February 2003 Archive

02/25/2003 AMC/NOMA letter to Plain Dealer's editor
02/21/2003 MLMIC and OHIC Insurance Company downgraded by A.M. Best
02/21/2003 ODI Offers Information on the Patient Protection Act
02/21/2003 Patients' rights recognized by Federal Court Ruling in New York
02/21/2003 Calling all members!
02/14/2003 Congress approves Medicare physician pay increase
02/14/2003 Physician Credentialing Practices: AMC/NOMA Forms Committee and Sends Response to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
02/14/2003 AMC/NOMA President Interviewed for HSC Report - "Intense Competition and Rising Costs Dominate Cleveland's Health Care Market"
02/14/2003 Federal Tort Reform Legislation Introduced
02/14/2003 Smallpox vaccination going slowly
02/14/2003 AMC/NOMA Offering HIPAA Guidance
02/07/2003 Gallup Poll Confirms Americans Support Medical Liability Reforms
02/07/2003 HHS will Hold National Conferences on HIPAA
02/07/2003 ODH:  Physicians Should Note Military Personnel will Receive Smallpox Vaccine
02/07/2003 President Bush Declares to Fix Medicare Physician Payment Mistake
02/07/2003 State Medical Board of Ohio:  Office Based Surgery Rules and Anesthesiologist Assistant Rules
02/04/2003 OIG Legal Analysis Considers Allowing Hospitals to Subsidize Malpractice Premiums
02/04/2003 Patient Compensation Fund Study Approved
02/04/2003 Asset Protection (Strategies for Physicians)
02/04/2003 Cleveland health care market data included in AMA study
02/04/2003 Florida and Mississippi Physicians Protest Rising Malpractice Rates
02/04/2003 HIPAA Compliance for Physicians and their Office Staff
02/04/2003 Medicare Reform Bill Passes U.S. Senate