Table Of Content~ Index 1999 —
(Special report: Living, coping and working with Jury awards big bucks in implant case (NT), 2/99:15
This index lists articles published in cancer), 3/99:6 Jury slaps Aetna with record payout (NT), 2/99:14
Business & Health from January
10 tips for employers (Special report: Living, coping Maine’s privacy about-face (FR), 9/99:48
through December 1999. Refer- and working with cancer), 3/99:30
Microsoft “permatemps” return to court (NT), 2/99:15
ences give title, month, year and
page. (For example, Countdown to COALITIONS Money talks in HMO class action lawsuits (NT
Big business with an activist bent (FR), 3/99:73 12/99:12
patient protection, 4/99:36.)
A case for the corner drug store (FR), 6/99:43 Mum’s the word on physician bonuses (NT), 2/99:15
Key to department listings CHPAs falter but don’t fail (FR), 10/99:59 Ohio court to decide whether docs are different
Coalition’s dilemma: Deciding what’s next (FR), (FR), 6/99:44
Benefits Bulletin (BB) 8/99:53 Ohio reins in UR supervision (FR), 11/99:44
Data Watch (DW) Coalitions keep quality alive, 7/99:30 Racketeering law governs HMO fraud (NT), 2/99:14
Field Reports (FR) Empire State plays catch up (FR) States press harder to police plans (FR), 9/99:48
News & Trends (NT) The nation’s newest HIPC (FR), 5/99:48 Texas liability law to get a workout (NT), 6/99:12
Productivity Plus (PP) Small demand for small biz insurance in North Top court OK’s delayed workers’ comp payments
Carolina (FR), 11/99:44 (NT), 4/99:9
Washington Insight (WI)
Small purchasers want some respect, 8/99:21
I)
What's next? At 25, the Washington Business Group
on Health looks ahead, 1/99:30
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CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS DATA WATCH
BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT The balanced budget boomerang, 4/99:48
ACCESS TO CARE (COBRA) The benefits of leadership, 2/99:52
Emergency care: In search of balance (WI), 4/99:15 COBRA regs carved in stone (NT), 3/99:13 Boom time for alternative medicine, 1/99:44
Managing care in rural America, 12/99:37 CONSUMERS Coordinating the attack on disability costs, 12/99:48
Praise, pans and plans for putting docs in the Do consumers “get” quality (Special report: The Do medical directors have clout where it counts?
driver's seat (NT), 12/99:10 State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:14 9/99:56
Health care power shifts to the people (Special report The “Don't ask, won't tell” policy, 8/99:56
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE The State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:8 How employers are tackling Rx costs, 7/99:48
Alternative care wins the day (NT), 4/99:9
The 1999 Survey on Consumer Health Care The lowdown on no-shows, 11/99:48
Boom time for alternative medicine (DW), 1/99:44 Knowledge and Satisfaction (DW) (Special report: The 1999 Survey on Consumer Health Care
Feds take another stab at patient dumping (NT), The State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:4 Knowledge and Satisfaction (Special report: The
1/99:8 State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:4
The next big benefit boom, 9/99:24 COST CONTAINMENT/COST Pressure on partnering, 5/99:52
MANAGEMENT (SEE ALSO
Progress check in the quest to conquer cancer
() HEALTH CARE COSTS/SPENDING) (Special report: Living, coping and working with
Can employers halt the price hikes? 12/99:29 cancer), 3/99
Healthy workers, healthier profits (Special report Reverse migration triggers higher costs, 3/99:84
CANCER The State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:33 The slide in workers’ comp costs, 10/99:64
Acteimopnl oyiteermss sfhoro uelmdp lkonyoewrs ab(Sopuetc iabrle arsetp ocrta:n ceWrh)a,t The8/ 9n9e:5w1 crop of catastrophic care carveouts (BB) Where hospitals are behind the times, 6/99:48
9/99:15 Small purchasers want some respect, 8/99:21 DISABILITIES
Asking more of health plans (Special report: Living, Target your health dollars to the root causes, 12/99:23 Coordinating the attack on disability costs (DW),
coping and working with cancer), 3/99:27 12/99:48
Can medication reduce the risk? (Special report: COURT CASES Deciding who's disabled (NT), 6/99:12
