes 10/97,1 NY State Ophth Soc v. Bowen 6/95,3 O'Neill, June 3/95,S2 Obert, Jane 10/98,1 NY State Ophthalmologic Society v. Bowen 9/99,1 O'Neill, June 7/95,2 obesity 8/06,2 Nylen, John 8/03,3 O'Neill, Paul 11/02,S1 obligations of contracts, constitution on 7/06,3 O'Brien, Carol 10/96,2 O'Neill, Tip 8/00,S1 OBRA 1989 3/90,4; 4/90,3; 6/90,4; 11/90,3; 9/92,3 O'Connor, Sandra Day 4/98,3 O'Reilly, Richard 4/99,2 OBRA 5/95,2 O'Donovan, J. Crossan 11/96,2 Oakar, Mary Rose 3/92,S1 OBRA 95 10/95,S1 O'Grady, Daniel 1/03,4 Oakes, Wayne 1/99,2 obstruction of justice 7/04,3 O'Grady, Danny 1/04,4 Oakeshott, Michael 10/05,2 Ochsner Hospital, Katrina 11/05,1 O'Grady, Danny 3/03,4 OASIS 10/99,1 O'Grady, Marilyn 11/02,2 OASIS 5/99,2, S2 off-label drug use 9/06,3 omnibus legislation, constitutionality of 9/93,3 optometrists, RVS 2/92,S1 off-label drug use 4/05,3 Omnibus Appropriations Act 1999 12/98,S1 Orange, Vincent 9/00,S2 off-label drug uses 1/00,3 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1990 2/92,S1 Ordoubadi, Nass 12/00,3 off-label prescribing 8/04,3 Omnibus Budget Reconcil Act 1993 2/94,1 Ordoubadi, Nass 9/01,3 off-label uses of drugs 5/95,3 Omnibus Health Care Cost Containment Act,WV Ordoubadi, Nass 9/98,2 off-label uses of drugs 2/97,4 6/91,1 Oregon, anti-capitation initiative 9/96,3 office laboratory regulation 11/88,2 Omnibus Spending Bill 5/99,2 Oregon Basic Health Services 7/91,1 Office of Civil Rights 5/02,4 Ontario Association of Radiologists 10/98,2 Oregon Center for Evidence-Based Policy 8/05,1 Office of Civil Rights 12/02,1 Ontario Human Rights Commission 12/94,2 Oregon Comprehensive Health Care Finance Act Office of Inspector General 2/98,3 Ontario Medical Association 1/97,2 11/02,1 Office of Professional Medical Conduct 2/03,4 Ontario Medical Assoc 7/91,4 Oregon health plan 12/98,4 Office of Civil Rights 7/01,4 Ontario Medical Association 10/98,2 Oregon Health Plan 6/06,1 Office of Civil Rights 1/03,3 Ontario, physician fees 7/93,2 Oregon Health Plan 2/03,2 Office of Managed Care in HCFA 2/97,S2 Ontario, physician fees 4/99,2 Oregon Health Services Commission Report 2/03,2 Office of Civil Rights 12/01,1 Ontario Physicians Alliance 4/99,2 Oregon Health Plan 6/05,2 Office of Personnel Management 7/97,S2 Ontario Physicians Alliande 7/00,2 Oregon Health Plan 4/99,4 Office of Civil Rights 3/01,1 Ontario Savings and Restructuring Act 9/96,3 Oregon Health Plan, effect on managed care 11/99,2 officer, definition under FACA 6/93,3 Ontario, supply of medical services in 7/05,4 Oregon Medicaid 1/90,4 official immunity 6/01,3 open-heart surgery performed by nurses 3/01,4 Oregon, Medicaid 9/00,2 Offit, Paul 5/00,2 Opening Lines 11/99,2 Oregon, physician-assisted suicide in 11/99,3 Offit, Paul 4/04,2 Operating in the Dark 10/00,2 Oregon rationing expt 6/93,4 Ogren, Paul 5/92,2 Operation Desert Storm 1/03,1 Oregon rationing 6/90,3; 8/91,2; 9/91,4 OHIC 8/99,2 Operation Keelhaul 6/00,2 Oregon single-payer initiative 12/02,2 Ohio, balance billing ban 12/94,3 Operation Resolve 11/01,2 Oregon suicide initiative 1/95,3 Ohio, balance billing ban 2/93,3 Operation Restore Trust 11/96,1 Oregon Supreme Court, rule on lying 12/00,2 Ohio Hospital Project 12/96,2 Operation Restore Trust 2/97,3 Orenstein, Walt 3/00,3 Ohio Hospital Assoc v. Shalala 12/96,3 opioid contracts 2/04,3 organ donors, non-heart-beating 11/99,2 Ohio Medical Assoc 1/95,4 opioid prescribing 4/04,3 organ transplants 4/02,S2 Ohio Osteopathic Assoc 1/95,4 OPM 10/00,1 orient, Jane m 1/98,2 Ohio Physicians Defense Foundation 2/94,1 OPMC NY 4/04,3; 8/04,1,2 Orient, Bill 6/02,1 Ohio State Medical Association 5/94,1 opt-out kits 7/98,2 Orient, Jane 1/95,3 OIG exclusions 8/05,3 opted-out physician 7/01,2 Orient, Jane 6/00,3 OIG, Medicare 8/94,1 opted-out physician 4/01,2 Orient, Jane 3/00,3 OIG work plan 2/06,3 opted-out physicians, statistics 3/01,2 Orient, Jane 2/02,2 Oklahoma Centralized Verification Organization opting out of Medicare 9/99,4 Orient, Jane 9/95,1 3/97,2 opting out of Medicare 2/98,3 Orient, Jane 6/98,1 Oklahoma City bombing 11/01,1 opting out, Medicare 3/98,3 Orient, Jane 9/96,1 Oklahoma City bombing 6/95,S2 opting out of Medicare FAQs 3/04,3 Orient, Jane M. 4/00,3 Oklahoma Governor's Commission 6/94,1 opting out 1/02,2 Orient, Jane 6/96,2 Oklahoma health reform 6/94,1 opting out 12/00,4 Orient, Jane, testimony on administrative law Oklahoma resolution on credentialing 3/97,2 opting out 11/00,2 6/98,S1-2 Oldham, Robert K 4/98,4 opting out 2/02,4 Orient, Jane 11/01,2 Olesky, Stanley 12/93,3 opting out 11/02,3 Orient, Jane 1/97,2 Oliver, Andrew 11/90,2 opting out 6/00,4 Orient, Jane 10/94,1 Olmstead v. US 10/01,2 opting out of Medicare 5/98,2 Orient, Jane 8/96,2 Olmstead v. US 5/05,S2 opting out 5/04,4 Orient, Jane 3/95,2 Olson, Kristine 12/00,2 opting out 8/01,4 Orient, Jane 7/02,2 Oltz v. St. Peter's Community Hosp 6/96,3 opting out 9/00,4 Orient, Jane 12/94,1 Omaha Beach 9/94,2 opting out 10/02,4 Orient, Jane 4/96,S1-2 OMB Circular A-110 12/99,4 opting out in Canada 5/98,2 Orient, Jane 10/95,1 OMB offsets to pay for new initiatives 11/96,2 opting out 5/03,4 Orient, Jane 9/01,1 omnia pro aegroto 12/96,2 opting out 12/99,4 Orient, Jane 8/94,1; 9/94,2 Omnia Commercia Co v US 1/92,1 opting out 8/02,2 Orient, Jane 7/95,3 Orient, Jane 4/98,2; 6/98,3 Orlando 1989 annual meeting 11/89,1,2 OSHA, Calif 6/92,2 Orient, Jane on private contracting 4/98,S4 Ornstein, Norman 6/00,3 OSHA conviction reversed 6/02,3 Orient, Jane 12/86,4; 5/88,2; 3/90,3; 7/90,4; 8/90,2; Orwell, George 5/02,1,2 OSHA penalties 6/93,4 9/92,2; 3/93,1; 5/93,2; 9/93,S2; 10/93,2; 1/94,2; 6/94,2 Orwell, George 1/05,4 Osler, William 8/96,1 Orient, Jane 7/95,S1 Orwell, George 10/02,1 OSMA 5/94,1 Orient, protocols 9/86,4 Orwell, George 2/01,3 Ostrod, Eugene S 4/92,4 Orix 10/00,4 Orwell, George 12/94,3 Ostrolenk, Michael 5/05,S1,S2 Orlandella, Anthony 5/06,4 Osaka University 6/03,3 Ostrolenk Michael on Codex 8/05,S1-2 Orlandella, Anthony 5/97,4 Osama bin Laden 11/01,1 Ostrolenk, Michael on privacy 4/06,S1 Orlandella, Anthony 4/96,4 OSHA 5/92,1,2; 7/92,3; 10/92,1,2 Ostrolenk, Michael on forces for liberty 2/05,S1 Ostrolenk, Michael on TeenScreen 12/06,S1-2 pain managment 10/02,4 Parratt/Hudson Doctrine 10/90,3; 11/90,1 Ostrum, Rick 4/99,3 pain physicians, prosecution of 10/06,3 Part A Medicare compulsory 2/02,4 Otter, Lawrence 12/05,3 pain relief 1/98,4 Part B subsidy 4/91,1 Otter, Lawrence 11/05,3 pain relief, prosecution for 5/01,3 Part B premiums, Medicare 7/97,S1 Otto, Katharine 12/98,4 pain relief, resolution 12/04,2 Part B enrollment falling 8/03,1 out-of-pocket medical spending 10/00,1 pain standard, JCAHO 7/02,2 Part B, premium increase 4/91,2 out-of-pocket payment 3/96,S2 pain, undertreatment of 11/99,3 Part D death spiral 2/06,4 outcome based education 1/96,1 pain, undertreatment of 9/02,3 partial birth abortion 8/05,2 outcome measurements 12/05,1 Pain Relief Network 3/04,3 partial birth abortion 4/00,3 outcome studies 4/97 insert Paladin Systems 7/03,1 partial birth abortion 8/00,3 outcomes, in various hospitals 7/00,1 Palmer, John F 8/94,2 participating providers and opting out 3/98,3 outcomes measures 11/06,1 Palmetto GBA, FCA suit 1/05,3 participation, directory errors 12/87,3 outcomes research 5/97,2 Palmisano, Donald 2/03,3 participation, financial aspects 6/02,4 outcomes research 7/97,1 Palmisano, Donald 6/01,1 participation, Medicare 1/91,2 outcomes research 2/92,3; 9/92,4; 10/92,S2; 2/93,2 Palyi, Melchior 8/92,3 participation rates 9/88,1 Outcomes Assessment and Information Set (OASIS) Panetta, Leon 3/99,3 participation, statistics 6/87,4; 8/87,4 5/99,2,S2 Panetta, Leon 4/91,2; 6/93,S1 Participation, quotas 2/90,2 outcomes-based research, Huntoon 7/97,4 Panetta, Leon 2/96,S1 Partnership for Caring 12/03,2 outlier payments 7/03,2 Panopticon 12/04,1 Partnership for Caring 1/04,2 outreach 8/98,1 Panzer, Ron 5/05,1; 7/05,1,2 Partnership for Caring 12/03,1 outreach, KidCare 10/99,1 Panzer, Ron 1/04,2 Partnership on Health Care & Employment 7/92,4 outsourcing medical services 11/04,2 Pap smears 2/92,3 Pataki, Gov. 2/96,2 outsourcing rights 12/05,3 paper, endurance of 8/05,2 Patel, Marilyn Hall 10/00,3 overhead 1/91,2 paperwork, Medicare 6/01,S1 Patel, PV 9/02,3 overhead, insurance 10/04,4 Paperwork, costs 8/90,4 Patel v Midland Memorial Hospital 9/02,3 overhead, third party 8/05,4 Paperwork Reduction Act 10/01,3 Patel, Vip 8/01,S2 Overmanaged Calif. Physician 2/96,4 Paperwork Reduction Act 8/98,1 PATH audits 8/02,3 Owens, Tanaisha 8/99,4 Paperwork Reduction Act 9/01,1 PATH program 10/96,4 ownership, of facts or medical records 5/99,1 Paperwork Reduction Act 1/02,3 pathologist, shortage of in Canada 3/00,1 ownership, physician 2/92,S2 Paradiso, Peter 3/00,3 pathology codes 2/06,4 ownership rights 5/00,1 pardons 11/98,2 patient choice, effect on satisfaction 11/98,S1 ownership v. renting and medicine 8/06,4 parental consent 1/96,1 patient choice and Daschle 2/02,1 Oxford Club 12/98,2 parental rights to medical record 5/02,2 patient choice agenda 10/99,S1 oximetry, pulse 4/00,2 parents and minors' medical information 4/01,1 patient compensation fund, Indiana 1/05,3 Oxley-Manton Amendment 11/97,2 Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education 10/01,3 patient identifiers 10/99,S2 OxyContin 3/03,3 parity, mental health 11/96,S1 patient satisfaction polls 2/96,4 OxyContin 6/03,2 Park, Robert 10/04,3 patient satisfaction 5/96,2 OxyContin 7/05,3 Parker, Thomas 8/87,4 Patient Access, Quality, and Choice Act 9/98,S1 OxyContin 8/05,3 Parkinson's disease 9/96,4 Patient Access to Responsible Care Act (PARCA) OxyContin 9/02,3 Parkland 1/91,1 3/98,1,2; 4/98,S1; 5/98,S2 OxyContin overdose 5/03,3 Parks, Lawrence 3/99,3 Patient Access to Responsible Care Act 2/98,S2 oxygen at end of life 11/06,2 Parlato, Frank 2/98,2 Patient Compensation Fund, Wisconsin 6/05,3 P4P 12/05,1 Parle, Nancy-Ann 11/99,3 Patient Compensation Fund, Wisconsin 7/00,3 P4P 9/06,4 Parmalee, Ken 7/93,1 Patient Medical Record Information Technology P4P 9/06,1 Parmigiani, John 3/03,2 (PMRI) 10/02,1 PAC contributions 7/93,S2 Parnell, Sean 5/04,4 Patient Power 4/94,2 PacifiCare 10/01,1 Parnell, Sean on Part D 2/06,4 Patient Power Report 12/96,2 PacifiCare 10/98,2 Parnell, Sean on hospital bills 10/04,4 Patient Privacy Act 5/03,2 package insert 8/94,2 Parnell, Sean on real cost savings 4/06,4 Patient protection 3/90,4 Packwood, Robert 1/95,S1 Parnell, Sean 5/06,4 Patient Protection Pledge 7/98,2 Packwood, Robert 8/95,S1 Parnell, Sean on hospital competition 1/06,4 Patient Record Institute 12/91,2 PACs, 7/87,2 Parnell, Sean on price discrimination 4/05,4 Patient self-determ act 1/90,2, 6/90,4 PACs, medical 12/93,S2 Parnell, Sean on EMR 8/05,4 patient:bureaucrat ratio 11/94,3 Paey, Richard 8/04,3 Parnell, Sean 3/04,1 Patient's Request for Medicare Payment 5/98,2 Paey, Richard 11/06,3 Parnell, Sean 2/04,4 patient-doctor relationship, managed care 11/96,S2 Pagan, Arthur 12/01,4 Parnell, Sean on HSAs 4/04,4 patient-physician relationship 11/86,4; 9/89,1,2 Pagan, Arthur 3/02,4 Parnell, Sean 11/04,4 patients as objects 4/90,1 Page, Carey 6/98,4 Parnell, Sean 9/04,4 Patients freedoms 9/90,4 pain and suffering awards 2/03,3 Parnell, Sean definition of "rich" 6/05,4 patients' bill of rights 3/00,S1 pain management 8/01,3 Parnell, Sean 8/04,4 patients' rights 10/99,1,S1 pain management, Australia 6/03,2 Parnell, Sean on morality 7/06,4 patients' rights 12/99,2 pain management, war on 8/03,3 Parnell, Sean 10/06,4 patients' rights 12/99,S1 Patients' Bill of Rights 2/96,1 Patients' Bill of Rights 5/00,S1 Patients' Bill of Rights 6/00,S1,S2 Patients' Bill of Rights 9/00,S1 PBOR (Patients' Bill of Rights) 8/01,1 Penn, William 6/03,3 Patients' Bill of Rights, states 11/98,S2 PBOR 10/01,S1 Penn. HC Practitioner Medicare Fee Control Act Patients' Bill of Rights, Clinton 7/98,2 PBOR 11/01,S1 4/91,3 Patients' Bill of Rights 11/98,S1 PBOR 6/02,S1 Penney, LL 5/03,4 Patients' Bill of Rights 9/99,S1 PBOR 8/01,S1 Pennsylvania, balance billing ban 2/93,3 Patmos Clinic 7/03,4 PBOR 9/01,S1 Pennsylvania Blue Shield 1/94,3 Patmos Clinic 4/03,2 PDA Link 5/94,2 Pennsylvania Blue Shield 10/96,2 PATMOS clinic 3/01,2 peak flow meter 9/02,4 Pennsylvania Blue Shield 11/98,2 Patrick, Bernard 8/87,2 Pear, Robert 12/94,S1 Pennsylvania chapter 1/02,2 Patrick, Donald W 2/05,3 Pear, Robert 5/03,1 Pennsylvania chapter 9/01,2 Patrick vs. Burget 12/87,3; 7/88,1,3; 3/91,3; 7/91,3 Pear, Robert 4/96,1 Pennsylvania Education Restoration Act 1/96,1 PATRIOT Act and medical information 2/06,3 Pear, Robert 1/99,3 Pennsylvania health guidelines 11/96,2 PATRIOT Act 2/05,S1; 5/05,S2 Pear, Robert 2/04,S1 Pennsylvania legislature 1/98,2 PATRIOT Act and monastery bank account 4/06,3 Pear, Robert 1/01,S1 Pennsylvania liability crisis 2/03,1 Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances 5/05,S2 Pear, Robert 6/03,S1 Pennsylvania mandatory liability insurance 4/03,4 Patterson, Isabel 4/96,4 Pear, Robert 10/92,S1; 4/93,3 Pennsylvania Medicaid 1/96,1 Patton, George 5/98,3 Pear, Robert 10/98,2 Pennsylvania Medical Society 4/91,3; 11/91,2 Patton, George 2/93,2 Pear, Robert 5/99,S2 Pennsylvania Parents for Vaccine Awareness 8/98,3 Patton, James 11/90,2; 2/92,3 Pear, Robert 10/94,S1 Pennsylvania, school-based clinics 3/96,3 Paul, Ron 11/04,2 Pear, Robert 11/99,1 Penny, Tim 9/94,3 Paul, Ron 10/02,2 Pear, Robert 1/03,S1 Pentagon auditors 7/04,2 Paul, Ron 10/01,3 Pear, Robert 8/99,S1 penumbras 2/98,S1 Paul, Ron 4/00,1 Pear, Robert 1/01,2 People of California vs. United Diagnostics Lab Paul, Ron 8/03,1 Pear, Robert 8/01,1 5/00,3 Paul, Ron 6/01,1 pediatric rule 1/00,3 People v. Premen 2/96,3 Paul, Ron 12/01,1 pediatric rule 12/01,3 Peoples, James 3/92,4; 8/94,4 Paul, Ron 5/99,3 Pediatric Rule 1/04,3 Peoria Medical Society 6/02,3 Paul, Ron on mental health screening 10/04,2 Pediatric Rule 12/02,3 Peoria Medical Society 6/97,3 Paul, Ron 6/00,3 Pediatric Rule 9/02,2 Pepper Commission 5/90,2; 3/92,S2 Paul, Ron 12/01,4 Pediatric Rule 4/01,3 Pepsi man 8/01,4 Paul, Ron, why running 8/88,2 Pediatric Rule 5/02,3 Pereira, Frederick 12/99,4 Paul, Ron 9/02,1 peer review & antitrust 7/91,3 Perez-deLeon, Edgardo 11/96,2 Paul, Ron 11/01,2 peer review, see sham peer review Perez-deLeon, Edgardo 