Re: ** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News ** /articles of interest
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Aug 8 14:18:25 2007
No wonder Journos are near the bottom in the latest list of prestigious
professions.
Art
At Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Henry Gregor wrote:
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>Did I read that first citation article (USA) correctly to note that physicians get all of their fees from medicare....leaving the lay readership with the impression medicare actuallyl pays physicians their fees, as opposed to the "allowable" authorized by CMS? ... and have surgical fees not decreased by approximately fifty percent over the last few years?
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> Joe, can one sue for journalistic negiligence causing harm to groups secondary to erroneous public information?
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> Hank
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> PS: now that we have CHIP to improve children's health care, will there be some correction/removal of the adults enrolled in some states to it, and will there be removal of the children whose parents earn, in some states, all the way up to #300K? Also, after another several thousand or hundreds of thousands children's insurance eligible parents drop their private coverage for their dependent children to enroll them in public funded CHIP will there be a comeback legislative request next year to provide the "needed" coverage funds for all the additional enrolless? We sure have a curious hodgepodge system here, don't we?
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> H
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>GIN11153@aol.com wrote:
> Congress Takes Major Step Toward Equitable Payment For Nurse-Midwifery Services And Expanded Coverage For Pregnant Women, USA
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78734&nfid=nl
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> Hormone Progesterone Has Limited Benefit In Preventing Preterm Birth, NEJM Studies Say
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78627&nfid=nl
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>Immediate Action Required To Correct Labelling Of Drugs For Use In Pregnancy
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78583&nfid=nl
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>Black Women In Urban Areas Less Likely To Get Adequate Prenatal Care
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78770&nfid=nl
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>Identifying Risk Of Preterm Birth And Women Who Would Benefit From Progesterone Therapy
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78566&nfid=nl
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>Progesterone Therapy And Preterm Birth: More Evidence Helps Identify Women Who Can Benefit
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78657&nfid=nl
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>Progesterone Injections Do Not Prevent Preterm Birth In Twin Pregnancies
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78518&nfid=nl
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>Views Of Healthcare Professionals Wanted On Antenatal Screening
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78476&nfid=nl
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>Washington Post Examines Practice Of Unassisted Childbirth In U.S.
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78380&nfid=nl
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>New Data Reveal Pregnancies Exposed To Accutane Despite Risk Management Program
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78410&nfid=nl
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>Magnesium And Calcium Supplementation During Pregnancy - New Research
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78353&nfid=nl
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>Planned Vaginal Breech Delivery Births - Choice Or Safety?
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78352&nfid=nl
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>Managing Teenage Pregnancy, UK
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78351&nfid=nl
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>Lower Cesarean Rates Associated With Preventive Labor Induction
>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=78304&nfid=nl
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>Drinking While Pregnant May Alter Child's Brain
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art fougner, md
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