What employers should know about breast Aetna loses first round to reduce record punitive
cancer), 9/99:9 damages award (NT), 5/99:12 Doreesp ormt:i grTahien e bomtattotmer ltion e yoounr mhiegarlatihn e)p,l an?1 0/9(9S:p1e3c ial
Cancer control: More reasons for hope (Special Alternative care wins the day (NT), 4/99:9 EEOC spells out reasonable accommodation (NT)
report: Living, coping and working with cancer), Another challenge to ERISA preemption (NT), 5/99:12
6/99:9
3/99:9 Another fissure in ERISA’s shield (NT), 11/99:14 First fallout from landmark disability decision (NT)
Cancer fatigue exacts a high toll (NT), 6/99:13 Appeals court strikes down OSHA program (NT) 10/99:12
Cancer screening recommendations (Special report: 5/99:12 Focus on the most cost-effective treatment (Special
Living, coping and working with cancer), 3/99:16 Califomia court unblocks suit against Medicare HMO report: The bottom line on migraine), 10/99:8
Cancer's emotional toll (Special report: Living, (NT), 10/99:12 Infertility and the ADA (NT), 6/99:10
coping and working with cancer), 3/99:17 Caveat vendor in direct-to-consumer ads (NT), 9/99:12 Myopia is not a disability (NT), 7/99:9
DoWehs aty ouerm phleoaylethr s plsahno ulmde askunroew uapb?o u(tS pebcrieaaslt report: Deciding who's disabled (NT), 6/99:12 The new direction in disability management
cancer), 9/99:14 Dismissal and payout for Rx price fixing (NT), 1/99:9 Curbing workers’ comp claims and costs, 8/99:27
How breast cancer can affect your workforce Duplicate protection trumps ERISA preemption (NT), Putting it all together, 6/99:25
(Special report: What employers should know 10/99:12 When the system breaks down, 4/99:21
about breast cancer), 9/99:4 EEOC speaks out on harassment (NT), 8/99:13 When it works, 2/99:30
The importance of work (Special report: Living, ERISA does not protect primary care physician (NT), Not your ordinary headache (Special report: The
coping and working with cancer), 3/99:23 5/99:13 bottom line on migraine), 10/99:4
The merits of worksite screening (Special report: First fallout from landmark disability decision (NT), Parity, paid leave for federal workers (NT), 7/99:10
What employers should know about breast 10/99:12 Should correctable conditions count as disabilities
cancer), 9/99:12 High court OK’s late claim notification (NT), 6/99:12 under the ADA? 8/99:47
On the job: A matter of sensitivity (Special report: High court to rule on HMO physician incentives Tackling costs one disease at a time, 5/99:31
What employers should know about breast (NT), 11/99:14
cancer), 9/99:6 Judge strikes down FDA off-label restrictions (NT), DISCRIMINATION
Progress check in the quest to conquer cancer (DW), 9/99:12 DaimlerChrysler settles ADA claim (NT), 4/99:9
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Deciding who's disabled (NT), 6/99:12 Garden State to HIP: You’re out (NT), 3/99:18
EEOC shores up mediation (NT), 3/99:15 HMOs auction themselves on the ’net (NT), 12/99:12
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT HMOs lose their satisfaction edge (NT), 10/99:15
DISEASE MANAGEMENT
Struggling with FMLA’s scope (BB), 9/99:45 Jersey plans don’t make the grade (FR), 1/99:38
(SEE ALSO GUIDELINES)
Kaiser’s ambulance contract causes false alarm
Asthma screening, close to home (NT), 4/99:12 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH
(NT), 10/99:16
Clinical holes in U.S. health care (NT), 10/99:10 BENEFITS PROGRAM (FEHBP)
Money talks in HMO class action lawsuits (NT),
Heart health: It matters where you live (FR), 5/99:47 Expanding the feds’ protective umbrella (NT), 6/99:10 12/99:12
Help for what ails end-of-life care (NT), 6/99:14 Parity, paid leave for federal workers (NT), 7/99:10 Monitoring shaky deals in managed care (NT),
Tackling costs one disease at a time, 5/99:31 10/99:10
Tracking and treating Hep C infection, 2/99:41 ( Popularizing the profit motive (NT), 5/99:13
When antihistamines go to work, 3/99:49 Quality care comes shining through (NT), 9/99:16
f Racketeering law governs HMO fraud (NT), 2/99:14
GUIDELINES
Storm clouds over Medicare+Choice (redux) (NT),
4 (DoSeEsE miAgLraSiOne mDaIttSeEr AtSo Ey ourM AheNalAthG EplManE? N(TSp)ec ial 7/99:10
What happened to managed care’s golden egg?