8/97,3 Paul, Ron 7/02,3 peer review 9/99,2 Perez-deLeon, Edgardo 6/03,4 Paul, Ron 9/98,2 peer review and conformity 10/92,2 Perez-DeLeon 1/03,3 Paul, Ron 5/03,2 peer review 11/91,1,3 Perez-DeLeon 3/99,4 Paul, Ron 7/03,3 peer review, sham 6/02,3 Perez-DeLeon 4/96,2 Paul, Ron 12/88,2; 8/89,2 peer review immunity abused 10/87,2 Perez-DeLeon 6/99,3 Pauly, Mark 7/99,S1 peer review, absolute immunity 12/03,3 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo 2/96,3 Pauly, Mark 12/02,S1 peer review, expert witness 6/89,2 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo 10/94,2 Pavey, Charles 2/90,3 peer review immunity 8/02,3 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo 8/95,3 Pavey, Charles 12/02,4 peer review, sham 10/02,3 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo 9/97,3 Pavey, Charles 4/04,2 peer review 11/02,3 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo 12/96,4 pay for performance and EMR 12/04,1 peer review immunity 11/86,2,3; 12/86,1; 8/88,3; Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo, Kassebaum Kennedy 1/97,3 pay for performance 9/05,2 10/88,3; 11/88,3; 1/89,3 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo 5/95,2,3 pay for performance 9/04,1 peer review, court intervention 11/06,3 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo, petition for rehearing pay for performance, Britain 10/04,2 PEIA 1/92,1 10/97,3 pay for performance, British 10/06,2 Pellegrino, Edmund 4/00,3 Perez-DeLeon, Edgardo 2/95,3 pay-or-play, effect on jobs 7/92,4 Pelleran, KP 12/91,1 performance data 4/04,1 payer failure 3/00,1 Pellizzari, Rosana 1/97,2 performance measures 9/04,2 payment for performance 1/06,1,S1; 2/06,S1; 3/06,4 Pelosi, Nancy 11/05,S1 periodic competency checks 2/99,1 payment for medical care 10/05,1 Pence, Mike 4/05,S2 periodic interim payment method 10/97,1 payment for value 12/05,1 Pendleton, James 5/03,4 periorbital Dopplers 5/00,3 payment, out of pocket 3/96,S2 Pendleton, James 11/01,4 perjury 10/06,3 Payment Error Rate Measurement 10/05,3 Pendleton, James 4/95,4 perjury 4/02,1 Payne, Edward 11/91,2 Pendleton, James 4/96,4 perjury 7/04,1 Payne, James L. 10/94,2 Pendleton, James 8/02,4 perjury by government witnesses 12/02,3 Payne, James L 12/92,2 Pendleton, James 6/00,4 perjury by prosecution 4/99,3 payroll tax 9/95,2 Pendleton, James 8/02,2 perjury, prosecutorial 3/05,3 payroll tax, impactof 12/91,S4 Pendleton, James 1/06,4 perjury, prosecutorial 4/05,3 payroll tax, effect on jobs 10/92,S2 Pendleton, James 2/02,4 Perlmutter, Mark N 11/05,1 payroll tax 8/93,S2; 10/93,S1 penguins 5/98,1 payroll tax 4/05,S2 penmanship 3/00,4 PERM 10/05,3 Perron, Robert 8/91,2 Petermann, Claus 2/89,1 Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 10/93,1 Perry, Anthony 9/05,4 Peterson, John 12/99,S1 Perot, H. Ross 5/96,3 Perry, John 6/01,1 Petition Clause 7/01,3 Perot, Ross 2/00,4 Perry, Joseph J 12/98,4 Peto, Richard 9/04,1 Perot, Ross 11/95,1 persistent vegetative state 5/05,1,2,3; 7/05,1,2 Petri, Tom 8/94,S2 Perot, Ross 10/95,S2 personal health records 8/05,1 Pevsner, N Henry 1/03,4 Perot, Ross 10/95,2 Persson, Goran 7/04,S2 Pew Charitable Trusts 2/99,1 Perot, Ross 5/99,1 Peru, free market in 9/00,4 Pew Health Professions Commission 2/99,1,4 Pew, J Howard 7/98,1 Physician Payment Review Commission 12/91,2 Pitard, Cecil 3/87,1 Peyton, Richard 10/02,3 Physician Profile Survey 5/02,4 Pitcher, Timothy 4/03,1 Peyton v Johnson City Medical Center 10/02,3 Physician Profiles Project 5/99,3 Pitigliani, Fausto 7/98,4 Pfizer 4/05,3 Physician Voluntary Reporting Program Measures Pitigliani, Fausto 3/96,4 Pfizer fined 8/04,3 2/06,1 Pittman, Shaw 8/00,S2 Pfizer forum 10/99,2 physician-administered drugs 3/02,4 Pitts, Jeffrey 6/99,4 pharmaceutical industry, R & D by 4/00,S2 physician-assisted suicide 6/06,3 Plain, Richard 1/99,2 pharmaceutical industry, R&D 1/00,S1 physician-assisted suicide 11/99,3 Planned Parenthood 4/92,2 pharmaceutical industry, Clinton's attack on 1/00,S1 physician-assisted suicide 5/05,2,3 Planned Parenthood v. Blouke 10/94,3 pharmaceutical industry 1/06,1 physician-assisted suicide 10/02,2 Planned Parenthood 1/06,3 pharmaceutical stocks 4/94,1 physician-assited suicide bills 6/05,1 Planned Parenthood of S.E. Penn. v. Casey 8/00,3 Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers 11/00,S1 physicians earnings, Canada 7/00,2 plant, carnivorous 10/00,1 Pharmaceutical Freedom Act of 2000 6/00,3 physicians judgment 3/89,4 Play or pay 3/92,S1 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Assoc Physicians ag. Initiative 119 9/91,4 plea bargain 8/04,3 of America 11/00,S1 Physicians at Teaching Hospitals (PATH) initiative plea bargains 11/00,3 pharmacies, compounding 12/04,3 8/02,3 pledge allegiance to constitution 2/02,4 pharmacist rejects Part D 3/06,2 Physicians Constitutionality Challenge Group plunder 4/97,1 pharmacists, conscience clause and 5/05,3 1/92,3 plunder, legal 6/02,2 pharmacy benefit managers 4/00,S2 Physicians for a National Health Program (PHNP) plunder, legal 6/98,4 Phelps, Charles 5/99,1 9/02,2 plunder, legalized 4/98,4 Phillips, Charles 4/04,2 Physicians for Patient Power 5/93,4; 1/94,4 Plutarch 3/05,2 Phillips, Ernest 1/01,4 Physicians for a National Health Program 12/99,2 PMRI 10/02,1 Phillips, Melanie 7/04,2 Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) pneumococcal vaccine 6/03,3 Phillips, Mitchel Earl 4/02,3 3/05,1 PNHP 1/04,1 Phillips, Mitchel 7/03,3 Physicians for a National Health Program 3/89,3 pocket loyalty cards 12/96,2 PHNP 11/02,1 Physicians for a National Health Program 7/00,1 Pogue v. American HealthCorp 8/02,1 Phoenix Fire Department 11/05,1 Physicians for a National Health Plan 7/98,2 Poindexter, John 1/03,1 Phoenix Health Care Corporation of Tennessee Physicians for a National Health Program 3/06,1 point-of-service 12/95,2 1/98,S1 Physicians judgment 3/89,3 Poley, Brooks 6/94,4 Phony Express 9/94,2 Physicians Payment Review Commission 12/87,1 police power 12/91,S2; 1/92,4 Phyllis Schlafly Report 9/96,2 Physicians Who Care hotline 9/94,3 police state 4/99,1 Phys for Natl Health Plan 12/91,1 Physicians Who Care 5/87,1 Poliner, Lawrence 10/04,3 Phys Payment Review Comm 7/91,2 physicians' judgment 10/88,1; 3/89,1 Poliner, Lawrence, case upheld 5/06,3 physician autonomy in Britain 3/00,2 physicians' lies to insurers 6/00,3 polio vaccine 6/01,3 physician, choice of 3/97,1 Physicians' Cincinnatus Society 2/03,3 Politan, Judge Nicholas 10/92,1; 12/92,1,2 physician fees 7/03,4 Pickering, Dr. of ACIP 12/99,3 Politan, Nicholas 12/94,3 physician/hospital relationship 8/00,4 Pickering, John 2/95,S2 Politan, Nicholas 9/97,1 physician income 1/00,4 Pickersgill, David 3/00,2 Politan, Nicholas 10/94,3 physician manpower statistics, 5/88,2 Pickett, George 9/98,S2 political appointees 2/01,S1 physician payment 11/94,S1 Pickett's Charge 8/94,S1 political correctness 2/93,S1 physician recruitment agreements 3/93,3 Pierson v. Ray 12/04,3 political protest as public health problem 11/98,2 physician shortage 6/02,2 PIFATOS 4/03,2 political statistic 9/01,3 physician shortage, U.S. 6/04,2 PIFATOS 7/03,4 Political Arena Improvement Act 9/98,4 physician shortage 1/96,2 Pigott, Shirley 10/06,2 Politically Active Physicians Assoc (PAPA) 2/03,1 physician shortage 2/05,2 Pima County Medical Society 5/96,3 politics, confrontation 9/88,1 physician training, payment for lack of 10/97,S1 Pima County Medical Society 1/99,2 Polito, Gregory 1/88,3; 11/89,2; 11/90,2 physician unity 8/00,4 Pima County Medical Society 6/03,2 Pollack, Malla 5/00,1 Physician Hospital Organization 11/95,1 pinball, bureaucratic 8/98,2 Pollack, Ron 7/01,S2 Physician Masterfile 12/98,3 Pinckney, AD 10/91,1 Pollard, Stephen 10/99,2 Physician Masterfile 5/99,1 Pincus, Andrew J 5/99,1 Pollard, Steven 3/00,S2 Physician Payment Review Commission on access Pinhas, Simon 3/91,3; 7/91,3 Pollard v. Lyon 6/02,3 by Medicare pts 12/97,S1 Pinocchio 6/02,1 Pollock, Ron 7/03,S1 Physician Payment Reform 1/90,1,2 piracy, of data bases 5/99,1 Pollock, Ron 4/03,1 Ponzi scheme 11/99,1 positron emission tomography 7/00,S2 practice guidelines 12/04,1 Ponzi scheme 4/98,4 Posse Comitatus Act 11/05,1 practice guidelines 7/02,1 Ponzi State 4/96,2 poverty, definition of 10/92,2 practice guidelines 4/96,1 poor, effect of welfare on 2/04,4 poverty level 11/04,2 practice guidelines, Milliman and Robertson 4/00,4 poor, effect of government policies on 9/96,2 Powell, Adam Clayton 12/00,4 practice of medicine, definition 5/97,4 population health 11/00,1 Powell, Elwin H. 2/98,2 practice parameters 7/97,1 population reduction 12/96,2 Powell, Enoch 11/89,3 Practice Management Corp. vs. AMA 5/00,1 population-based ethics 11/98,1 PPOs, cataract 5/90,3 Practice Management Institute 1/93,1 population-based medicine 7/99,1 PPOs, coronary artery bypass 5/90,3 Practice Management Information Corp. v. AMA Porker of the Month Award 8/01,2 PPOs in auto repairs 11/95,2 9/00,3; 10/00,3; 3/01,3 portability, cost of 3/98,2 PPOs, Medicare 10/02,S2 Practice parameters 5/90m,4; 6/94,S1 portability requirements, KK 7/97,2 practice guidelines 9/04,2 Practice Parameters 5/99,1 Portenoy, Russell 4/05,3 practice guidelines 10/89,4; 12/89,4; 1/90,1,3; 2/90,1; Pravetz, Michael 11/96,3 Porter, R Wayne, cash-based practice 6/05,4 1/91,2 preadmission clearance 8/87,2 Porter, R Wayne 10/95,4 practice guidelines, usage of 1/96,2 preauthorizations 6/00,3 Porter, R Wayne 3/92,4 practice guidelines, as malpractice defense 1/96,3 precautionary suspension 5/06,4 Porter, Wayne 1/97,4 practice guidelines 8/05,1 precertification form, pt mgd 4/92,1 Portfilio, Judge 4/99,3 practice guidelines, in anesthesia 4/00,2 preemption, federal 5/92,2 Portman, Robert 11/99,3 practice guidelines 2/99,1 preemption of state law 11/91,2 preferred provider program, HCFA 2/88,3 2/00,S1 PriceWaterhouseCoopers 8/02,1 Premara Blue Cross 9/02,2 Presidential Recordings & Materials Preservation pricing, multi-part 6/00,4 premature discharges 10/92,3 Act 6/93,1 pricing transparency 7/06,1 Premen, Victor 2/96,3 Pretenders 2/99,1 Priest, Dana 4/93 S1 Premen, Victor 8/95,3 preterm births and abortion 8/02,3 Priester, Reinhardt 7/99,3 Premera Blue Cross 10/01,1 prevention, effect of emphasis on 3/97,1 primary care, plans to increase 9/93,1 Premier Hospital Quality Incentive (PHQI) 12/05,1 preventive benefits, new Medicare 9/97,S1 primary care, Medicare's effect on 6/01,4 premium increases, effects of 7/98,S1 preventive care, under managed care 5/97,2 primary care, Arizona project 7/98,1 premium, insurance, effect of lawsuits 11/98,S2 preventive services 2/93,2 Primary Care Case Management 8/99,1 premium, Part B 4/91,2 Preventive medicine 4/90,2 Primary Care Health Pract Incentive Act 7/92,4 premium support 12/03,S1 Prewo, Wilfried 2/96,S2 Primary Health Professional Shortage Area 1/03,4 premium support 3/99,S1 price competition 8/02,S2 Prime Health Care 8/01,1 Premium Support demo 2/04,S1 price contols 8/02,S2 Primich, DRGs 9/86,2 premium-claim problem 5/96,4 price controls 5/98,3 Primich, Frank 11/89,1; 12/92,4 premiums v. tax in Clinton Plan 3/94,S2 price controls, drugs 2/02,4 Princeton's University Center for Human Values presciription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) price controls, constitutionality 3/95,3 1/99,1 7/05,3 price controls 6/00,2 Principles of Patients' Rights and Responsibilities Prescott Unified School District 6/99,3 price controls 11/00,2 2/96,1 prescribed death 12/03,1 price controls 5/01,4 Pringle, Evelyn 11/05,3 prescription drug coverage 4/99,4 price controls on drugs 4/93,S2 Printz, Don 12/91,3; 9/92,2; 10/94,4 prescription drug benefit in Medicare 3/99,S1 price controls 12/00,S1 Printz, Don 7/95,3 prescription drug coverage 12/00,4 price controls 8/93,2 Printz, Don 5/97,4 prescription drug discount cards 4/02,S1 price controls 6/99,S2 Printz, Don 5/96,2 prescription drug program, Medicare 8/00,S1 price controls 4/00,S1 Printz, Don 7/95,S2 prescription drug costs 8/00,2 price controls 6/02,S1 prison and health care fraud 5/95,2 prescription drug networks 5/04,S2 price controls 12/97,4 prison for insurance fraud 4/95,3 prescription drug benefit, see Medicare price controls, Goering on 3/06,2 prison industries 1/99,2 prescription drug coverage, cost of 8/99,S2 price discrimination 4/05,4 prison inmates, US 12/00,3 prescription drug, Medicare coverage 5/01,S1 price mechanism 8/91,1 prison population, US 1/99,2 prescription drug, Clinton proposal 4/00,S1 price mechanism 2/02,1 prison population 7/04,3 prescription drug entitlement 8/02,4 price transparency 1/06,4 prison population 11/04,2 prescription drug benefit 5/00,S1 price transparency 12/05,4 prison terms 4/90,2 prescription drug benefit 5/03,4 Price, Dean 10/98,1 prison terms 12/00,1,3 prescription drug conference 6/00,S2 Price v. Humana 12/99,3 prison terms in Clinton Plan 12/93,2 prescription drug, Clinton proposal for 8/99,1,S1-2 Price Waterhouse, Medicare HMO analysis 10/96,S2 Prisoner's Dilemma 9/05,1 prescription drug costs 1/01,S1 price-fixing 5/96,3 Privacilla.org 6/04,2 prescription drugs, deaths from 9/02,3 prices 12/05,1 privacy 1/97,S2 prescription drugs, cost of 11/99,S1 prices, negotiation of 5/00,4 privacy 1/99,4 prescription drugs for seniors, restrictions 1/00,4 prices, protection against high 12/05,4 privacy 11/94,1 prescription for disaster 8/03,1 PriceWaterhouseCoopers 3/03,2 privacy 2/98,S1 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program 9/06,2 PriceWaterhouseCoopers 4/03,3 privacy 3/96,1 Prescription Drug Cost Containment 5/92,S1 PriceWaterhouseCoopers 4/02,2 privacy 3/92,1,3; 9/92,3 presidential candidates 2000, health proposals of PriceWaterhouseCoopers 6/99,3 privacy 4/97,2 privacy 4/06,S1 privacy, Shalala's recommendations 11/97,2 private investigators 6/04,3 privacy 4/96,1,3 privacy survey 1/00,2 private law enforcement 7/98,3 privacy 5/98,1 privacy, testimony concerning 4/97 insert private medicine, decriminalization 11/95,3 privacy 6/01,1 Privacy Accountability Database (PAD) 12/02,2 private medicine 3/02,1 privacy 6/00,4 Privacy Act of 1974 8/01,3 private pay option, Medicaid 7/97,2 privacy 6/97,2 Privacy Act 8/95,4 private practice and pseudo-private practice 1/87,4 privacy 8/98,1 Privacy rights 3/90,1 private