July 2001

  From My Perspective (61 K PDF)

  Dateline: Washington (15 K PDF)

• Senate prepares to debate managed care reform
• Medicare approves new coverage expansions
• Health plans rarely report to the NPDB
• Many changes forseen at HCFA

  Patient privacy and health information confidentiality (66K PDF)

  E-mail from Africa connects surgeon and teen (250K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: Answers to common hotline questions (17K PDF)

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