PEMRPOLGORYAEMES A(SESAIPsS)T ANCE Nerwe podrita: beTthees btortetaotmm enlti neg uoind elmiignreasi n(eN)T,) , 104//9999::1134 (NT), 9/99:13
Substance abusers: Terminate or treat? 6/99:32 Treatment guidelines: Who's paying attention? (FR), HEALTH PROMOTION
Support is a keystroke away (BB), 3/99:75 9/99:47 The bucks behind the wellness boom (BB), 2/99:43
This is not your father’s EAP (BB), 12/99:42 A fast drive to good health (PP), 4/99:17
il Free health support: What's out there, 10/99:34
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT (ERISA) High honors for encouraging health, 11/99:37
Target your health dollars to the root causes, 12/99:23
Ano5/t9h9e:r1 2 challenge to ERISA preemption (NT), HEALTH CARE COSTS/SPENDING Where the smoking ain't easy (PP), 6/99:17
Affordable coverage (Special report: The State of
Another fissure in ERISA’s shield (NT), 11/99:14 Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:27 HOSPITALS
Does ERISA unfairly deflect medical liability? Big premium increases hit the little guy hardest Centrifugal forces unsettle provider networks in
(Special report: The State of Health Care in (NT), 11/99:9 Ohio (FR), 12/99:43
America 1999), 6/99:38 Costing out Patients’ Bill of Rights (NT), 6/99:9 Efficiency gets hospitals on the Top 100 list (NT),
Duplicate protection trumps ERISA preemption Costs escalate as PPOs grow (NT), 3/99:17 9/99:13
(NT), 10/99:12
Leadership, and a tough stance, pay off (NT), 5/99:11 Feds take another stab at patient dumping (NT),
ERI(NSTA) , do5e/s9 9:n1o3t protect primary care physician The lowdown on health spending (NT), 1/99:9 1/99:8
Reverse migration triggers higher costs (DW), 3/99:84 Hospitals abandon report card initiative (NT), 3/99:12
EMPLOYER-PROVIDED BENEFITS What happened to HIPAA in the real world? 3/99:52 Maryland hospitals battle the Blues (FR), 10/99:60
The benefits of leadership (DW), 2/99:52 More nurse staffing mandates in California (FR),
Building barriers to job-based health coverage (NT), HEALTH CARE REFORM 12/99:44
10/99:9 Bill of goods or bill or rights? (WI), 9/99:19 Where hospitals are behind the times (DW), 6/99:48
Can employers halt the price hikes? 12/99:29 The confidentiality countdown (WD), 6/99:15
L
Kansas gives a tax break to small employers (FR), Countdown to patient protection, 4/99:36
12/99:43 Emergency care: In search of balance (WI), 4/99:15
Locking in health over the long term, 3/99:42 Helping seniors take their meds (WI), 7/99:16 LEGISLATION
The new crop of catastrophic care carveouts (BB), IRS to rule on HMO tax status (WI), 10/99:22 Countdown to patient protection, 4/99:36
8/99:51
Medical necessity takes center stage (WI), 3/99:26 Feds take another stab at patient dumping (NT),
The new wave of Gen X workers, 6/99:19
Nowhere to hide (WI), 1/99:15 1/99:8
A plea for care for caregivers (NT), 4/99:12
The perils of patients’ rights (WI), 11/99:18 Health care help for small biz, near-poor (FR), 4/99:47
Pressure on partnering (DW), 5/99:52 The politics of patients’ rights (Special report: The House stalls OSHA ergonomics standards (NT),
Prime time for domestic partner benefits (BB), State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:21 9/99:13
4/99:43 Retiree Rx highlights a flawed system (WI), 8/99:19 Medical privacy deadline (not!) (NT), 9/99:9
The public-private spending disconnect (NT), 12/99:15
The speaker on health (WI), 2/99:21 More help for small players (FR), 8/99:54
The return on your investment in people: Getting
your money’s worth from training, 7/99:26 Tax breaks for the rich (NT), 4/99:14 More mandates on their minds (NT), 3/99:20
Taxing away the uninsured (WI), 5/99:15 More nurse staffing mandates in California (FR),
The return on your investment in people: Making
12/99:44