property, importance of 7/02,1 privacy and attorneys 6/98,2 Privacy rule 5/03,1 private sector, RVS and DRGs 6/92, S1 privacy and E&M guidelines 12/98,1 Privacy Rule 10/02,1 Private Doctors of Australia 3/92,2 privacy and Medicare 5/98,2 Privacy Rule, AAPS challenge 8/02,3 Private Influence Reform Law 1/98,2 privacy and Roe v Wade 3/06,3 Privacy Rule 7/06,3 Private Sector Health Care Alternatives 10/86,1 privacy complaints 11/04,3 Privacy Rule implementation 4/03,3 privatization in Sweden 9/02,2 privacy complaints to OCR 8/03,2 private contracting 4/95,4 privatization of Medicaid 10/92,S1 privacy entrapment 7/01,4 private contracting, Medicare 11/97,1 privatization of Medicare 3/96,S1 privacy, Gallup Survey 11/00,2 private contracting, Medicare 4/98,1; 6/98,3 privatization, Zambia 10/87,2 privacy, HHS rules 12/99,1 private contracting, Medicare 7/97,2 privilege, MD-pt 6/90,3 privacy, in emergency 1/02,1 private contracting 6/95,4 Privileges and Immunities Clause 4/92,3 privacy, Limbaugh and 11/04,3 private contracting and Ohio law 8/96,3 pro bono treatment, preferred to filing govt claims privacy, Maryland 5/96,3 private contracting 1/00,2 3/97,2 privacy, Medicare 12/00,S2 private contracting 9/95,3,4 PRO, anatomy of 7/88,2 privacy, new technology and 4/01,2 private contracting 4/00,S2 PRO, budgets 2/92,3 privacy Newspeak 5/02,2 private contracting, sense of the Senate on 5/98,S1 PRO, damage claims against 3/94,3 privacy notification 8/03,4 private contracting, Medicare 10/97,2 PRO, disclosure obligations 4/88,1 privacy, psychiatric records 6/05,3 private contracts, Medicare, Shalala letter 12/97,3 PRO fraud 5/88 1 privacy regulations 4/00,1 private contracts, Bill Clinton 1/96,3 PRO liability 8/87,3 privacy regulations 4/01,1 private contracts 12/92,1; 3/92,3; 1/93,3; 10/93,2 PRO office reviews 4/90,3 privacy rule (see HIPAA privacy rule) private fee-for-service plans 9/97,2 PRO, payment denial for quality 6/89,3 privacy rules 3/01,S1 private funding, Belgium 4/95,2 PRO, private offices 3/90,4 privacy, see HIPAA 8/01,3 private insurance in Canada 7/05,3 PRO, quality of care points 2/89,1 PRO quotas 6/88,2 Progressive Policy Institute 4/99,S1 PROs, quotas 7/87,1; 8/87,1 PRO sanctions 1/89,2 Progressive Policy Institute 2/93,S2 PROs, Texas 10/87,2 PRO sanctions, fines 6/89,4 Progressive Policy Institute 4/98,S2 prosecution, fear of 10/99,2 PRO sanctions overturned, FL 6/88,3 Progressive Policy Institute 1/97,S2 prosecution, malicious 7/05,3 PRO sanctions, dismissed in KY 5/88,1 Progressive Policy Institute 1/93,S2 prosecutions 1/01,3 PRO sanctions, licensure & 5/91,3 Progressive Policy Institute 11/95,S2 prosecutions 12/00,3 PRO sanctions VYB 12/86,3 progressivity, tax 4/03,1 prosecutions 2/01,3 PRO sanctions 3/88,1 Project Relief 8/95,S2 prosecutions and drug companies 4/05,3 PRO sanctions 12/87,2; 8/88,1 proletarianization of medicine 2/99,2 prosecutions and billing errors 12/00,1 procedure codes 2/95,3 Prometheus vs. Zeus 12/88,1 prosecutions of physicians in Michigan 3/97,3 process, legislative 12/98,S1 PROMETHEUS 8/06,1 prosecutions of physicians 8/01,2 process measurements 12/05,1 Prompt Pay Law, NY 10/01,4 prosecutions, pain physicians 10/06,3 process measures 11/06,1 Prompt Pay laws 4/04,4 prosecutions, role of insurers in 12/00,3 process v. outcome 9/06,1 ProPAC 5/92, S1 prosecutorial & adjudicatory commingling 8/92,3 Proctor, Robert 11/00,1 property, intellectual 5/99,1 prosecutorial abuse 3/05,3 productivity, Medicare effects on 7/98,S2 property rights 6/99,2 prosecutorial abuses 4/99,3 ProEnglish 10/04,3; 6/05,3 PROs, "gross and flagrant" unlawful standard 4/88,3 prosecutorial strategy 4/02,2 professional courtesy 8/99,3 PROs 1/92,3 prosecutorial tactics 9/97,3 professional courtesy 3/01,4 PROs 11/90,4 prosecutors, federal 6/03,4 professional courtesy 11/01,4 PROs 2/91,3 prospective payment system 9/97,2 Professional Found. Health Care 3/91,3 PROs 5/90,1 prospective payment for outpatients 8/99,1 Professional Retirement Saving Extinguishment Act PROs, anatomy of 3/88,1 prospective payment system and home health 7/97,S1 10/92,2 PROs and constitutional law 7/88,3 prospective payment system 10/98,S2 Professional Standards Review Organization 9/99,1 PROs, due process 2/88,4 Prospective Payment System and home health profiling 2/99,4 PROs, due process and sanctions 11/87,3 12/95,S1 profit 9/02,2 PROs, due process 5/88,3 Prospective Payment System 5/99,1 profits 7/98,2 PROs, due process 9/87,3 PRO,sued by physician 5/91,1 profits allowed 12/06,3 PROs, Duvall 12/87,2 Protection Act 7/87,2 program integrity, Medicare 3/91,1 PROs, expanded roles 1/87,2 protocols, treatment 11/99,3 program integrity 10/96,2 PROs, fighting the 12/86,2 Protocols 9/86,4 Program integrity function 12/90,4 PROs, profits 7/87,2 Proudhon 12/89,3 Progress for America 10/04,S1 PROs, profits 1/87,2 PROVE 10/01,3 Progressive Policy Institute 7/99,S1 PROs, quality of care 6/89,1 PROVE 2/02,3 psychotropic drugs 11/01,3 Pugh, Joseph Lee on carriers 11/04,1 Providence Home Services 4/06,3 psychotropic drugs, forced 5/02,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee 11/04,4 provider identity theft 9/04,3 public choice theory 1/02,4 Pugh, Joseph Lee 10/04,4 provider service networks 12/95,2 public choice theory 2/02,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee 8/03,4 provider tax, KY 9/93,3; 1/94,1; 3/94,3; public choice revolution 1/89,4 Pugh, Joseph Lee 4/06,4 provider tax and free speech 3/94,3 public health law 3/02,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee on right to care 6/04,4 provider tax 11/93,3 public health 10/00,4 Pugh, Joseph Lee 10/05,4 Provider Agreement for EMC 6/93,2 public health police 6/01,2 Pugh, Joseph Lee 5/04,4; 7/04,4 Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol 9/00,1 public health, definitionof 5/98,3 Pugh, Joseph Lee on MA plan 5/06,2 proxy voting 2/95,S1 public health vs. freedom 11/98,2 Pugh, Joseph Lee 8/06,4 PruCare 5/96,2 public medicine 3/02,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee on explaining HSAs 6/05,4 Pruden, Wesley 1/03,1 public reporting of health outcomes 8/06,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee 1/04,4; 2/04,1 Prudential 3/03,4 public schools 10/91,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee 4/05,4 Prudential Health Insurance Co 3/96,3,4 public schools 10/02,4 Pugh, Joseph Lee on society 12/03,4 Prudential HealthCare 3/01,4 Public Citizen 6/01,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee 11/05,4 Pruett, Burchard 6/94,3 Public Citizen Health Research Group 2/96,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee 7/05,4 Pryor, David 5/92,S1; 6/92,S2; 10/92,1 Public Citizen 10/87,2; 9/90,1; 8/91,2; 3/93,2; 7/93,3 Pugh, Joseph Lee 3/04,4 PSA, Medicare coverage of 4/98,S3 Public Citizen Health Research Group 12/06,3 Pugh, Joseph Lee, goal of reform 12/06,4 pseudephedrine 5/05,S2 Public Contract Anti-Kickback Act 10/05,3 Pugh, Robert Lee 12/04,4 PSROs 1/98,1 Public Employees Insurance Agency 1/92,1 pulse oximetry 4/00,2 PSROs 12/97,S2 public-private partnership 12/05,3 punishment 12/95,3 PSROs 2/90,1 public-private partnership 5/98,1 punishments, multiple 12/96,3 psychiatric codes 9/00,3 public-private partnership, Pew on 7/98,1 punitive damages, immunity from 11/99,2 psychiatric detention facilities 8/04,3 public-private partnership 10/98,2 punitive damages 9/01,S2 psychiatric examinations and sham peer review public-private partnership 5/00,1 punitive damages 6/01,3 9/04,3 public-private partnership 11/98,3 punitive damages 12/99,2 psychiatric exams, forced 12/97,2 public-private partnership 10/99,1 Purdue Pharma 3/04,3 psychiatrically impaired physicians 2/05,3 public-private partnership 6/99,3 Purdue Pharmaceutical Company 8/01,3 psychiatry, prostitution of 4/05,4 public-private partnership 12/99,4 Purim 5/98,4 psychiatry, Soviet 11/01,3 public-private partnership 4/00,1 Putting People First 6/01,S1 psychiatry, Soviet 5/02,1 public-private partnership 9/98,1 Pyles, James C 1/96,3 psychostimulant drugs 9/02,2 public-private partnership 6/99,1,3 Pyles, Jim 1/03,3 psychotherapy, coding of 12/00,1 public-private partnerships 1/01,2; 2/01,1 QA for reviewers 6/95,4 psychotherapy, definition 8/92,4 public-private partnerships 8/98,1 QALY 7/05,1 psychotropic agents, forced 11/02,3 Pugh, Joe 10/00,1 QALYs 1/90,1 psychotropic drug use 4/03,4 Pugh, Joe 5/02,4 Quackgrass Press 4/96,2 psychotropic drugs, forced 4/02,3 Pugh, Joseph Lee 7/06,4 quality and free markets 2/98,S2 psychotropic drugs, misuse of 2/05,4 Pugh, Joseph Lee 9/05,4 quality assurance activities 7/01,4 psychotropic drugs, mandated for children 1/01,1 Pugh, Joseph Lee 4/04,4 quality cases 9/04,3 quality control measures 4/00,2 6/96,3 Quinlan, Karen Ann 5/05,1 quality data and prosecutors 9/06,3 quarantine 1/02,1 quotas, Canada 8/91,2 quality data inaccurate 9/04,2 Quasarano, AAG 9/97,3 quotas for sanctions 11/90,2 quality, definition of 3/06,4 Quasarano, Thomas 10/97,3 quotas on doctors in training 3/00,1 quality, definition of 11/06,1 Quattrone, Frank 12/03,3 racial discrimination and peer review 11/02,3 quality, defintion of 10/04,4 Quebec, ban on private insurance 7/05,3 racial discrimination 9/02,3 quality, equally bad 5/06,2 Quebec, denial of care 4/95,2 racial profiling, in KidCare 12/00,4 quality failure & fraud 3/99,2 Quebec, involuntary servitude in 11/02,2 racism 1/99,4 quality measures 5/01,4 Queen, David 6/98,2 racism 7/01,1 quality measures 8/05,2 Queen, David 7/99,4 racketeering 6/93,2 quality measures 10/00,4 Queen of Hearts 8/00,1 racketeering laws & doctors 9/02,3 quality of care in Canada 10/98,2 Question 5, MA 12/00,2 radiation treatment in Canada 7/99,3 quality of life and euthanasia 8/05,2 questionable health care practices 6/97,3 Radiation therapy, Canada 3/90,2 quality of life 7/05,1 queue jumping 4/99,2 radio frequency detector 7/04,1 quality, payment for 3/04,4 queues 3/00,1 radio triage 7/93,3 Quality Care Alert on beta blockers 2/99,2 qui tam relators 2/99,3 radio-frequency detectors 10/04,3 Quality Chasm and IT 9/05,2 qui tam suits 12/94,2 radiologist, shortage of in Canada 3/00,1 Quality Improvement Organizations scrutinized qui tam actions by Inquisition 4/02,1 Rakatansky, Herbert 2/01,3 3/06,3 qui tam relators 6/99,3 Ramapo College 12/96,1 Quality of Life 11/98,1 qui tam relator 11/96,1 Ramirez v. Butte Silver Bow Cty 7/02,3 Quality or Death 11/06,1 qui tam actions 7/98,3 Ramsay, Allan 5/91,3 Quality Resource Management 11/98,1 qui tam lawsuits 6/95,3 Ramsell, James 10/99,2 Quam, Lois 1/95,2 qui tam actions 3/03,1 Ramsey, Hugh 8/89,2 Quam, Lois 7/03,S2 Quill, Timothy 5/05,1,2 Ramsey, Paul 9/01,3 Quam, Lois 4/04,1 Quinlan, Donald 7/95,1 Quamme v. Lancaster-Fairfield Community Hosp Quinlan, Donald 6/96,4 Rand, Ayn 9/00,1,2 RBRVS 11/95,S2 Regence Blue Shield 10/99,1 Rand, Ayn 2/95,4 RBRVS 4/97,4 Regence Blue Shield 11/98,2 Rand Corporation 1/95,2 RBRVS 8/04,1 Regional Alliances 9/01,S1 RAND 2/90,1 RBRVS 8/04,1 Regions Hospital v. Shalala 4/98,3; 5/98,S2; 6/98,3 RAND Corporation 10/01,1 RBRVS and Labor Theory of Value 8/02,4 regulation and MSAs 2/97,S2 RAND study 9/04,1 RBRVS, lack of trials 6/94,S1 regulation by indictment 6/93,2 Randa, Judge 12/00,1 RBRVS, resolution opposint 12/95,2 regulation, effect on regulated industry 11/97,S2 Randecker, Harv 9/96,4 RCI Corporation 7/95,S1 regulation, effects of 1/97,S1 Randecker, Harvey 11/95,1 re-pricing 3/06,1 regulation, effects of 1/90,3 randomized controlled trials, pitfalls of 1/06,2 reactionary policy 4/00,4, S1 regulation, Medicare laboratory 6/98,4 randomized controlled trials 12/05,1 Reagan, Michael 5/96,3 Regulation, 1946 revolt 5/91,3 Rangel, Charles 6/98,3 Reagan, Ron Jr on stem cells 10/04,S1 Regulation, cost of 10/90,1; 5/91,2 Rangel, Charles 12/03,S2 Reagan, Ronald 8/04,S1 regulations, ambulatory surgery 7/92,4 Rangel, Charles 6/03,S1 REAL ID 5/05,S1 regulations, differential effects of 7/98,S1 Rangel, Charles 8/03,S1 Reardon, AMA Pres. 9/98,3 regulations, effect on practice 5/00,4 Ranken v. Independent School 11/90,3 Reardon, Thomas 6/00,3 regulations, federal 11/94,S2 Rapoport, Frank 11/97,3 Reardon, Thomas 8/00,4 regulations, lab 5/90,2,3; 11/90,3; 2/92,3 RAPs, 6/87,4 Reardon, Thomas 6/99,1 regulations, Medicare 5/98,S2 Rasco, Carol 5/97,2 Reardon, Thomas 6/98,1 regulations, moratorium 5/92,1 Rasmussen, Douglas 5/89,1 reasonable, definition of 3/03,2 regulations, number of 2/95,2 Rasmussen, Jan 6/98,2 reasonableness, definition of 11/02,3 regulations, pages of HCFA 2/01,1 Rasmussen v. Fleming 5/05,3 recertification 1/06,3 regulations, volume of 8/96,S2 Raspberry, William 4/92,S2 recertification 11/00,1 regulations, war on 2/95,S2 RAT-STATS 9/00,1 Recording Industry Association of America 10/00,3 Regulations, waste 5/90,3 rational basis for tax 4/92,1 records, medical 6/90,2 regulatory burden 7/00,S2 rational ignorance 5/01,4 recoup0ment 4/91,1 regulatory burden 3/98,3 rationing 3/06,1 Recoupment, Medicare 4/90,3; 10/92,1 regulatory burden 3/04,2 rationing 4/87,2; 6/88,3; 1/90,1,4; 2/92,1 Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) 9/05,3 regulatory burden 6/92,2 rationing and EBM 8/06,2 Recovery Audit Initiative 6/05,3 regulatory cost of employment 2/93,3 rationing and private contracting 4/98,S3 Rector, Robert 10/92,2 regulatory costs 7/04,S1 rationing and EBM 8/05,1 Red River Woman's Clinic 2/02,3 regulatory excess 6/95,2 rationing as moral imperative 3/02,1 red-lining, malpractice 3/04,3 regulatory permission 12/02,2 rationing by ability to pay 3/01,4 Redlener, Irwin 6/00,1,2; 8/00,3 regulatory reform hearings 7/02,4 rationing, Canada 7/93,2 Redlich, Marion 8/98,4 regulatory takings 10/00,1 rationing, England 8/05,1 Redlich, Marion 2/99,4 Regulatory Burden on Providers, Task Force on rationing, Medicare, invisible 10/92,3 Redneck Heroin 9/02,3 9/00,1 rationing, Oregon 1/90,4; 6/90,3; 7/91,1; 8/91,2 Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition 8/02,3 Regulatory Flexibility Act 10/01,3 rationing, supply-side 12/01,2 Reece, Richard 8/06,1 Regulatory Flexibility Act 1/03,3 rationing, WHO on 8/00,1 Reece, Richard 5/89,1 Regulatory Flexibility Act 7/98,3 rationing WSMA 9/91,1 Reed, Lawrence 9/02,2 Regulatory Flexibility Act 1/02,3 Rationing by inconvenience 4/90,3 Reeder, Steven 1/94,4 Regulatory Reform, Advisory Committee on 3/02,2 rattlesnake handling 4/02,5 Rees, James Rawlings 12/00,3 Regulatory Reform, Advisory Committee on 7/02,2 Rawson, Ian 3/96,2 referral to physician-owned facilities 2/92,S2 Regulatory Reform, Advisory Committee on 1/03,2 Ray, Dixy Lee 6/91,4 refractive surgery 8/97,3 Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 8/95,S2 RB-RVS 1/01,S2; 2/01,2 refunds, Medicare 5/92,3 Regulatory Reform, Advisory Committee on 5/02,S2 RB-RVS 9/00,2 Regence 12/00,3 Rehnquist, Janet 3/03,3 Rehnquist, Justice 3/98,4 Reinertsen, James 3/99,2 Reischauer, Robert 6/99,S2 Rehnquist, William on Cruzan 5/05,3 Reinhardt, Carl 8/98,2 Reischauer, Robert 5/99,3 Reich, Robert 10/01,S2 Reinhardt, Uwe 2/99,1 Reischauer, Robert 7/97,S2 Reich, Robert on Medicare drug benefit 1/06,S1 Reinhardt, Uwe on EBM 2/05,2 Reischauer, Robert 11/94,S1 Reich's Work Committees 12/97,4 Reinhardt, Uwe 10/01,1 Reischauer, Robert 4/93,S2 Reichenbach, Mike 2/04,3 Reinhardt, Uwe 6/04,S1 Reischauer, Robert 3/95,S2 Reichert, Cheryl 2/04,2 Reinhardt, Uwe 10/88,1; 6/90,1; 5/91,4; 7/91,2; Reisman, George 1/98,1 Reichhardt, Tony 7/05,2 6/93,1; 11/93,3; 3/94,3 relative, Medicare billing for 4/91,2 Reid, Angus 10/98,2 Reinhardt, Uwe 1/03,2 relative value scale, enacted 1/90,2 Relative Value Reid, Robert 5/01,2 Reinhardt, Uwe 10/97,S2 Scale, final rule 2/92,S1 Reid, Robert 4/01,4 Reinhardt, Uwe 6/99,1 relative value scale, basis for 4/88,1 Reider, Alan 7/93,2 Reinhardt, Uwe 6/97,2 relative value scale 4/87,1; 10/87,4; 10/88,2; 1/89,2; reimbursement, meaning of 9/05,1 reinsurers, defection of 2/02,1 2/89,4; 4/89,4; 6/89,2; 2/90,2; 3/90,4; 8/90,2; 9/90,2; reimportation, drug 11/00,2 Reischauer, Robert 10/94,S1 1/91,4 reimportation, medical devices 5/96,2 Reischauer, Robert 1/95,S1 relative value scale, action proposals 1/89,1 Reinecke, Robert D 4/88,1 Reischauer, Robert 4/04,1 relative value scale, Moorhead 11/87,2 relative value scale, comments on 10/91,2 responsibility, social 1/90,1 Ripeness 9/90,3 relative value scale 2/91,13/91,2; 6/91,4; 8/91,1,4; Responsible Legislator's Declaration 6/94,2 risk adjustment mechanism 8/00,S2 9/91,2; 11/91,2; 12/91,2; 4/92,1; 6/92,S1 retainers 9/94,3 risk pools 11/02,S2 Relative Dog Value Scale 11/02,4 retirement, early, reasons 5/88,2 risk, pricing of 5/92,2 Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) 6/97,3 retirement, early 3/98,4 risk shifting 1/05,1 Relative Value Scale 12/98,1 retirement time bomb 3/06,1 Ritalin 1/01,1,3; 2/01,4 Relative Value Scale 6/97,3 Retirement, early 5/90,1; 10/92,3 Ritalin 1/97,1 Relative Value Scale, internist fees 4/92,4 retroactive recoupment 12/91,S3 Rittenhouse, EA 9/92,4 Relative Value Scale 12/06,1 retroactive rule 4/98,3 Rivera, Dennis 2/97,S1 religious exemptions from vaccines 1/02,3 Rettig, Paul 1/91,2 Rivlin, Alice 12/94,S1 religious exemptions to vaccines 5/01,3 reverse bundling 2/06,4 Rivlin, Alice 12/93,S1 Religious Freedom Restoration Act 6/04,3 Reynolds, Alan 10/92,S1 Rizz, Cristina 4/96,2 Relman, Arnold 12/98,1 Reynolds, Christopher J. 8/97,4 Roach Motel drug plan 12/00,2 Relman, Arnold 3/00,1 Reynolds, Justice 5/94,3 Robbins, Aldona 7/90,1; 12/91,1 Relph, Richard 5/02,4 Reynolds, Siobhan 11/04,2 Robbins, Gary 7/90,1 Relph, Richard 8/01,4 Reynolds, Siobhan 3/04,3 Robbins, Peter 10/92,1 Relph, Richard 12/02,4 Reynolds, William A 4/98,S4 Roberge 8/94,2 Relph, Richard 6/02,1 Reznicek, Stephen 3/00,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 6/02,4 Remakus, Bernard L 10/91,1 Reznicek, Stephen 7/01,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Colorado Rendell, Gov. 2/03,1 RFID microchips 5/05,S1 Medicaid 9/02,2 Renfro Hosiery Mills Co V. National Cash Register Rhoades, Michael and Theresa 11/05,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Turning Point 7/98,3 Rhoades v. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp Project 3/99,1 Rennels, Peggy 3/00,3 11/05,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 5/98,1 Reno, Janet 10/97,1 Richardson, Bill 9/88,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 5/96,3 Reno, Janet 10/95,1 Richardson, Dawn 10/01,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 11/02,2 Reno, Janet 4/95,3 Richardson, Dawn 2/02,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, grants to AMA Reno, Janet 2/98,1 Richardson, Sally 4/93,3 4/03,4 Reno, Janet 6/00,1 Richardson, William 9/04,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 5/97,2 rent control 3/04,2 Richardson, William C 1/00,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 12/96,2 rent seeking 7/06,1 Ricketts, Richard 3/00,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and mental report cards 2/95,2 RICO 1/92,2; 1/94,2,3 health screening 10/04,2 report cards 6/01,3 RICO 2/96,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and school data repricing 9/05,1 RICO 7/04,3 8/99,3,4 reprieve 4/01,1 RICO case against HMOs 12/99,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, state influence Republican Study Committee 6/93,2 RICO claim against Humana 4/99,3 1/98,2 Request/Consent form for Medicare-eligible private Riegle, Don 7/92, S2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and EMR 12/04,4 patients 12/97,2 Rienstra, Douwe 12/98,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 9/94,1 research and development, in pharmaceutical Rienstra, Douwe 5/98,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 10/99,1 industry 1/00,S1 Riesenberg, Don 1/90,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on medical research and development, pharmaceutical industry Rigberg, Herb 5/97,2 bankruptcy 3/05,1 4/00,S2 right to sue 2/03,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 5/93,3; 8/93,S1; research funding 2/88,2 right to medical care 12/01,2 4/94,1; 5/94,2,3; 6/94,1,3,S2; 8/94,2 research, systems approach 9/04,2 right to medical care 1/98,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1/96,1 research without consent 11/97,2 right to medical care 5/88,4; 3/90,1; 4/90,1; 10/90,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 7/98,1,4 resolution, 1994 12/94,2 right to health care 4/96,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 12/97,4 resolution, sample on privacy 6/01,2 right vs. entitlement 2/00,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 3/04,1 Resolution, AAPS 1999 12/99,2 Right to health care 10/90,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1/97,S1 resolutions 11/86,1 rights, natural 11/00,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 8/95,4 resolutions 11/06,2 rights, outsourcing of 12/05,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2/95,1 resolutions, AAPS 2004 12/04,2 Riley, Karen 8/93,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 4/97,2 resolutions, AAPS 2000 12/00,2 Rimland, Bernard 1/01,1 Robert Wood Johnson Found. 1/95,1,2 Resolutions, AAPS 12/01,2 Rinaldi, Sergei 4/02,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 3/96,2 Resource-Based Relative Value Scale 5/00,1 Rinaldi, Sergius 1/02,LS Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 11/94,S2 Resource-Based Relative Value Scale 10/97,S1 Rinaldi, Sergius 7/04,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 12/03,1; 5/04,1; Resource-Based Relative Value Scale 4/98,S1; 5/98,S2 Rinaldo, Matthew 6/92,S2 9/04,1 Resource-Based Relative Value Scale 5/99,1 Ring, Wallace 8/01,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 8/00,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Connecting for 5/99,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 6/01,3 Health 12/04,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 11/00,1; 2/01,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 5/01,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2/96,2,4 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 9/99,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 8/98,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 10/95,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and uninsured Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 10/02,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 5/00,2 4/03,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2/99,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 9/96,S1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 11/95,3 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Last Acts 1/99,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and OASIS Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1/04,2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 4/98,2; 5/98,4; Roper, William on Canada 6/89,4 Rush, Benjamin 1/06,2 6/98,1 Roper, William 6/88,1; 1/90,1; 3/90,4; 7/91,2; 2/93,1 Russo bill HR 1300 12/91,1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 6/00,3 Roper's Public Pulse 11/98,S1 Russo, Marty 3/92,S1; 10/92,S1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 10/06,1 Rosendahl, R Anders on insurance 2/06,2 Rutgard, Jeffrey 7/98,3 Roberts, John W 1/01,2 Rosenwasser, Tamzin A 9/98,4 Rutgard, Jeffrey 11/96,1 Roberts, John 10/05,S1 Rossen, Stanley 10/92,4 Rutgard, Jeffrey, amicus brief 12/96,3 Roberts, Pat 7/01,3 Rossi, Gene 9/02,3 Rutgard, Jeffrey 3/01,3 Roberts, Paul Craig 4/02,3 Rostenkowski, Dan 6/88,4; 11/91,2; 6/92,S1; 2/94,S1 Rutgard, Jeffrey 10/97,1 Roberts, Paul Craig 7/01,1 Rostenkowski, Dan, Star Wars 6/93,S2 Rutgard, Jeffrey 1/97,3 Roberts, Paul Craig 7/04,2 rostering of physicians 7/00,2 Rutgard, Jeffrey 4/97,2 Roberts, Paul Craig 11/91,2; 12/93,3 rotavirus vaccine 3/00,3 Rutgard, Jeffrey Jay 10/96,1 Roberts, Paul Craig 3/01,3 rotavirus vaccine 10/00,2 Rutgard, Jeffrey 9/97,3 Roberts, Paul Craig 2/02,1 rotavirus vaccine 10/99,3 Rutgard, Jeffrey, civil suit against 7/97,3 Roberts, Paul Craig 6/03,4 Rotella, Joseph and Heyde 1/02,3 Rutgard, Jeffrey 3/97,3 Robertson, Carol Sims 6/96,2 Roth, Cecil 4/02,1 Rutgard, Linda 4/01,4 Robespierre 10/01,1 Roth, William 1/98,S1 Rutgard, Lorraine 12/96,4 Robin Hood in reverse 8/00,2 Roth, William 7/97,S2 Rutherford Institute 11/05,3 Robinson, AB 5/02,3 Roth, William 3/98,S1;4/98,S2 Ruwart, Mary 4/05,1 Robinson, Jody 5/98,S2 Rothbard, Murray 3/00,4 RVS, challenge to 5/92,3 Robinson, Steve 6/93,2 Rother, John 5/95,S2 RVS, comments due 4/91,4 Robinson-Pateman Act 1/97,3 Rothman, Michael 6/02,4 RVS, constitutional issue 12/92,3 Robles decision 10/98,3 Rothstein, Barbara 12/00,3 RVS, extension to private 7/92,S2 Robots 3/90,2 Rottschaefer, Bernard 10/06,3; 11/06,3 RVS, fees for lithotripsy 10/92,3 Roche, George 4/87,4; 8/91,3; 12/91,S3 rounding off 7/90,3 RVS, review denied 10/92,1 Rock, Allan 3/00,1 Routine Care Accounts 2/03,S2 RWJF 3/06,1 Rock, Allan 3/02,4 Routzahn, Allan 11/93,3 Ryan, Paul 12/03,S1 Rock, Allan 6/00,2; 7/00,2 Rowe, Henry 9/91,2 Ryskamp, Judge Kenneth 8/04,3 Rock, Michael V 12/98,4 Rowland, John 6/94,S1 S.E.P.P. 1/95,2 Rockefeller Foundation 12/03,2 Rowland, Roy 7/90,4; 9/90,2; 11/90,4; 1/91,2 S.E.P.P. 3/94,2 Rockefeller Foundation 10/99,2 Royal Geropsychiatric Services 10/97,3 S1 Rockefeller, Jay 3/92,S2; 12/93,2; 8/94,S2 Roybal, Edward 6/92,S2 Sabloff, Anne 8/94,2 Rockefeller, Jay 1/98,S1 RU 486 1/06,3 Sabrin, Murray 9/99,2 Rockefeller, Jay 5/98,S1 Rubin, Herb on EMR 12/04,4 Sabrin, Murray 3/00,2 Rocker, Angel 6/99,2 Rubin, Herb 12/05,2 Sachs, Judge Howarrd 10/02,3 Rockett, Barbara 5/99,3 Rubin, Herb on price controls 5/04,4 sacrifice, shared 12/94,2 Rockwell, Llewellyn 8/93,2 Rubin, Herbert on quitting Medicare 2/04,4 Saddam Hussein 7/04,3 Rodham, Hillary on children 1/97,1 Rubin, Herbert on HSAs 8/05,4 Sade, Robert 5/88,4; 5/89,1; 8/90,1 Rodino, Peter 8/90,3 Rubin, Herbert on opt out 6/05,4 safe harbor 3/91,2; 10/91,3 Rodriguez v. Belshe 1/96,2 Rubin, Herbert on dependency 6/05,2 safe harbor regulations 3/93,3 Roe v. Wade 3/90,1 Rubin, Herbert on CPT 9/04,4 Safe Medical Devices Act 2/91,2 Roe v. Wade 3/96,1 Rubin, Herbert 8/04,4 safety, in government hospitals 7/00,1 Roe v. Privacy 3/06,3 Rubin, Herbert 3/04,2 Sage, W 11/99,1 Roehrig, C Burns 4/92,4 Rubin, Herbert 7/04,4 Sager, Alan 5/06,1 rofecoxib 4/05,1 Rubin, Mark 9/90,2 Sakharov, Andrei 11/01,3 Rogan, Jim 3/00,2 Rubin, Robert 10/86,2 Salmon, Donald 11/04,4 Rogan, Jim 6/99,S1 Rubin, Robert 5/96,S2 Salmon, Donald R. 5/03,4 Rogers Commission 7/04,2 Rubin v. Weissman 4/96,3 Salmon, Matt 4/98,S2 Rogers, Frank 2/97,4 Ruby Ridge 7/02,3 Salmon, Matt 4/99,S1 Rogers, Frank 5/89,1; 10/91,4 Ruby Ridge 12/97,2 Salmon, Matt 6/95,S1 Rogers, Frank 9/96,2 Rudman, Warren 5/95,S1 Salton, Russ 9/94,3 Rohrer, Sam 1/98,2 Rudman, Warren 3/99,3 Salwen, Jay 2/98,2 Rohrer, Sam 1/96,1,3 Rudolph, Barbara 1/97,2 Samaritan, Good 2/92,1 Rohweder, Ralph 10/96,4 Rudolph, Councill 8/01,3 Sammons, James 12/97,S2 Rohweder, Ralph 8/02,4 Ruff, Charles 2/98,1 Samson, Ian 5/00,4 Romano, David 8/06,3 Ruff, Charles 4/95,3 Samson, Ian 11/91,2 Rome, engineers in 1/02,4 Ruff, Charles 3/95,1 Samson, Pat 9/99,3 Rommell 5/98,3 rule of law 3/01,3 Samuelson, Robert J. 4/95,S1 Romney, Mitt 5/06,1 Rule of Rescue 7/91,1 Samuelson, Robert 4/05,S2 Romney, Mitt 1/06,S2 rules of evidence 4/02,1 Samuelson, Robert 12/99,S2 Romoff, Jeffrey 3/05,2 Rummell, Nicholas 11/04,3 Samuelson, Robert 11/94,S1 Ronald Zipper, D.O., vs Health Midwest 10/98,3 Rump Group 8/94,S1 Samuelson, Robert 2/96,S2 Rooney, J Patrick 10/91,1,2; 12/91,S4; 4/92,S2; 7/93,3; Rump Group 7/03,S1 Samuelson, Robert 5/01,2 4/94,3 Rumph, Mal 4/87,3 San Francisco earthquake 11/05,2 Rooney, J. Patrick 8/95,S2 Runyon, Michael 5/00,3 Sanchez, Gonzalo 6/94,4 Sanctions, drs threatened 5/90,1 Sandberg, Karl 5/90,3 Sanders, Barkev 9/02,1 Sandlin, Max 3/02,4 Scandlen, Greg on medical tax break 11/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew 12/02,3 Sandquist, Michael 2/97,4 Scandlen, Greg on mandated benefits 9/05,4 Schlafly, Andrew 7/96,2 Santeria 6/00,2 Scandlen, Greg 10/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew 8/03,3 Santorum, Rick 11/96,S2 Scandlen, Greg on insurance 2/04,2 Schlafly, Andrew 10/02,3 Santorum, Rick 9/01,S2 Scandlen, Greg on quality 9/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew 3/02,3 Santorum, Rick 2/02,S1 Scandlen, Greg 11/04,1 Schlafly, Andrew 9/98,3 Sapega, Alexander 9/99,4 Scandlen, Greg on uninsurance 