the case to top management, 7/99:20 HEALTH INSURANCE No surprises in the surplus debate (NT), 9/99:9
Shrinking coverage for retired workers (NT), 12/99:10 PORTABILITY AND
Small purchasers want some respect, 8/99:21 ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) PARCA'’s latest incarnation (NT), 2/99:9
Struggling with FMLA’s scope (BB), 9/99:45 DOL audits add HIPAA compliance (NT), 11/99:12 Parity exemption is nil (NT), 1/99:7
The perils of patients’ rights (WI), 11/99:18
Work-life benefits can lighten the load, 10/99:25 More computer hassles over HIPAA’s EDI standards
(NT), 11/99:9 The politics of patients’ rights (Special report: The
END-OF-LIFE CARE What happened to HIPAA in the real world? 3/99:52 State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:21
Heavy costs at the end of someone else's life (NT), Pricing the right to sue (NT), 11/99:17
9/99:14 HEALTH MAINTENANCE Provider payment law lacks teeth (FR), 1/99:38
Medicaid to pay for assisted suicide (NT), 1/99:13 ORGANIZATIONS (HMOs) Racketeering law governs HMO fraud (NT), 2/99:14
A plea for care for caregivers (NT), 4/99:12 (SEE ALSO MCOs) Senate passes limited patient rights bill (NT), 8/99:9
Accreditation: Why employers don’t demand it,
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING 1/99:19 LIABILITY
Achieving excellence in women’s health, 6/99 The “Don’t ask, won’t tell” policy (DW), 8/99:56 Another challenge to ERISA preemption (NT),
Depression, 9/99 For profit or nonprofit: Which delivers better care? 5/99:12
Insomnia, 8/99 (NT), 8/99:14 Another fissure in ERISA’s shield (NT), 11/99:14
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Does ERISA unfairly deflect medical liability? Monster mergers in managed care 2. :icw How employers are tackling Rx costs (DW), 7/99:48
(Special report: The State of Health Care in purchasers can hold their ground, 11/99:23 How well does your PBM perform? 1/99:24
America 1999), 6/99:38
Duplicate protection trumps ERISA preemption MIGRAINE Is the FDA approving drugs too easily? NT), 1/99:12
(NT), 10/99:12 Action items for employers Re: Migraine (Special Judge strikes down FDA off-label restrictions (NT)
report: The bottom line on migraine), 10/99:15 9/99:12
ERISA does not protect primary care physician (NT),
5/99:13 Does migraine matter to your health plan (Special Medicare Rx coverage as political hot potato (NT)
report: The bottom line on migraine), 10/99:13 3/99:9
LONG-TERM CARE Focus on the most cost-effective treatment (Special OTCs: The wild card in cost effectiveness, 4/99:33
LTC heads Clinton’s health care agenda (NT), 2/99:9 report: The bottom line on migraine), 10/99:8 PBM, drug maker go their separate ways (NT), 3/99:12
A plea for care for caregivers (NT), 4/99:12 Not your ordinary headache (Special report: The Prozac moves into the millennium (NT), 3/99:20
Weighing in on LTC insurance (BB), 5/99:43 bottom line on migraine), 10/99:4 Retiree Rx highlights a flawed system (WI), 8/99:19
Pain at the bottom line (Special report: The bottom Rx drug costs: How high? How fast? (NT), 11/99:12
M line on migraine), 10/99:6
Rx Golden Age shows no sign of slowing (NT), 7/99:13
Resources for patients and employers (Special
Taming the Rx monster (NT), 8/99:9
report: The bottom line on migraine), 10/99:16
Wasting money with war on the wrong bugs (NT)
MANAGED CARE () 5/99:9
ORGANIZATIONS (MCOs)
When antihistamines go to work, 3/99:49
(SEE ALSO HMOs)
Aetna adds PruCare to its empire (NT), 1/99:8 PHYSICIANS
Aetna loses first round to reduce record punitive OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH/OSHA AMA union vote makes for strange bedfellows (NT)
damages award (NT), 5/99:12 Appeals court strides down OSHA program (NT), 8/99:10
5/99:12
Giant Aetna gets ready to swallow the Pru (NT), Are physicians in step with a new kind of care?