5/04,2 Schlafly, Andrew, on extrapolation 7/98,3 Sarlo, Christopher 10/92,2 Scandlen, Greg on risk pools 2/04,1 Schlafly, Andrew 6/03,3 SARS 7/03,2 Scandlen, Greg 4/03,4 Schlafly, Andrew, on OPMC reform 4/04,3 SARS 8/03,2 Scandlen, Greg 8/01,4 Schlafly, Andrew 12/98,3 Satcher, David 10/99,3 Scandlen, Greg 2/03,2 Schlafly, Andrew on living will 5/05,3 satisfaction surveys 4/01,4 Scandlen, Greg Medicare reform 3/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew 1/05,3 Saturday Morning Working Group 2/95,1 Scandlen, Greg, govt-caused shortages 1/03,4 Schlafly, Andrew on HITS 9/05,3 Sauckel, Fritz 11/00,1 Scandlen, Greg on prepayment 6/05,4 Schlafly, Andrew on Becker 7/05,3 Sauerbrey, Ellen 2/99,S1 Scandlen, Greg on "reimbursement" 9/05,1 Schlafly, Andrew 12/96,3 Saunders, Debra 3/03,1 Scandlen, Greg 12/01,2 Schlafly, Andrew on legal immunity 4/99,4 Saunders, Laura 10/97,2 Scandlen, Greg on rights 2/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew on Mitrione 3/05,3 Save Our Wetlands 11/05,1 Scandlen, Greg 8/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew on McCammon 6/04,1,3 saving medicine 10/00,1 Scandlen, Greg 12/03,4 Schlafly, Andrew 6/96,3 Saving, Thomas 3/99,S2 Scandlen, Greg on ICD-10 6/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew on perjury 7/04,1 Saving, Tom 8/03,S1 Scandlen, Greg on EBM, best practices 5/04,4 Schlafly, Andrew on Limbaugh 11/04,3 Saving, Tom 5/03,S1 Scandlen, Greg on 1965 3/05,4 Schlafly, Andrew 7/03,3 Savings, Tom 4/03,S2 Scandlen, Greg, competition 10/06,4 Schlafly, Andrew 4/02,3 Sawyer, John B 9/95,4 Scandlen, Greg, value of insurance 12/06,4 Schlafly, Andrew 8/95,3 Sayen, David 1/94,3 Scandlen, Greg, prices 11/06,4 Schlafly, Andrew 3/95,3 SBCCI v. Veeck 1/03,3 Scanlon, William 7/00,S1 Schlafly, Andrew 1/97,3 Scaevola 2/00,4 Scanlon, William 5/00,S1 Schlafly, Andrew 10/98,1 Scalettar, Raymond 11/98,3 Scarborough, Rick 5/05,3 Schlafly, Andrew 2/03,4 Scalia, Antonin 5/01,3 Scarbrough, Ed 8/05,S1 Schlafly, Andrew 2/03,3 Scalia, Antonin 4/98,3 Scarlet Pimpernel, the 10/01,1 Schlafly, Andrew 3/03,3 Scalia, Antonin on PAS 5/03,3 Schaler, Jeffrey 1/01,3 Schlafly, Andrew 7/95,3 Scandlen, Greg 4/06,4 Schechter Poultry Corp 2/90,3 Schlafly, Andrew 3/97,3 Scandlen, Greg 9/01,2 Schedule C, 1040, no requirement to submit 3/98,3 Schlafly, Andrew 8/00,4 Scandlen, Greg 4/01,4 scheduled drugs, 6/93,LS Schlafly, Andrew 10/05,3 Scandlen, Greg on community rating 7/06,4 Schellberg, Timothy 7/95,3 Schlafly, Andrew 4/98,2,3 Scandlen, Greg 1/06,4 Schellberg, Timothy 6/95,3 Schlafly, Andrew 10/96,3 Scandlen, Greg on market distortions 7/06,1 Schellberg, Timothy 3/95,3 Schlafly, Andrew 5/03,3 Scandlen, Greg 11/05,4 Scherzer, Joe 6/95,2 Schlafly, Andrew 7/96,3 Scandlen, Greg 1/00,4 Scherzer, Joseph 6/97,4 Schlafly, Andrew 9/95,2 Scandlen, Greg 1/04,1 Scherzer, Joseph F. 10/88,4; 9/89,4; 6/90,1; 9/91,2; Schlafly, Andrew 4/00,3 Scandlen, Greg, on liberal view 7/05,4 7/93,1; 4/94,3 Schlafly, Andrew 4/96,3 Scandlen, Greg 4/03,2 Scherzer, Joseph 9/95,4 Schlafly, Andrew 8/02,2 Scandlen, Greg 1/02,4 Scherzer, Joseph 12/92,3 Schlafly, Bruce 8/95,4 Scandlen, Greg 12/96,2 Scherzer, Joseph 4/99,4 Schlafly, Bruce 12/92,2; 3/93,1; 7/93,3 Scandlen, Greg 6/02,4 Scherzer, Joseph on HMO quality 12/97,4 Schlafly, Bruce 9/95,3 Scandlen, Greg 8/00,1 Scherzer, Joseph 3/99,4 Schlafly, Bruce 12/06,2 Scandlen, Greg 5/02,4 Scherzer, Joseph 5/98,4 Schlitt, Michael 7/92,2; 3/93,1; 6/93,2; 7/93,1; 8/93,2 Scandlen, Greg 11/01,2 Scherzer, Joseph 4/95,1 Schlitt, Michael 9/95,1 Scandlen, Greg, on Medicaid 2/00,4 Schiavo, Terri 5/05,1,2,3,4; 7/05,1,2 Schlitt, Michael 11/94,3 Scandlen, Greg, error in DC 8/06,4 Schiavo, Terri, autopsy 5/05,2 Schlitt, Michael 10/98,3 Scandlen, Greg 8/99,2 Schiavo, Terri 12/04,3 Schlitt, Michael 6/95,2 Scandlen, Greg 3/01,4 Schiavo, Terri 12/03,1,3 Schmidt, Chester 12/00,1 Scandlen, Greg 10/99,4 Schiff, Gordon 7/00,1 Schmidt, Thomas 5/01,2 Scandlen, Greg 8/01,1 Schiff, Steve 7/96,S1 Schmidt, Thomas 8/01,1 Scandlen, Greg 2/01,4 Schiff, Steve 1/97,S1 Schoen, Cathy 10/98,S2 Scandlen, Greg 11/99,4 Schiffbauer, William 6/02,S2 Schoenbrod, David 11/05,1 Scandlen, Greg 11/99,2 Schiller, Mark 1/04,1 Schonberger, Larry 3/00,3 Scandlen, Greg 2/02,1 SCHIP 1/02,S1 school boards, IWG on 1/96,3 Scandlen, Greg on EBM 12/04,4 SCHIP 10/00,1 school, child abuse by 11/99,3 Scandlen, Greg 7/02,4 SCHIP 4/02,S1 school data 8/99,3 Scandlen, Greg 5/01,2 SCHIP 7/01,S2 school-based clinics 1/96,1 Scandlen, Greg 10/02,4 schizophrenia, sluggish 11/01,3 school-based clinics, consent 3/96,3 Scandlen, Greg on government monopoly 3/00,4 Schlafly, Andrew 3/98,1 school-based clinics 5/97,1 school-based clinics, RWJF 6/94,S2 Schramm, Carl 8/91,2 Schundler, Bret 8/01,2 school-based clinics 1/01,1 Schroeder, Pat 10/95,S2 Schundler, Bret 8/95,2 school-based clinics 10/00,2 Schroeder, Steve 5/99,2 Schwartz, Carol 9/00,S2 school-based health programs, fraud in 8/98,2 Schroeder, Steven 7/01,S2 Schwartz, George 10/94,3 school-to-work legislation 8/98,3 Schroeder, Steven 5/94,2 Schwartz, Harry 11/89,3 Schoppman, Michael 4/04,3 Schuler, Gregory 12/06,3 Schwartz, Leroy 5/95,S1 Schoppmann, Michael 1/01,3 Schultz, H 9/90,1; 12/90,1 Schwartz, Robert G 9/98,4 Schorr, Ian 2/03,4 Schumer, Charles, 3/94,2 Schwartz, William 3/06,1 Schorr, Ian 8/00,4 Schumer, Chuck 6/04,3 Schwing, RC 4/02,1 scientia est potentia 1/03,1 Sell, Charles Thomas 11/02,3 Seward, P. John 6/92,S1 scientific data and FOIA 5/99,2 Sell, Charles Thomas 1/05,3 Seward, P. John 4/00,3 scientific integrity, ArMA resolution 7/04,2 Sell, Charles Thomas 8/03,3 sex change operations, and NHS 4/00,S2 Scientology, Church of 10/00,3 Semmelweis Society 11/90,2; 2/91,3; 10/92,2 sex education 7/97,2 scope of practice 2/99,1 Semptner, Theresa 11/00,2 sexual harassment 7/01,1 Scott, Hugh 3/00,1 Senate budget rules 9/02,S2 Sexual Sterilization Act (Canadian) 10/99,2 Scott, James C 4/01,2 Senate Budget Rules 10/02,S1 Seymour, Whitney North 3/96,3 Scott, Judge Jeanne 10/02,3 Senate Republican Study Committee 6/02,1 Shadegg, John 6/04,1 Scott, Judge Jeanne 12/02,3 Senior Choice 10/01,4 Shadegg, John 10/04,1 Scott, Otto 3/97,2 Senior Citizens Health Care Freedom to Contract Shadegg, John 4/99,S1 Scott, Otto 2/00,2 Act 11/95,3 Shadegg, John 9/05,S1 Scott, Otto 11/94,2 Senior Citizens Freedom Day 2/95,2 Shadegg, John 8/03,S1 Scottsdale Memorial Hospital 11/95,1 Senior Citizens Freedom to Contract Act 8/97,S1 Shadegg, John 3/01,S2 Scovner, Robert 9/99,4 Senior Medicare Patrol 8/03,3 Shadegg, John 10/99,S1 Screening, required 3/90,4 Sennholz, Hans 8/93,4 Shadegg, John 6/06,S1 Scruggs, Dick 1/01,3 Sense of the Senate on private contracting 5/98,S1 Shadegg, Rep. John 8/02,4 Scully, Hugh 10/00,2 sentences 11/04,2 Shadegg-Coburn Bill 11/99,2 Scully, Thomas 7/01,S2 sentences, mandatory minimum 3/03,3 Shaftan, Rick 1/02,3 Scully, Tom, M.D., Tucson 6/04,1 sentencing guidelines 3/05,3 Shah, Bhanukumar 3/04,3 Scully, Tom 8/03,S2 sentencing guidelines 7/04,1 Shah v. Deaconness Hospital 3/04,3 Scully, Tom 2/04,S1; 3/04,1; 5/04,S1 sentencing guidelines 2/04,3 shaken baby syndrome 5/05,4 Scurr, Martin 5/89,1 Sentencing guidelines 1/97,3 shaken baby syndrome 7/04,1 search warrant, requirements for validity 7/02,3 Sentencing Guidelines 2/97,3 Shakespeare, William 6/96,3 search warrants 11/04,3 sentinel crows 5/01,4 Shalala, Donna 5/99,2 search warrants 3/00,3 Sentinel Medical Rev.5/91,1 Shalala, Donna 2/93,S1; 3/93,S2; 6/93,2 search warrants 2/95,3 separation of powers 12/90,1,3; 5/93,3; 6/93,3; 7/93,S1 Shalala, Donna, medical devices 7/95,3 searches and seizures, administrative 5/02,2 SEPP 6/05,2 Shalala, Donna 9/99,2 searches, warrantless 12/05,3 September 11, 2001 1/02,1 Shalala, Donna 12/94,1 seat belt law 10/01,2 September 11, 2001 1/02,LS Shalala, Donna 10/98,2 SEC 2/93,2 Sergent, John S 7/99,3 Shalala, Donna 1/98,S2 Second Amendment Foundation 11/05,1 Serkes, Kathryn 6/00,3 Shalala, Donna, privacy rules 12/99,1 Section 125 accounts 8/98,S2 Serkes, Kathryn 4/95 Shalala, Donna 6/99,1 Section 125 accounts 10/99,S2 Serkes, Kathryn 5/99,3 Shalala, Donna, letter on private contracts 12/97,3 Section 4507 12/98,S2 Serkes, Kathryn 10/00,3 Shalala, Donna on Medicare prognosis 6/98,2 security standards, HIPAA 5/03,1 Serkes, Kathryn 6/01,2 Shalala, Donna, on vaccines 9/00,2 Security and Freedom through Encryption Act Serkes, Kathryn 9/06,1 Shalala, Donna, privacy recommendations 11/97,2 11/97,2 Serkes, Kathryn 2/96,1 Shalala, Donna on cost of Clinton Plan 12/93,S1 sedation, terminal 6/05,1 Serkes, Kathryn 4/00,1 Shalala, Donna 5/95,1 Seeger, Randall 5/06,3 Serkes, Kathryn 3/03,3 Shalala v. Guernsey Memorial Hospital 5/95,3 Segal, Mark 6/98,1 Serkes, Kathryn 11/01,2 sham patients 10/04,3 segregated dollars 7/00,4 Serkes, Kathryn 5/00,2 sham peer review resolution 12/04,2 Seidler, William Jr 10/90,2 Serkes, Kathryn 8/96,2 sham peer review 2/04,3; 9/04,3 Selby, Roy 6/87,3 Serkes, Kathryn 11/02,2 sham peer review 2/05,3 Seldin, Donald 6/06,1 Serkes, Kathryn 4/03,3 sham peer review 10/05,3 Selective Service 7/93,1 Serota, Scott 6/01,1 sham peer review 10/04,3 self criticism 2/99,3 Service Employees International Union 12/99,S2 Shames, Jay 1/95,2 self-employed, insurance deduction 12/98,S1 Service Employees International Union 3/01,S1 Shannon, James 10/96,3 self-referral ban 2/95,3 Service Employees International Union 5/98,S2 Shannon, Leslie 5/98,2 Sell, Charles Thomas 6/04,3; 7/04,1,3; 8/04,3 servitude, involuntary 4/92,1 Shannon, Robert 1/04,2 Sell, Charles Thomas 5/02,1 Sessions, Jeff 1/04,S1 Shanor, Paul 1/90,1 Sell, Charles Thomas 11/01,3 Sevilla, Charles 1/97,3 Sharav, Vera 1/04,3 Sell, Charles Thomas 12/02,3 Sevilla, Charles M. 10/96,1 shared ethics 10/99,2 Sell, Charles Thomas 4/02,3 Sevilla, Charles 3/97,3 sharing burdens 10/97,2 Shelby provision 7/99,2 Shriners' hospitals 8/91,2 sharks 3/88,1 Shelby provisions on research 12/99,4 sickness insurance, Germany, 1937 3/97,1 Shaughnessy, Chris 11/90,3 Shelby, Richard 1/95,S1 sickness tax 2/92,1 Shavano Institute 4/87,4 Shelby, Richard 6/93,S2 Sidack, Gregory 5/93,1,3 Shaw, George Bernard 1/06,1 Shelby, Richard 5/99,2 Siddiqi v. US 1/02,LS Shaw, George Bernard 2/91,2 Shelby, Senator 6/99,2 SIECUS 3/99,1 Shaw, George Bernard 11/06,1 Sheldon, Jonathan 5/99,4 Siegfried, George 5/00,4 Shaw, Justice 4/92,3 Shepherd, Stephen 12/00,3 sign-in sheets 6/01,4 Shaw, Sandra 5/00,3 Sherman Antitrust Act 12/05,4 Silberman, Judge 8/93,1 Shays, Christopher 1/97,S1 Sherman Antitrust Act 3/91,3; 7/91,3 Silberman, Laurence 6/93,3 Shays, Christopher 7/96,S1 Shessel, F 9/90,3 Silkwood v Kerr-McGee 1/92,2 Shea v. Eisenstein 5/97,3 Shinabery, Lawrence 12/90,4 Silver v. New York Stock Exchange 7/96,3 Shearer, Gail 3/97,1 Shining Scalpel Award 12/01,2 Silvergate, Harvey 7/04,3 Sheehan, Donal 3/92,2 Shining Scalpel Awards 1/05,2 Silverner, Joanne 8/98,S1 Sheehan, James 2/96,3 Shirk, W. Bruce 6/97,2 simian virus 40 12/99,4 Sheehan, Kathy 9/99,3 Shonnard, Neal 4/94,2 Simmel, E 10/06,4 Sheehan, Susan 1/92,2 Shore, Andrew 8/95,S2 Simon, Paul 8/96,S1 Sheeley, William 2/95,4 Shore, Karen 9/98,4 Simon, William 1/04,4 Sheingorn, Larry 9/02,4 show trials 3/05,3 Simons, Bernard J 7/00,4 SimpleCare 12/99,4 sluggish schizophrenia 11/01,3 Smith, G Keith 7/02,2 SimpleCare 3/04,4 Small Business Survival Committee 4/98,S2 Smith, G Keith 3/96,4 SimpleCare 5/01,2 small-group market 4/03,1 Smith, G. Keith 4/95,4 SimpleCare 8/99,2 smallpox 1/02,1 Smith, G. Keith 8/95,2 SimpleCare 9/01,4 smallpox 3/02,1 Smith, G. Keith 7/97,2 SimpleCare 9/98,2 smallpox vaccine 11/02,2 Smith, G. Keith 5/95,4 SimpleCare 9/99,2 smallpox vaccine 5/02,1 Smith, Joel 1/94,2 Simplicity Defined 9/01,1 Smart cards 4/90,2; 7/90,2 Smith, Keith 1/96,4 Simpson, Allen 8/95,S1 Smedinghoff, Gerald 12/99,4 Smith Kline Beecham 8/06,1 Simpson, O.J. 10/96,1 Smedinghoff, Gerald 7/00,4 Smith, Linda 8/96,2 Sinaiko, Robert 1/01,1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 5/03,4 Smith, Michael S 2/05,1 Sincere, Richard 4/00,3 Smedinghoff, Gerry 4/00,4 Smith, Michael S 1/03,2 Singapore 11/94,2 Smedinghoff, Gerry 11/99,3,4 Smith, N Bryan 3/03,4 Singapore, medical insurance in 11/95,2 Smedinghoff, Gerry 8/99,4 Smith, Nick 5/04,S1 Singer, Jeffrey 6/02,2 Smedinghoff, Gerry 6/01,4 Smith, Patricia 1/99,2 Singer, Jeffrey 1/94,2; 6/94,1 Smedinghoff, Gerry, on insurance mandates 3/00,4 Smith, Richard 10/99,2 Singer, Jeffrey, MinuteClinics 10/06,4 Smedinghoff, Gerry 7/04,4 Smith, Thayer 4/98,4 Singer, Judith 1/92,2 Smedinghoff, Gerry 9/00,4 Smith, Thayer 6/99,4 Singer, Peter 1/99,1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 12/01,4 Smith, Thayer 10/97,4 Singh v Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts Smedinghoff, Gerry 10/05,1 Smith, Thayer 9/99,4 10/02,3 Smedinghoff, Gerry 10/01,4 Smith, Theresa 6/96,1 single payer, state initiatives 11/02,1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 7/02,4 Smith, Ursula 8/99,3 single payer 6/04,S1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 10/01,2 Smith v. KY Revenue Cabinet 12/93,3 single payer and slavery 2/00,4 Smedinghoff, Gerry 8/02,4 Smith v. Kentucky Revenue Cabinet 1/95,1 single payer systems 3/00,1,2 Smedinghoff, Gerry 12/05,1 Smith, Wesley J 12/03,1 single payer 3/00,S1-2 Smedinghoff, Gerry 8/01,1 Smith, Wesley 5/05,1; 7/05,1 single payer, out-of-pocket spending 3/00,2 Smedinghoff, Gerry 4/01,4 Smith, Wesley J 10/02,2 single payer advocates 12/99,2 Smedinghoff, Gerry on regulation 8/05,4 Smith-Kline-Beecham 8/00,4 single-payer, a Brit's view 1/00,4 Smedinghoff, Gerry 2/00,3 Smoak, Randolph 2/99,2 single-payer, state initiatives 2/03,S1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 3/01,4 Smoak, Randolph 9/98,3 single-payer system 2/92,1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 9/04,4 Smoak, Randolph 4/98,2 Singleton S 9/01,3 Smedinghoff, Gerry 2/00,4 Smoak, Randolph 5/99,1 Siragusa, James 6/88,2; 12/88,1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 8/00,2 Sniderman, A James 7/96,4 Sirica, Robert 11/99,4 Smedinghoff, Gerry 1/02,4 sniper, D.C. 1/03,1 Sixth Amendment 7/04,3 Smedinghoff, Gerry 10/00,4 SNOMED 8/03,2 Sixth Amendment 3/05,3 Smedinghoff, Gerry 12/00,4 SNOMED CT 12/04,2 Sklar, Glenn 5/95,1 Smedinghoff, Gerry 5/00,4 Snow, Olympia 3/05,S2 Slaughter, Louise 8/94,S2 Smedinghoff's Law 5/01,4 Snow, Tony 5/94,3 slavery 10/05,2 Smith, Adam 7/97,S2 Snowe, Olympia 12/03,S1 slavery 11/95,3 Smith, Adam 5/04,2 Snowe, Olympia 5/98,S1 slavery and debt 2/06,4 Smith, Chris 7/05,S1 Snyder, Kent 4/00,1 slavery, chattel v. tax 2/00,2 Smith, Edna 10/93,2 Sobel, Richard 5/99,3 slavery, physician 3/00,4 Smith, Fred 12/88,1 Sobran, Joseph 12/89,3 slavery v. EMTALA 8/04,2 Smith, G Keith 2/02,2 Sobran, Joseph 5/04,2 Slavin, Charles P 4/99,4 Smith, G Keith 11/95,4 Sobran, Joseph 5/06,3 sliding scale 5/06,2 Smith, G Keith 12/95,4 Sobran, Joseph 11/05,2 Social Security 3/96,S2 Solzhenitsyn 2/93,4 Sobran, Joseph 10/05,2 Social Security, marginal tax rate 8/93,4 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 4/02,1 Sobran, Joseph 12/05,2 Social Security Numbers, voluntary provision of Solzhenitsyn, Alex, cancer ward 11/97,1 Sobran, Joseph 11/06,2 8/99,3 Solzhenitsyn, Alexander 1/00,1 social insurance 2/04,1 Social Security Trust Fund 4/98,S1 Somerville, Scott 2/02,3 social insurance 11/05,2 Social Security trustees report 5/00,S2 Sonic Accelerated Fracture Healing System 7/00,S2 social justice 3/00,4 socialism, corporate 10/99,1 Sorensen, Sheila 6/94,1 social responsibility 2/89,3; 3/89,3; 1/90,1 socialism, human costs of 4/99,2 SOS NHS Patients in Danger 3/00,S2 Social Security 6/87,2 socialism, reversing the trend 6/87,2 Soto v City of Concord 4/96,3 Social Security number 6/96,4 socialized medicine 5/01,1 South Africa, MSAs in 10/00,2 Social Security benefits, no right to 4/00,S1 socialized medicine 12/06,1 South Africa, MSAs in 8/03,2 Social Security enactment 3/98,S1 Society for Education of Patients and Physicians South Africa 12/99,2 Social Security, nonparticipation 10/97,4 3/96,2 South Carolina Medical Association, privacy rule Social Security benefits calculator 5/00,S2 Society for Advancement of Laser Technol 8/97,3 challenge 11/02,3 Social Security 3/05,S1 Society for Adv of Laser Tech 5/96,2 South Carolina Medical Association 9/01,1 Social Security reform 2/05,S1 Sodaro, Edward 5/90,1; 3/93,4 South Carolina Med Assoc 5/90,4 Social Security, opting out 9/97,3 Sofamor Danek Group v. Clinton 2/95,3 South Carolina Medical Assn 7/03,3 Social Security Act, Section 1801 6/99,1 software and FDA 11/94,3 sovereign immunity 6/01,3 Social Security, value of 7/04,2 Sokolov, Jacque 4/96,1 sovereign immunity 3/98,3 Social Security unfunded liabilities 6/98,2 Solari, Rafael 8/88,3 sovereign immunity 2/95,4 Social Security Numbers, requirement for licensure Soley, Robert 1/00,4 Sovereign immunity 6/01,3 8/99,3 solo practice 2/99,4 sovereignty 12/01,3 Social Security, doctors added 6/99,4 solo practice 8/98,4 Soviet health care 10/90,4 Social Security Trustees Report 8/96,S2 solo practitioners 4/04,1 Soviet medicine 12/87,3; 1/90,4; 11/91,2 Social Security 1/02,4 Solomon, John 4/95,3 Soviet medicine, rats 6/88,3 Social Security Technical Amendments 3/95,3 Soly, Kristine 3/03,4 Soviet model 7/91,4 Soviet oath 1/88,2 Spencer, Thomas 6/96,3 Standing 9/90,3 Soviet psychiatry 11/01,3 Spencer, Thomas 10/94,3 Stanley, Harriet 9/06,2 Soviet psychiatry 5/02,1 Spencer, Thomas 12/94,1 Stanley v. McCarver 1/05,3 Soviet Union 8/94,2 spending, health, projected 11/98,S2 Star Chamber 11/00,3 Soviet Union, show trials 3/05,3 spending, medical 10/00,1 Starfield, R 11/98,1 Sowell, Heather 5/99,4 Spending Clause 6/98,3 Stark Bill 12/91,2 Sowell, Thomas 6/04,2 Sperling, Gene 8/99,2 Stark Bill under attack 7/95,2 Sowell, Thomas 3/04,2 Spiggle, Wayne 8/99,2 Stark, Fortney 12/89,4; 6/90,4; 10/91,2,4; 5/94,S1 Sowell, Thomas 1/99,2 Sporkin, Stanley 10/94,3 Stark II 3/03,3 Sox, Harold 2/90,1 Sporkin, Stanley 12/95,3 Stark II, durable medical eqpt 6/95,3 Spanish Inquisition 12/98,4 Springer Clinic 6/97,S2 Stark II 3/03,1 Spanish Inquisition 11/98,3 Springer, David 11/04,3; 6/05,3 Stark II 2/95,3 Sparrow, Malcolm 4/97 insert Springer, David 5/04,3; 6/05,3 Stark II 9/94,3 Sparrow, Malcolm 7/97,2 Springer, David 3/06,3 Stark, Pete 9/96,1 Special interests, Canada 4/90,2 Springer v. Henry 6/05,3 Stark, Pete on HIPCs 7/93,1 Special U.S Attorneys program 5/05,S2 Sri Lanka 12/97,4 Stark, Pete 11/97,S2 specialists 2/99,4 Sriram, Krishnaswami 10/05,3 Stark, Pete, and draft 10/93,3 specialists, quotas on 6/00,2 St. Agnes Hospital 5/96,S2 Stark, Pete, vote against K-K 11/96,2 specialists, shortage in Canada 10/00,2 St. Anthony's Publishing 8/00,4 Stark, Pete 1/97,S2 specialty hospitals, resolution on 12/04,2 St. John's Regional Medical Center 10/98,1 Stark, Pete 8/91,1; 2/92,S1; 3/92,S1; 5/92,S1; 6/92,S1; specialty hospitals 2/06,2, S2 St. Lawrence Seaway 2/02,2 8/92,S1; 3/93,1; 8/93,2; 9/93,S2 specific intent 12/95,3 St. Louis Medical Practice Committee 10/86,2 Stark regulations 8/04,1 specific intent 2/96,3 St. Louis Assoc Health Underwriters 6/94,2 Stark rule 12/01,3 Specter, Arlen 8/93,3; 3/94,1,S2 St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Ctrs 6/96,3 Stark rules 2/01,1 Specter, Arlen 5/98,S1 Stabenow, Debbie 3/03,S1 Stark rules 6/02,3 Specter, Arlen 10/94,S1 Stachowski, William 7/05,2 Stark self-referral rule 3/04,3 speech, disruptive 2/96,4 staff privileges 5/97,4 Stark self-referral and IT 9/05,2 speech, freedom for physicians 11/06,3 Stalin 2/96,2 Starr, Paul 8/99,1 Spencer, Terry 7/01,1 Stalin 8/91,3 Starr, Paul 8/93,S2 Spencer, Thomas 12/95,1 Stalin on prices 12/97,4 Stas, Romas 7/00,2 Spencer, Thomas 2/98,1 Stamp Act 2/91,4; 6/94,4 Stasi 1/03,1 Spencer, Thomas 1/95,3 standard of care 1/06,1 Stasi 6/01,2 Spencer, Thomas 9/00,3 standard of care and reimbursement 9/06,4 stat, the 12/98,2 Spencer, Thomas 5/96,3 standard of care 9/02,3 state action doctrine 3/91,3; 7/91,3 Spencer, Thomas 11/94,3 standard of care 1/90,2 state action doctrine 2/02,1 Spencer, Thomas 1/99,3 standard of care, definition 6/89,2 state benefit mandates 12/02,S2 Spencer, Thomas 3/95,1,3 standards development 8/05,4 state insurance mandates 4/99,S2 Spencer, Thomas 10/95,1 standards, global 2/99,1 state sovereignty 5/92,2 State Initiatives in HealthCare Reform 1/95,1 Steinborn, Stanley 5/95,3 Stewart v. Sullivan 9/95,1 State of Kansas v. Stan Naramore 10/98,3 Steiner, John 8/94,1 Stewart v. Sullivan, motion for summary judgment State of Montana v. David Vainio 6/02,3 Stell, Carolyn 9/97,3 9/92,3 State of the Union 3/06,S1 Stelmach, Douglas, 2/98,2 Stewart v. Sullivan 7/96,2 State of Georgia v. Harrison Co. 5/00,1 Stelmach, Douglas 8/97,2 Stewart v. Sullivan 7/97,2 State of NY v Sullivan 1/90,3; 7/90,3 Stelmach, Douglas 9/97,2 Stewart v. Sullivan 9/97,1;11/97,S1 State of the Union 2000 3/00,S1 Stelmach, Douglas 11/97,3 Stewart v. Sullivan 1/95,4 State of the Union, Bush 3/02,S1 stem cell research 10/04,S1 Stewart v. Sullivan 1/98,S1 State of the World Forum 12/96,2 stem cells 7/05,2,S1 Stewart v. Sullivan 3/95,3 State of Union 3/04,S1 Stempel, Chuck 6/00,3 Stewart V. Sullivan 10/94,3 State v. Jenkins 2/04,3 Stenberg v. Carhart 8/00,3 Steyn, Mark 7/03,2 states' rights 3/94,2 Stenberg v. Carhart 4/00,3 Steyn, Mark 9/05,3 statistical malpractice 8/06,2 Stengel, Casey 12/92 S2 Steyn, Mark 3/02,2 statistics 2/88,4; 5/88,2,4; 9/88,1 Stenholm, Charles 6/92,S2; 8/92,S2; 1/93,S1; 2/93,2; stimulus package 1/02,S1 statistics, federal budget & outlays 8/88,3 7/93,S1 Stinissen, Ineke 7/05,1 statistics, health care costs 3/89,2 Stenholm, Charles 2/96,S1 Stockman, David 12/95,S2 statistics, Josiah Stamp 6/89,2 Stephanopolous, George 12/03,S2 Stohr, Judge Donald 6/04,3; 8/04,3 statistics, Medicare benefits 5/89,4 Stephanopoulos, George 4/93,3,4 Stoller, K.P. 1/06,2 Statler, Deanne 10/02,3 Stephens, John 8/02,1 Stoltzfus, Nathan 2/98,4 Statler, prosecution witness 7/04,3 Stephens, Judge Booker 6/04,3 Stoltzfus, Nathan 1/93,2 status tax 4/92,1; 9/93,3 Sterilization 7/91,1 Stone, Harlan Fiske 12/04,3 statute of limitations, false-claims law 12/93,2 Sterling, Eric 11/04,2 Stone, John E 1/04,1 Stealth technology 6/93,1 Stern, David 3/04,2 Stop Taking Our Health Privacy Act (STOPH) Stearns, Cliff 6/93,S2; 1/94,S1; 8/94,2 Stern, Mark 9/94,1 12/02,2 Steelman, Deborah 1/98,S1 Stevens decision and FCA 12/01,3 straitjacket, medicine in a 3/98,1 Stein, Aiden 5/05,4 Stevens, John Paul 2/97,3 Strategic Defense Initiative 10/97,S2 Stein, Larry 6/94,1 Stevens, Justice John Paul 7/04,3 Stratton, Lawrence 4/02,3 Stein, Michael 12/05,2 Stewart, James 3/92,3 Stratton, Lawrence M 3/01,3 Stein, Mitchell 10/96,1 Stewart, Martha 1/06,3 Strayer, Jack 1/05,2 Steinberg, Fredric 9/96,3 Stewart v Sullivan 6/95,4 Streich, Connie 3/92,3 Steinberg, Sid 3/88,1; 7/88,2; 2/89,1; 5/90,3; 9/90,1; Stewart v Sullivan 3/92,1,3; 6/92,3; 10/92,1; 12,92,1,2; Streimer, Robert 7/90,4 11/90,3 1/93,3; 2/93,3; 10/93,2; 2/94,1; 6/94,4 streptococcal Ag, ELISA test 3/93,2 Steinberg v Sullivan 12/90,3 Stewart v. Sullivan 12/94,3 Strickberger, Adam 8/94,1 Steinborn, Stanley 2/96,3 Stewart v. Sullivan 7/95,1 strict liability 6/01,3 strikes 6/03,4 Summit Health v Pinhas 3/91,3; 7/91,3 surveys from IG 11/94,3 strikes by physicians in Germany 4/99,2 Summit Technology 5/96,2 suspension calendar 3/95,S1 Strom, Brian 4/05,1 Summit Technology and FDA 8/97,3 Sussman, Marvin 3/96,3 Strub and Black formal mental status exam 9/99,3 Sunbeam Products v. AMA 9/98,3 sustainable growth rate 5/00,S2 Stuerele, Gene 7/96,S2 Sunbeam Products v. AMA 10/98,2 sustained growth rate 11/05,4 Stuerle, C. Eugene 3/96,S2 Sunbeam v. AMA 12/98,1 Sustained growth rate (SGR) 9/06,1 Stumbo, Justice 5/94,3 Sunbeam v. AMA 11/98,3 Sustained Growth Rate 1/06,1,S1 subpoena power, expanded AG 5/98,3 Suncoast Solutions 7/05,2 Sutter Health 10/05,1 subpoena powers 2/99,3 Sunset Review Committee, Texas 8/04,2 Suttle, Samuel, 9/91,2 subpoena powers of IG 6/97,2 sunshine 12/98,1 Sutton, M Kelly 9/05,4 subsidiarity 11/99,4 sunshine law 4/93,1,3 Sutton, M Kelly 12/03,4 subsidized doctoring 11/99,3 Super Glue 5/02,3 Sutton, William 3/03,3 subsidy, Part B 4/91,1 Superbills 9/90,2 Sutton, Willie 5/02,3 substitute billing 1/02,LS Superdome 11/05,1 SV-40 12/99,4 substituted judgment 5/05,1,3 SuperPRO 2/91,3 Sweden, lobotomy in 11/98,2 Suburban Maryland Psychiatric Society 3/96,3 supply-side rationing 12/01,2 Sweden, privatization in 9/02,2 Sugar Act 6/94,4 Supremacy Clause 4/91,3; 2/94,1 Sweeney, John 5/97,2 suicide, physician assisted 1/95,3 Supremacy Clause 6/02,3 Sweet, Victoria 11/94,3 suicide, physician assisted 5/96,1 Supremacy Clause 7/04,3 Swift, J 9/02,4 Sullivan, Andrew 12/00,S2 Surgeon General on ADD 1/01,3 Swift, Jonathan 9/98,3 Sullivan, Gerald E. 8/95,4 surgeons, assistant 5% rule 6/95,3 Swift, Jonathan 10/97,3 Sullivan, John 4/94,3 Surgery, cosmetic 8/90,1 Swift, Jonathan 4/93,2 Sullivan, Kate 12/00,S1 surplus 8/00,S1 Swint, response to 5/02,4 Sullivan, Louis 12/89,1,4; 1/90,3; 2/92,S1 surplus, budget 10/01,S2 Swint, Richard 4/02,5 Sullum, Jacob 4/96,1 surplus, budget 3/99,3 Swint, Richard 3/02,4 Sulmasy, Daniel 5/02,2 surplus, fraudulent 9/00,2 Swint, Richard 2/00,4 Summers v. Baptist Medical Center 2/96,3 surplus liberalism 9/00,S1 Swint, Richard 2/03,2 Summers, William 6/02,1 surplus, US budget 5/02,2 Swint, Richard 5/99,4 Summers, William 9/02,2 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Swint, Richard 7/00,4 Summers, William 8/00,2 10/04,S1 Summers, William K 7/95,4 Survey on Medicare 5/90,1 Swint, Richard 7/99,4 Taranto, James 5/05,3 tax cut for medical care 9/05,S2 Swint, Richard 12/98,4 Tarmey, Marjorie 12/94,1 tax cut 4/01,S1 Swint, Richard 12/01,4 Task Force on Health Care Reform, cost 1/96,S2 tax cuts 9/00,S2 Swint, Richard 12/99,3 Task Force on Health Care Reform 11/94,1 tax deductibility of insurance 4/91,2 Swint, Richard 8/99,4 Taurel, Sidney 1/01,S1 tax, definition 4/92,1 Swint, Richard 7/98,4 Tavistock group 11/00,1 tax effects NHI 7/90,1 Syden, Ron 7/97,S2 Tavistock Group 10/99,2 tax increase 1993 12/95,S1 Sylvester, Thomas 8/04,3 Tavistock Institute of Human Relations 10/99,2 tax law, uninsured and 2/93,2 Symington, Fife 5/98,1 tax advantaged medical coverage 9/04,S1 tax law 10/89,1; 10/92,3 Symms, Steve 4/92,S2 tax breaks, amount of health insurance 12/05,S1 tax, Medicare related 11/95,S2 symptoms and diagnosis acronyms 12/87,4 tax burden 3/05,2 tax on gross provider revenue 1/94,1 System of Records (SOR), HIPAA 9/05,3 tax changes, scoring of by CBO 1/95,S1 tax on insurance premiums 9/93,1 SysteMetrics 2/91,3 tax code and insurance 10/96,S1 tax, payroll, effects 10/92,S2 Szalavita, Maia 11/04,2 tax code and medical cost 1/01,4 tax policy 8/92,1 Szasz, Thomas 12/97,4 tax code 9/96,2 tax policy 3/06,S1 Tacrine 7/95,4 tax code and health insurance 2/99,S2 tax policy 2/02,1 Tahoma Clinic 7/92,1 tax code 10/01,2 tax rate, Biblical 10% 7/02,3 tainted claims 8/02,1 tax code and health insurance 4/99,S1 tax reduction, opposition to 7/99,4 tainted claims 2/02,3 tax code and medical insurance 1/97,S2 tax returns and searches 11/06,3 tainted claims 12/01,3 tax code and medical insurance 7/97,4 tax, sickness 2/92,1 Taiwan, medicine in 2/95,2 tax code, 4/93,S1 tax subsidies 9/02,S2 take-one-take-all 6/91,1 tax code, effect on insurance 11/99,S1 tax subsidies 3/06,4 taking clause US Const 1/91,3; 9/91,3; 1/92,1,4 tax code 10/00,1 tax treatment of health insurance 8/98,S1 takings 10/00,1 tax credit for Medicare beneficiaries 5/00,S2 tax treatment of medical insurance 9/00,S1 takings, in emergeny 1/02,1 tax credit, medical 4/01,S2 Tax Freedom Day 2/00,3 Takings and privacy 11/04,3 tax credits for uncompensated services 5/00,4 Tax Reform Commission 12/05,S1 Takings Clause 8/05,3 tax credits 4/03,1 taxation 8/91,3 Talent Bill 12/99,2 tax credits 8/01,S2 taxation, discriminatory 12/91,S1 Talent, Jim 12/99,S1 tax credits and medical costs 4/03,S2 taxation, equal and uniform 1/93,3 Talent, Jim 11/99,S1 tax credits, medical 12/02,S1 taxation w/o representation 8/89,1 Taliban, and OxyContin 9/02,3 tax credits for insurance 4/92,S1 taxation without representation 1/00,4 Tancredo, Thomas 10/01,S1 tax credits 12/99,S1 taxation without representation 5/00,1 Tancredo, Thomas 9/01,S1 tax credits for health insurance 3/04,1 Taxation powers 10/90,3 Tancredo, Tom 3/04,2 tax credits 10/92,S1; 1/94,S1 taxes 4/05,S2 Tankersley, Felix M 11/87,4 tax credits for insurance 2/99,S2 taxes, cost of collecting 12/92,2 Tanner, Michael 9/06,2 tax credits 2/02,S1 taxes, Medicare requirements for 11/00,S2 Tanner, Michael 5/06,1 tax credits for health insurance 7/99,S1 taxes, Roman, v. slavery 2/00,1 Tanz, Stanley 10/98,4 tax credits 1/97,S2 taxing and spending clause 1/91,3 TAP pharmaceuticals gagged 2/02,3 tax credits 4/02,S1 Taylor, Brent 5/00,2 tape recordings 1/06,3 tax credits 12/04,S1 Taylor Casper 12/02,S2 tape recordings, legality of 9/97,3 tax credits, as a Trojan horse 11/97,4 Taylor, Casper 2/03,S1 Taylor, Darlene 6/91,2 TennCare 1/95,2 testilying 4/05,3 Taylor, Jeff 4/98,S1 TennCare 2/04,4 Tetrault, Gregory 8/01,4 Taylor, Joan Kennedy 3/92,3 TennCare 3/94,2 Texas and HIPAA 5/03,2 Taylor, Todd 8/04,2 TennCare 3/06,2 Texas Board of Medical Examiners 2/97,3 technical corrections 12/98,S2 TennCare 5/04,2 Texas Deceptive Practice Code 5/97,4 Technical Advisory Committee 3/98,S2 Tennessee Supreme Court 9/91,3 Texas Department of Health 8/98,3 technology and Medicare 12/00,S1 Tenth Amendment 9/01,1 Texas, HIPAA applied to all 3/03,2 technology review WSMA 9/91,1 Tenth Amendment 8/95,1 Texas Med Assoc v Aetna 11/94,3 Technology, costs of 3/90,2 Tenth Amendment 2/02,3 Texas medical board 2/05,3 Technology, limits on 3/90,2 term limits 1/95,S1 Texas Medical Association 4/95,2 TeenScreen 12/06,S1-2 term limits, congressional 1/93,S1 Texas Medical Practice Act 2/97,3 Teitel, Edward R 4/96,4 terminal sedation 6/05,1 Texas Medication Algorithm Project 4/05,2; telephone conversations, recording 9/97,3 Terrell, Hilton 6/04,4 12/06,S1-2 Teller, Edward 6/93,1 Terrell, Hilton 11/87,1 Texas State Auditor's Office Report on privacy 5/03,2 Temmerman, Thomas 7/93,2 Terri's Law 12/04,3 Texas Sunset Review Committee 8/04,2 Temple, Nancy 8/02,3 terrorism 1/03,1 Thao, Julie 12/06,3 Temple, Robert 9/02,2 terrorism 11/01,1 Tharp, Carol 4/97,4 ten Boom, Cornelia 7/02,1 terrorism 6/04,4 Thatcher, Margaret 11/95,S2 Ten thousand commandments 3/98,3 terrorism, activism defined as 4/03,2 Thatcher, Margaret 9/01,3 tenancy by the entirety 8/04,3 Terrorism Information and Prevention System Thayer, Janet M 7/01,3 Tenet 1/04,1 (TIPS) 1/03,1 theft, federal budget as 5/05,2 Tenet Healthcare Corp. 2/03,2 terrorists and computer networks 8/96,2 Tenet Healthcare 7/03,2 terrorists, physicians treated as 1/02,LS Thiel, Donna 10/91,3 Thoreau, Henry David 7/92,4 Titus, Herb 11/00,3 thimerosal 1/03,1 Thornburg, Richard 5/04,1 Titus, Herbert 11/87,1; 11/89,1 thimerosal 4/05,1 Thornburgh, Richard 2/92, S1; 8/93,S1 To Err Is Human 4/00,1 thimerosal 4/04,2 Thorne, Robert 6/06,4 To Err Is Human 9/04,1 thimerosal 9/99,2 Thornton, D. McCarty 1/02,LS tobacco 8/98,1 third-party-free practice 12/05,2 Thornton, Mac 2/01,3 tobacco and TennCare 2/04,4 Thirteenth Amendment 8/93,2 Thornton, McCarty 10/91,3 Tobacco Agreement 4/98,S1 Thomas, Bill 12/02,S1 Thorp John M., Jr. 10/05,3 Tocqueville, Alexis de 7/00,2 Thomas, Bill 3/01,S1 Thorpe, Ken 7/02,S1 Tocqueville on French Revolution 2/00,2 Thomas, Bill 3/05,S1 Thorpe, Ken 12/03,S2 Todd, James 2/90,1; 4/91,3; 3/93,1; 8/94,1 Thomas, Bill 8/98,S2 Thorpe, Ken 7/05,S1 Todd, James S 5/98,1 Thomas, Bill 8/94,S1 Thrasher, John 5/93,4 Todd, James 11/94,2 Thomas, Bill 3/99,S1 Thrasher, John 9/95,1 Tompkins, Richard 2/99,2 Thomas, Bill 2/95,S1 three strikes (malpractice) 9/04,3 Toomey, Pat 12/03,S1 Thomas, Bill 6/97,S1 three strikes, FL malpractice 1/05,1 Toomey, Pat 1/04,S1 Thomas, Bill 7/00,S1 Thurmond, Strom 1/95,S1 Torres-Gil, Fernando 2/93,S1 Thomas, Bill 5/00,S1 Tibbels, Thomas R 8/03,4 tort laws, state 9/02,S1 Thomas, Bill 2/02,S1 Tidwell, Jack 8/04,4 tort refore 9/89,3 Thomas, Bill 7/95,S1 Tidwell, Jack 7/04,4 tort reform, Oregon 5/06,4 Thomas, Bill 1/98,S1 Tidwell, Thomas Jackson 1/96,4 tort reform, Shavano Institute 4/87,4 Thomas, Bill 7/01,S2 tiered networks 12/06,1 tort reform KMB 8/86,3 Thomas, Bill 7/97,1 Tilghman, Joe 11/99,3 tort reform and elder abuse 6/04,2 Thomas, Bill 11/97,1,S1 time, in CPT codes 9/00,3 tort reform, Heritage on 3/06,3 Thomas, Bill 7/01,2 Time Insurance v. Kentucky 10/95,3 tort reform, WV 12/04,3 Thomas, Bill 4/98,S1 Timmins, Frank 2/04,1 torture 6/03,1 Thomas, Bill 3/99,3 Timmins, Frank on drug companies 4/05,4 torture, and AMA 6/03,2 Thomas, Bill 2/99,S2 Timmins, Frank 6/06,4 torture, drugs as 5/02,1 Thomas, Bill 7/95,2 Timmins, Frank 9/04,4 torture, participation of physicians in 2/99,2 Thomas, Bill 10/98,S2 Timmins, Frank 2/02,4 total population management (TPM) 2/05,2 Thomas, Bill 5/95,S2 Timmins, Frank on IT 3/05,4 Total Information Awareness (TIA) 1/03,1 Thomas, Bill 12/97,S1 Timmins, Frank on cash patients 12/05,4 Total Quality Management 12/99,4 Thomas, Cal 9/99,1 Timmins, Frank 8/04,4 Total Quality Management 2/00,3 Thomas, Clarence 1/92,4 Timmins, Frank 1/03,4 totalitarian state 1/00,3 Thomas, Clarence 12/97,S1 Timmins, Frank 12/03,4 totalitarianism, competing views 2/00,4 Thomason, Harry and Linda 2/98,1 Timmins, Frank 10/01,4 totalitarianism, symptoms of 1/98,4 Thomasson, Patsy 1/96,S2 Timmins, Frank 4/03,1 tourism, medical 2/06,2 Thomasson, Patsy 12/95,1 Timmins, Frank 7/01,4 Toussaint v State Board 2/90,3 Thomasson, Patty 9/94,1 Timmins, Frank 10/05,4 Towns, Edolphus 7/92,4 Thompson, Fred 7/02,2 Timmins, Frank 11/05,S1 Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy 2/03,S1 Thompson, Phyllis D. 6/99,3 Timmins, Frank on CWCWG 7/06,2 Tozzi, James 11/00,S1 Thompson, Tommy 8/95,2 Timmins, Frank 7/06,4 Tozzi, Jim 5/94,S2 Thompson, Tommy 12/04,1 TIPS hotline 11/97,2 tracking 11/98,4 Thompson, Tommy 5/02,S2 Tipton, Ann 12/92,3 tracking 8/96,1 Thompson, Tommy 6/01,1 Tipton, William 12/02,3 tracking, immunizations 8/98,3 Thompson, Tommy 6/01,S1 Titanic 11/99,1 Trade Adjustment Act 9/02,S1 Thompson, Tommy 1/02,1 Title X 7/90,3 Trade Adjustment Act 11/02,S1 Thompson, Tommy 2/01,S2; 3/01,S1 Title XVIII 4/98,S4 Trade Adjustment Act 10/04,S1 Thompson v. Western States 12/04,3 titles of nobility 4/00,3 Trade Adjustment Act 2/03,S2 Thorbus, Ruben 5/91,3 titles, of legislation 8/00,2 Trade Adjustment Act 12/02,S1 transaction code sets 12/02,1 Travel Act 10/05,3 Tripp, Linda 8/01,3 transaction code sets, HIPAA 7/03,1;8/03,2 Travis, William Barret 11/93,1 Trouble with Canada 1/91,4 transaction code sets 4/02,2 Treatment guidelines 10/90,2 Trowbridge, Myrna 5/98,2 transaction costs 2/03,1 Treloar, Adrian 3/00,S2 Trudel, Karen 7/02,3 Transamerica 2/00,2 triage 4/96,1 Trudel, Karen 4/03,3 Transamerica 5/98,4 trial lawyers 9/02,S1 Trudel, Karen 12/02,1 Transamerica Occidental life Insurance Co. 9/99,4 Trial Lawyers Assoc 2/95,S2 Truffer, Ernest 5/89,1 Transamerica Occidental Life 8/98,2 Tribe, Laurence 6/00,1 Truitt, Carol 6/95,4 Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance 2/99,4 TriCare 12/03,3 Truman, Harry 8/93,2 transcription time, effect of E&M guidelines 6/98,1 TriCare 6/02,4 Truman, Harry 11/94,2 transformation 2/01,1 TRICARE and Takings Clause 8/05,3 Trusiak, Robert 4/02,2 translation rule 1/04,3 trickle-down medicine 3/94,1 trust fund, Medicare 3/91,2 translation services 5/02,4 Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield 11/95,2 trust funds 8/02,4,S1 transparent pricing policy 12/04,2 Trimborn, Steve 8/99,2 Trust funds, Medicare 4/01,S2 travel certification, Medicaid 2/00,3 trip steps 4/05,3 Trust Funds, Medicare and Social Security 3/04,2 Trustmark 8/01,2 unemployment of medical specialists 6/93,1 United Healthcare Group 8/06,1 TRW 8/96,1 Unexpected Entrepreneur Award 11/95,3 United Healthcare 8/00,4 Tsai, Nancey Trevanian 2/95,2 unfunded liabilities for Medicare carriers 1/00,4 United HealthCare 9/98,1 Tsongas, Paul 5/95,S1 unfunded liabilities, Medicare 6/05,S1 United HealthCare 4/01,3 Tucker, Jeffry 2/91,2 unfunded liabilities, Social Security 6/98,2 United Seniors Association v. Shalala 4/98,S1; 5/98,2 Tulia drug busts 4/05,3 unfunded liabilities, economic effect 11/05,S1 United Seniors v. Shalala 10/99,3 tulipomania 8/06,2 unfunded liabilities, Medicare 8/03,S1 United Seniors Association 4/98,S4 Tunis, Sean 9/05,3 unfunded mandates 3/95,S2 United Seniors Assoc 12/97,S1 Turi, Zoltan 8/06,1 Unfunded Mandates Law 4/02,2 United Seniors Association 4/98,1 Turley, Jonathan 2/02,2 Unger, Christopher 11/00,2 United Seniors Association v. Shalala 3/00,S1 Turley, Jonathan 1/06,S2 unified chief executive 6/93,3 United Seniors Association 2/98,S1 Turner, David 4/95,4 Uniform Clinical Data Set 1/91,2; 2/92,3 United Seniors Association, private contract suit Turner, Grace Marie 12/02,S2 Uniform Commercial Code 12/01,3 2/98,3 Turner, Grace-Marie 8/01,S1 uninsurance, cost of 5/04,2 United Seniors Assn v. Shalala 1/99,3 Turner, Grace-Marie 7/03,S1 uninsurance, life after 12/00,2 United States v. Bornstein 10/96,3 Turning Point Project 3/99,1 uninsurance pre-Medicaid 2/00,4 United States v Dolan 3/97,3 Turning Point project 5/98,1,4 uninsured 10/05,S1 United States v McCutcheon 3/97,3 Turning Point project, RWJF 6/01,3 uninsured 12/88,1; 7/89,1; 8/89,4; 10/89,1; 8/90,1; United States of America vs. George Krizek 1/00,3 Turning Point project, Kids First 7/98,4 3/91,2; 8/91,4; 12/91,1; 11/93,4 United States v. Krizek 10/96,3 Turpin, Jody L 8/93,3 uninsured 3/95,2 United States v. D'Amato 12/98,3 Tuvim, Yuri 8/91,3 uninsured 4/03,1 United States v. Rutgard 7/98,3 Twain, Mark 5/02,4 uninsured 8/98,1 United States v. Scalia 7/98,3 Twedt, Steve 1/05,2 uninsured and Medicaid 2/00,4 United States v. Halper 10/96,3 Twedt, Steve 10/04,3 uninsured and mandates 4/04,S1 United States v. Skodnek 7/98,3 Twedt, Steve 2/04,3 uninsured, and problems tracking 8/98,3 United States v. Raymond Keith Gailey 10/98,1 Twelve Step Program 4/98,3 uninsured, Census Bureau on 7/05,S1 UnitedHealth Group and guideline compliance Twight, Charlotte 7/02,3 uninsured charged more 7/03,2 2/05,1 Twight, Charlotte 8/00,2 uninsured, citizenship status of 2/97,S1 UnitedHealth Group 6/00,3 two-tiered system 10/01,1 uninsured, effect of Anti-Kickback statute 2/04,1 universal access 2/01,3 two-tiered system 4/98,S3 uninsured, health outcomes 6/93,2 universal access, WSMA 9/91,1 Tylenol 3 6/96,2 uninsured, medical spending of 11/05,2 universal access 4/90,1 Tysabri 4/05,1 uninsured, need for 12/06,4 universal coverage 4/96,1 Tyson, Laura D'Andrea 4/93,3; 12/93,S1 uninsured, number of 2/99,S1 universal coverage 4/00,1 Tzanck smear 8/95,4 uninsured, number of 10/92,S1 universal coverage 2/02,2 U.S. Patriot Act 10/02,3 uninsured, numbers of 11/02,S1 universal coverage 5/94,S2 U.S. v. Doright mock trial 2/00,3 uninsured, overcharging of 2/03,2 universal coverage 8/99,4 U.S. v. Booker 1/06,3 uninsured patients 5/01,1 universal coverage 10/05,2 Ubel, Peter 11/98,1 uninsured, reason to be 4/03,4 universal coverage 3/00,2 Ucci, Richard 12/01,4 uninsured, reasons for 4/99,S2 universal coverage 10/99,1,2 UDS 1/91,2 uninsured, tax law and 2/93,2 universal drug entitlement 12/03,S1 Ukockis, James 11/94,1 uninsured, use of care by 1/00,4 Universal Health Care Ballot Initiative, MA 12/00,2 Ullman, Richard 11/99,S2 uninsured, working 12/99,S1 Universal Health Care Action Network 11/02,1 Ulrich, John 2/03,3 uninsured: reframing the issue 11/04,1 University of Pennsylvania 8/02,3 Ulrich, John 10/04,3 unionization of physicians 9/01,2 University of Washington physicians 12/00,3 Ulrich v. City and County of San Francisco 2/03,3 unions, physicians, Brit Columbia 7/93,2 University of Washington School of Medicine 9/01,3 unassigned claims, carrier errors 5/98,4 unique billing numbers 12/04,1 University of Pennsylvania 7/96,1 unassigned claims 5/98,2 unique health identifier 7/01,1 University of Chicago fraud settlement 7/03,3 unassigned office 2/00,1 unique ID number 1/03,4 unjust enrichment 12/01,3 unbundling 12/90,2 unique identifier 5/99,3 unnecessary care 10/02,1 uncompensated care 11/04,1 unique individual health identifier 6/01,1,2 unnecessary service 4/96,4 unconventional medicine, expenditures for 6/97,3 unique medical identifier, CMA and 2/02,2 unnecessary services, neurosurgery 6/89,3 undercover agents 10/04,3 unique patient identifier 5/00,2 unnecessary services, waivers 1/87,3; 3/88,3 underground economy 2/91,2 unique patient identifier 12/01,1 unnecessary services 9/86,1,3; 7/87,4; 1/88,3; 5/88,3; Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 4/05,3 unique patient identifier 10/06,3 11/88,3; 9/90,2 underuse 11/98,1 Unique Health Identifier 4/00,1 unnecessary services, exceptions 2/87,3, 1/88,3 Underwood, Lisa 7/02,2 United Diagnostics Lab 5/00,3 unnecessary services refunds 6/88,2 unemployment & payroll tax 10/92,S2 United Health Care 5/94,1 unnecessary treatment as crime 10/02,3 unprofessional conduct 10/02,4 Upstate Medicare 7/00,3 Urban Institute 3/92,S2; 7/92,S1 Up from Slavery 2/00,1 Upstate Medicare 5/00,3 Urban, Robert 6/05,2 UPIN, Legal Supp #4; 1/90,2 Urban Institute 7/96,S2 Urban, Robert 1/95,2 UPINs, surrogate 7/97,2 Urban Institute 1/02,S2 Upstate Medicare, malfeasance 1/00,3 Urban Institute 6/98,1 Urling, Lewis 11/91,4 vaccine compliance 9/00,2 Veon, Joan 1/01,2 US ex rel Mary Jane Stewart v. Louisiana Clinic 5/03,1 vaccine mandates 8/01,4 VERIFY-NY 10/05,4 US ex rel v. Mikes 2/02,3 vaccine mandates 4/05,2 Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. US ex rel US Health Care 5/97,1 vaccine mandates 3/00,3 Stevens 5/01,3 US Healthcare 3/96,S2 vaccine philosophical exemption, Texas 8/03,3 Vernaglia, Lawrence W 10/96,2 US House of Representatives v US Dept Commerce vaccine reactions, risk of 7/99,2 Veterans Admin 6/91,2; 7/91,2 6/98,3 vaccine refusal 4/06,2 veterinary ethic 5/95,4 US Justice Foundation 7/97,2 vaccine registries 4/01,1 veterinary medicine 9/00,4 US Quality Algorithms 5/97,1 vaccine registries 5/00,2 Viagara, Medicaid coverage of 1/00,4 US Sentencing Commission 6/94,3 vaccine safety 4/05,1 viagra 12/98,S1 US v Clyde D Brown 7/93,2 vaccine safety 5/02,4 Viagra 3/05,S1,S2 US v Rutgard 5/97,3 vaccine tracking 6/01,3 Victim and Witness Protection Act 5/97,3 US v United Memorial Hospital 11/02,3 vaccine tracking 5/00,2 Vienne, Richard 10/06,2 US v Sandini 6/92,1,2 Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System 3/00,3 VillageCare 5/97,1 US v Kalani 7/03,3 Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System 7/99,1 Villareal, Richard 12/90,2; 5/91,4; 12/91,4 US v KC Lutheran Home 6/90,3 Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 7/99,1 violence-related risk factors 6/01,2 US v Moeger 6/90,3 Vaccine Safety Datalink 4/04,2 Vioxx 4/05,1 US v Entin 12/95,3 vaccines 1/03,1 Virginia Birth-Related NICA 10/90,4 US v. Halper 7/97,3 vaccines 10/99,3 Virginia Gay Hospital 11/99,1 US v. Braunstein 5/02,3 vaccines and demyelinating disease 7/99,1 Virginia Mason Medical Center 10/05,1 US v. Gailey 1/02,LS vaccines and ADHD 1/01,1 Virginia Supreme Court 1/92,3; 4/92,1 US v. Siddiqi 1/02,LS vaccines, conflicts of interest 12/99,3 Virmani, Ron 10/01,3 US v. Whiteside 6/02,3 vaccines, conflicts of interest 10/00,2 virtual exposure in Canada 7/01,4 US v. Shaffer Equipment 12/95,1 vaccines, conflicts of interest 5/00,2 virtual exposure 6/01,1 US v. Ruegsegger 12/89,1 vaccines, mandatory 9/99,2 Vision 2000 12/96,2 US v. Krizek 10/94,3 vaccines, mandatory 7/99,1 visit, defined 2/91,1 US v. Jeffrey Jay Rutgard 12/96,3 vaccines, mandatory, court challenges 1/02,3 Vital Health Statistics 6/97,3 US v. Royal Geropsychiatric Services 10/97,3 vaccines, role of 9/99,4 Vitali, James 6/01,4 US v. Bushman 4/90,3 VAERS 7/99,1,2 Vitamin-B drug raid 7/92,1 US v. Southland Mgt Corp 8/02,1 vaginal birth after Caesarian 1/06,2 Vladeck, Bruce 10/95,2 US v. Rutgard, AAPS amicus brief in 12/96,3 Vahanvaty, Ramlah 11/99,3 Vladeck, Bruce 11/99,3 US v. Henry 2/94,3 Vaile, Marsha 9/91,2 Vladeck, Bruce 2/97,S2 USA and Revenue Officer Stelmach v. Jacob Lapp Vainio, David 6/02,3 Vladeck, Bruce 7/95,3 11/97,3 Valenzuela, Ricardo 9/97,4 Vladeck, Bruce 6/06,1 USA Patriot Act 1/03,1 Valley Hospital v. Halina Kroll 9/04,3 Vladeck, Bruce 11/95,1 USA PATRIOT Act (see PATRIOT Act) Value of Investment in Health Care 1/05,S2 Vladeck, Bruce 5/95,2 USA v. Charles Thomas Sell 4/02,3 Value-Added Tax 6/93,S2 Vladeck, Bruce 3/99,S2 USA v. Mackby 5/01,3 Vampire State 9/05,4 Vladeck, Bruce 9/95,1 USA v. Jeffrey Jay Rutgard 1/97,3 Van Hook, Robert 4/97,2 Vladeck, Bruce 3/93,S1 Usategui, Lydia 6/00,1 Vanderbelt University 2/01,1 Vladeck, Bruce 8/95,1 use it or lose it 12/05,2 VanDerVeer, Craig 10/04,1 Voegelin, Eric 7/96,4 use it or save it 12/05,2 vaporware 2/01,1 Vogt, Louis B 6/89,1 user fees, Medicare 4/98,1 Vargo, Patsy 9/01,3 voir dire 2/02,3 user fees, Medicare 3/98,2 Varuba 8/93,2 volume performance standards 12/90,4; 11/91,2 User fees Medicar certif 2/90,2 Vatican library 8/05,2 volume standards 1/90,2 USHealth Program Act 1/87,1 Veeck 1/03,3 voluntary disclosure guidelines 2/99,3 Utah Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) 7/05,3 Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Intl Voluntary Reporting Program and FCA 2/06,3 Utah Medical Association 5/02,2 5/00,1 Volusia Academy of Medicine 3/00,1 Utah Medical Association 4/99,1 Veeck v. SBCCI 10/00,3 Volusia County Medical Society 3/00,1 Utah Medical Association 8/01,3 Veeck v. SBCCI 12/01,3 von Mises 5/96,4 utilitarian premise 3/02,1 Veeck v. SBCCI 7/02,3 von Mises, L 8/90,4; 5/92,2 Utilitarian ethics 4/90,1 Veeck v. SBCCI 3/01,3 von Mises Institute 12/89,3 utilitarianism 5/02,3 Veeck vs. SBCCI 7/00,3 vouchers, as a Trojan horse 11/97,4 utilization review 6/89,1 Velasquez, Nidia 7/01,4 vouchers, Medicare 3/95,S1 Utilization Review, second opinions 2/87,4 Velez-Ruiz, Wanda 11/96,2 vouchers, Medicare 5/95,S2 VA cancer research 12/06,3 Velez-Ruiz, Wanda 1/91,4; 10/91,2; 4/92,4 VSED (voluntary stop eating, drinking) 5/05,2 VA EMR system 8/06,4 Velez-Ruiz, Wanda 2/95,3 Vuylsteke, Ken 3/97,1 VA hospital system 8/01,4 Velez-Ruiz, Wanda 6/99,3 W.C.A. Hospital 1/99,2 VA hospital system, IT 3/05,2 Velez-Ruiz, Wanda 1/03,3 WA Uniform Disciplinary Act 1/04,3 VA Medical system, IT 9/05,2 Veloz, Richard 1/94,2 Waco: Rules of Engagement 5/98,1 vaccination 11/98,1 Vengrin, Joseph 6/98,1 wage losses due to premium increases 7/98,S1 vaccination, forced 8/03,3 venous cutdown, fee for 3/99,3 wages, physician hourly 5/03,4 vaccine/autism connection 7/04,2 venture capital 5/95,1 Wagner, Richard E 1/89,4 Waisbren, Burton 7/99,2 waiting lists 3/00,1 waiting lists 7/00,2 waiting list, Canadian 10/99,2 waiting lists, Canada 11/94,2 waiting, maximum, in UK 5/06,2 waiting list, British 3/00,S2 waiting lists 6/04,2 Waiting List Action Team 2/98,2 waiting list, British 10/99,2 waiting lists 2/04,2 Waitzkin, Howard 2/99,2 Waitzkin, Howard 9/93,2 Washington DC City Council 9/00,S2 Wehri, Carl 2/94,1; 5/94,1 waiver for unnecessary svc 10/92,1 Washington, Denzle 4/02,S2 Wehri, Carl 6/97,4 waiver form 1/05,3 Washington, George 6/94,3 Weil, Alan 5/97,1 waiver of copayments 10/96,1 Washington, George, final illness 10/05,3 Weil, T 7/02,4 waiver of rights 8/02,3 Washington, George, and standard of care 1/06,2 Weil, Thomas 12/01,2 waivers, HHS 11/02,S2 Washington, George on government 1/01,4 Weimar Republic 1/99,4 waivers, wait list 3/00,1 Washington Health Services Act of 1993 10/99,1 Weiner, Joshua 10/95,2 Wakefield, Andrew 7/04,2 Washington Health Services Act 6/95,2 Weinmann, Robert 3/96,2 Waldheger, Coyne, and Assoc 10/97,3 Washington Health Services Act of 1993 8/93,2 Weinstein, Louis 7/91,2 Walker, David 4/00,S2 Washington Healthcare Serv Corp 12/91,1 Weinstein, Louis 7/99,1 Walker, David 6/03,S2 Washington, insurance costs in 9/96,2 Weinstein, Michael 7/98,S1 Walker, David 6/99,S1 Washington Legal Foundation 6/98,3 Weiser, Idaho 4/97,1 Walker, David 5/04,S2 Washington Legal Foundation v. Kessler 5/95,3 Weiss, Allen 9/05,1 Walker, David M 5/01,S1 Washington Legal Foundation 10/98,2 Weiss, Martin 1/96,2 Walker, David 8/00,S1 Washington Legal Foundation 6/94,3 Weiss, Martin 5/95,2 Walker, Gen. Edwin 8/00,3 Washington Psychiatric Society 3/96,3 Weiss Research 1/95,3 Walker, Michael 4/95,2 Washington State Medical Assn 8/02,2 Weitzel, Robert 5/01,3 Walker, Michael 7/99,3 Washington State AAPS 7/92,2 Weitzel, Robert 10/01,3 Walker, Michael 8/00,2 Washington State reforms, physician survey 4/94,2 Weitzel, Robert 8/01,3,4 Walker, Michael 1/92,1 Washington State, health care reform in 6/93,2 Weldon, Dave 12/01,S1 Wall Street Journal Health Care Summit 99 6/99,1 Washington State Medical Assn poll 6/02,1 welfare reform, Wisconsin 2/01,S2 Wallace, Mark 12/88,4 Washington v. Harper 7/04,3 welfare reform 10/97,S1 Wallace, Mike 10/94,3 Wasley, Terree 9/92,2 welfare to aliens 7/97,S1 Waller, Robert 5/99,S1 waste, legal def. 9/00,2 Wellman, Francis 4/02,1 Waller, Robert 7/00,S1 waste, medical 12/91,2 WellPoint Health Network 7/98,4 Waller, Robert 8/98,2 Waste, infectious 5/90,3 WellPoint Health Network 5/95,2 Wallis, W Allen 4/01,3 Waters, William C III 11/02,4 Wellstone, Paul 7/92,S1; 10/92,S1; 6/93,S1 WalMart, Hurricane Katrina 11/05,1 Watkins, Brian 3/00,3 Wellstone, Paul 3/02,S1 Walsh Amendment 7/99,2 Watkins, William 9/99,2 Wellstone, Paul 5/98,S1 Walsh, Stephen J 5/03,2 Watson Wyatt Worldwide 11/98,S2 Wellstone, Paul 1/01,2 Walters, David 6/94,1 Watson Wyatt Worldwide 4/98,S2 Wellstone, Paul 11/96,S1 Walton, JF 5/01,4 Watson Wyatt Worldwide 6/00,S1 Wen Ho Lee 12/00,2 Wamp, Zach 4/05,S2 Waxman, Henry 7/90,4; 3/92,S2; 5/92,2; 7/92,S1 West Virginia Trial Lawyers Assn 6/04,1 war and law enforcement 6/03,1 Waxman, Henry 10/02,3 West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 12/04,3 war on drugs 9/02,3 WCA Hospital 12/99,4 West Virginia State Bd of Education v. Barnette war on drugs 2/04,3 WCA Hospital 8/96,1 3/02,1 war on drugs 8/92,2 Weatherbee, Arthru 2/96,3 West Virginia Constitution 1/93,3 war on pain management 6/03,1 Weaver, Bill 11/94,2 West Virginia 5/91,1 War Against the Weak 12/03,2 Weaver, C Michael 2/03,1 West Virginia Omnibus HCCCA 12/90,3 War on Drugs 11/04,2 Weaver, James 12/95,4 Westbrock, David 4/96,3 War on Drugs 8/03,3 Weaver, James 5/96,1 Westerbrock, David 4/92,4; 5/94,1,2 Ward, Chip 6/02,3 Weaver, James 4/92,2; 1/93,2; 3/93,1 Westerman, Richard 8/99,3 Ward, Daniel F 10/02,3 Weaver, James 12/96,2 Western Ohio Foundation for Medical Care 4/96,3 Ward, Daniel 7/06,2 Weaver, Richard 4/99,S2 Western Ohio Health Care Corp 4/96,3 Warden, Gail 7/95,2 Weaver, Vicki 7/02,3 Westmoreland, Danny 7/97,3 Warner Lambert 8/04,3 Webb, Dale 9/02,3 Westmoreland, Danny 2/98,2 Warrant Clause 7/92,3 Webb v Arizona Board of Medical Examiners 9/02,3 Wexler, Leonard 4/05,3 warrantless arrests 1/03,1 Weber, Carl 12/94,4 Weyers, W 11/98,3 warrantless searches 12/05,3 Webster, Daniel 3/94,3 Whalen, Dennis 6/03,3 Warren County Medical Society 9/93,3 Webster, George 5/90,4 Whalen v Roe 11/02,3 Warren, Richard 12/90,2 Webster, Peletiah 4/90,4; 5/90,4 Whalen v. Roe 4/04,3 Wash State Med Assoc 9/91,1 Webster, Robert 3/00,2 Whalen v. Roe 1/03,3 Washington, Booker T 2/00,1 Webster, Robert M 7/93,4; 2/94,4 Wharton, Melinda 3/00,3 Washington, Booker T 4/96,1 Webster, Robert 2/04,4 Whelan, Elizabeth 5/95,3 Washington Business Group on Health 6/00,S2 Wedekind, Theresa 7/00,3 Whelan v. Roe 7/03,3 Washington Chapter, AAPS 9/93,2 wedge audit 8/99,3 whistleblower rights 12/06,3 Washington Citizen Action 8/00,2 Wedlock Eldon 3/03,3 whistleblowers 8/06,3 whistleblowing 10/05,3 White, Ernest J 4/99,4 Whitney, Douglass 9/90,3 White, EJ 3/97,4 White, Ernest 2/01,4 Whitney, James 7/93,1 White, Ernest J 10/02,4 White, Ernest J 7/00,4 Whitney v. Heckler 11/86,1; 9/90,3; 9/91,3; 10/91,3; White, Ernest 7/99,4 White, Ernest, HSAs 10/06,4 9/92,3 White, Ernest J 7/97,4 White, Frederick III 6/99,2 Whitney v. Heckler 3/95,3 White, Ernest J 2/98,4 White, Frederick J 1/01,2 Whittaker, C Keith 7/93,4 White, Ernest J. 6/02,4 White House Travel Office 2/98,1 why be a doctor? 8/04,1 White, Ernest 8/99,4 White, Josh 9/02,3 Wiggs, James 10/98,4 White, Ernest J. 10/01,4 White, Lawrence 7/95,1 Wigmore, J 6/90,3 White, Ernest 5/06,4 White, Newton B 5/99,4 Wilcox v. First Interstate Bank 7/96,3 White, Ernest J 11/97,4 Whited, Ernest 8/05,4 Wilensky, Gail 4/90,2; 5/90,3; 7/90,4; 9/90,2; 12/90,4; White, Ernest J 5/01,4 Whited, Everest 2/06,4; 4/06,4 1/91,2; 2/91,1; 2/92,3; 4/92,S1; 7/92,2; 9/92,3; 12/92,3 White, Ernest J 10/99,2 Whiteside 6/02,3 Wilensky, Gail 5/95,S2 White, Ernest J. 2/02,4 Whitewater 4/94,1 Wilensky, Gail 7/00,S1 White, Ernest 10/98,4 Whitman v. American Trucking Assoc 4/01,3 Wilensky, Gail 10/00,S1; 3/01,S1 Will, George 2/96,S1 withholding 6/99,4 WV Omnibus Health Care Cost Containment Act Will, George 6/97,S1 Withholding and HMOs 4/96,4 5/91,1 William W. Backus Hospital v. Safaa Hakim 10/04,3 Wittcoff v. Sullivan 12/92,3 Wyatt Company, cost estimate for Clinton Plan Williams, Alan 3/89,4 Wittkopp, George 9/95,2 3/94,S2 Williams, Carole 7/00,2 Wittkopp, George E 12/96,4 Wyatt, John M. 9/91,2 Williams, Christine 11/94,S1 Wittkopp, George 1/95,4 Wyden, Ron 7/92,4 Williams, Jerre 11/91,3 Wofford, Harris 5/04,1 Wyden, Ron 11/96,S1 Williams, John 3/01,4 Wofford, Harris 2/92,S1; 4/92,1; 8/93,S1 Wyeth Lederle 3/00,3 Williams, Nushawn 5/98,4 Wolf, Arnold 5/97,4 Wyeth-Lederle 12/99,3 Williams, Pat 9/96,1 Wolf, Henry 12/97,3 Wynen, Andre 4/95,2 Williams, Stephen 3/90,1; 6/93,3 Wolfe, Sidney 8/04,1 Wynia MK, 6/00,3 Williams, Walter 9/86,3; 6/93,3 Wolfe, Sidney 9/90,1 Wyoming Supreme Court 5/01,3 Willing Taxpayers of America 4/01,S1 Wolfe, Thomas 4/91,3 Wytiaz, Linda 5/00,3 Willon, Phil 3/95,2 Wollstein, Jarret 4/93,2 XXO00 5/98,2 Wilson, Douglas 11/96,2 Women's Choice Quality Health Center 8/02,3 Y2K and Medicare 8/99,4 Wilson, Linda 5/98,4 Wong Ang Peng 8/05,S2 Y2K and HCFA 10/98,S2 Wilson, Linda 10/02,4 Wood, Gregg 9/02,3 Y2K and Medicare 1/99,3 Wilson, Linda W. 10/96,4 Wood v Freeman 1/92,3; 2/92,4 Y2K, compared with HIPAA 12/02,1 Wilson, Linda 12/01,4 Woodburn, Robert T 8/94,4 Yamaki, Estelle 4/94,2 Wilson, Linda 7/00,4 Woodhall, Amy 2/02,3 Yampolsky, Harvey 5/95,2 Wilson, Linda W 12/00,4 Woodward, Beverly 2/02,4 Yankelovich, Daniel 2/95,S2 Wilson, Linda 9/99,4 Woodward, D Michael 3/03,3 Yardley, Jonathan 2/95,S1 Wilson, Linda 8/98,2 Woolhandler, S 8/91,2 Yavitz, Edward 5/95,1 Wilson, Linda 1/98,4 Woolhandler, Steffie 2/00,4 Yeoman, Stuart 1/95,1 Wilson, Linda W 10/97,4 Woolhandler, Steffie 7/00,1 Yeoman, Stuart 9/93,3; 1/94,1; 3/94,3 Wilson, Linda 2/00,2 Woolhandler, Steffie 3/05,1 Yeoman v. Kentucky 10/95,3 Wilson, Linda 6/02,4 Woolhandler, Steffie 9/02,2 Yeoman v. KY Revenue Cabinet 12/93,3 Wilson, Linda on lab regulations 6/98,4 Wooten, Percy 2/98,4 Yeoman v. Kentucky 1/95,1 Wilson, Linda W 7/99,4 Wootton, Percy 6/98,1 Yorioka, Gerald 10/06,1 Wilson, Linda 2/99,4 work slowdown, Ontario 1/97,2 Yorioka, Gerald 4/04,2 Wilson, Linda 3/99,4 worker to retiree ratio 5/00,S2 Yossif 1/87,2; 4/87,2; 5/87,2; 6/87,2; 11/87,1; 9/89,2 Wilson, Linda W 3/02,4 worker's compensation 3/97,4 Yossif, insurance to welfare 3/87,4 Wilson, Melvin 5/01,3 Worker's Compensation and lies 8/97,4 Yost, Mary 12/96,3 Wilson, Norman L. 10/96,3 World Health Report 2000 8/00,1 Young, Quentin 3/06,1 Wilson, William 10/94,3 World Health Organization 8/00,1 Young, Quentin 11/02,1 Winning, Tim 4/96,2 World Health Organization 3/02,1 Young, Richard W 8/94,4 Winslow, Ron 5/95,2 World Health Organization 5/02,1 Youngs, Brian 10/92,2 Wintersheimer, Justice 5/94,3 World Health Organization 8/96,1 Zachok, Ruth 10/01,4 Winthrop, John 3/97,3 World Medical Association 6/02,1 Zaikab, Judge 9/92,3 wire communications 9/97,3 World Medical Association 2/99,3 Zambia 10/87,2 Wisconsin, data requirements 1/97,2 World Psychiatric Association 5/02,1 Zedong, Mao 6/99,1 Wisconsin, data collection in 9/99,3 World Psychiatric Association 11/01,3 Zelder, Martin 4/99,2 Wisconsin Patient Compensation Fund 6/05,3 World Trade Center attack 11/01,1 Zelman memorandum 12/98,1 Wisconsin Patient Compensation Fund 12/91,S1; WorldNetDaily.com 6/01,3 Zelman, Walter 5/98,3 3/92,2 WorldWide Travel 2/98,1 Zeluff, James 4/02,5 Wisconsin Patient Compensation Fund 6/03,3 wreckers and spies 10/97,1,S2 Zenger, Peter 6/03,3 Wisconsin State Medical Society 7/00,3 Wright, Craig 6/93,3 Zerendow, D, 11/90,2 witch hunts 4/02,1 Wright, Jim, prayer 6/88,4 withdrawal from Medicare and managed care 4/98,3 Wright, JV 7/92,1 zero tolerance 7/01,1 zero tolerance 3/01,4 Ziegler, Janice 8/00,S2 Zimmerman, Joseph 5/92,2 Zinermon 11/91,3 Zinermon v. Burch 2/92,3 Zink, Therese 9/96,3 Zinman, Sally 1/01,1 Zipper, Ronald 10/98,3 Zlotolow, Steve 3/99,1 Zoapathy 1/96,4 Zoloft 4/05,3 Zonis, Richard 9/02,3 Zupruk 6/00,4