8/99:15 Applying lessons from the work of art, 12/99:19 (Special report: The State of Health Care in
Jury slaps Aetna with record payout (NT), 2/99:14 Back-up safety hits the road (PP), 2/99:23 America 1999), 6/99:46
Kentucky takes on Aetna’s doc policy (FR), 7/99:43 Bill seeks to stall ergonomics regs (NT), 4/99:7 Boost the value of your medical director, 8/99:32
Lowdown on for-profit plans (NT), 7/99:14 Defusing workplace violence, 2/99:34 Do medical directors have clout where it counts
Managed care profitability: On the way up, 5/99:19 Ergonomics under fire (NT), 7/99:12 (DW), 9/99:56
Oxford hasn’t cured its computer woes (NT), 5/99:11 Flak over OSHA ergonomics (NT), 3/99:9 Doc(NsT )d, o 9b/e9t9t:e1r2 when they know what peers do
House stalls OSHA ergonomics standards (NT),
MEDICAID 9/99:13 Doctors band together to bargain (NT), 5/99:10
Medicaid to pay for assisted suicide (NT), 1/99:13 On-the-job safety starts at the top, 9/99:33 ERISA does not protect primary care physician
(NT), 5/99:13
Slipping into stability (PP), 7/99:17
M(MESDAIsC)A L SAVINGS ACCOUNTS High court to rule on HMO physician incentives
(NT), 11/99:14
MSA sales inching along (NT), 2/99:11 Kentucky takes on Aetna’s doc policy (FR), 7/99:43
Will Congress put MSAs on life support? (BB), 11/99:39 Mum’s the word on physician bonuses (NT), 2/99:15
MEDICARE PARTNERSHIPS NLRB rejects N.J. doctor union (FR), 7/99:44
(SEE ALSO RETIREE BENEFITS) Benefits in the Big Apple (FR), 5/99:48 Ohio court to decide whether docs are different
And now, Medicare Part D? (NT), 8/99:13 A case for the corner drug store (FR), 6/99:43 (FR), 6/99:44
Are retiree health benefits an endangered species? Healthy workers, healthier profits (Special report: Praise, pans and plans for putting docs in the
9/99:38 The State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:33 driver's seat (NT), 12/99:10
The balanced budget boomerang (DW), 4/99:48 Locking in health over the long term, 3/99:42 This time, Chicken Little may be right (FR), 11/99:43
California court unblocks suit against Medicare HMO Treatment guidelines: Who's paying attention? (FR)
(NT), 10/99:12 PATIENT EMPOWERMENT 9/99:47
Dissecting the Medicare HMO pullout (NT), 6/99:13 Employee feedback: Not just a whine line (BB), The unending patient care squabble (NT), 9/99:10
The1 2/d9o9u:b1l8 e edge of a Medicare drug benefit (WI), Hea1l/t9h9 :3c6a re power shifts to the people (Special Wharetp orwti:l l Tihte t aSktea tteo orfe sHteorael thp atCiaernet itnr usAtm?e r(iScpeac ia1l9 99),
report: The State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:61
Medicare pullouts: Déja vu (NT), 8/99:14 6/99:8 What's behind physician sanctions? (FR), 7/99:44
Medicare Rx coverage as political hot potato (NT), PARCA’s latest incarnation (NT), 2/99:9
3/99:9 The politics of patients’ rights (Special report: The PREFERRED PROVIDER
Medicare+Choice: Slim pickings for rural seniors State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:21 ORGANIZATIONS (PPOs)
(NT), 10/99:16 The UR controversy (BB), 7/99:39 Costs escalate as PPOs grow (NT), 3/99:17
Much ado about Medicare’s facelift (NT), 2/99:10 NCQA embraces PPOs (NT), 9/99:10
The public-private spending disconnect (NT), PHARMACEUTICALS Who’s minding the PPOs? (FR), 5/99:47
12/99:15 And now, Medicare Part D? (NT), 8/99:13 Will PPOs knock down the competition? 11/99:26
Stalemate on Medicare commission (NT), 4/99:9 Caveat vendor in direct-to-consumer ads (NT), 9/99:12 PRIVACY
Storm clouds over Medicare+Choice (redux) (NT), Cyberpharmacies zapped by state regs (NT), 12/99:12
7/99:10 Dismissal and payout for Rx price fixing (NT), 1/99:9 Avoiding medical group meltdown (NT), 5/99:13
Confidentiality and the virtual pharmacy (NT), 4/99:7
Double digit drug cost reactions (NT), 9/99:14
MENTAL HEALTH The confidentiality countdown (WI), 6/99:15
Mental health parity revisited (NT), 5/99:14 The double edge of a Medicare drug benefit (WI),
12/99:18 Logjam for privacy legislation (NT), 10/99:10
Parity exemption is nil (NT), 1/99:7
Drug costs: No simple matter (Special report: The Maine’s privacy about-face (FR)
Parity, paid leave for federal workers (NT), 7/99:10
State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:56 Medical privacy Geadline (not!) (NT), 9/99:9
MERGERS Free health support: What's out there, 10/99:34 Medical privacy regs hit employers on many fronts
Aetna adds PruCare to its empire (NT), 1/99:8 Health plans weigh coverage on new obesity drug (NT), 12/99:9
Do monster mergers threaten managed care? 10/99:42 (NT), 6/99:12 Minding your business, 3/99:39
Giant Aetna gets ready to swallow the Pru (NT), Helping seniors take their meds (WI), 7/99:16 Privacy prompts partisan scuffle (NT), 7/99:8
8/99:15 HMOs lose their satisfaction edge (NT), 10/99:15 Self-insurers say privacy law would hamper claims
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management (NT), 5/99:9 DOL proposals prompt slew of complaints (NT), Recent college grads: Uninsured and working (NT),
Who's guarding medical privacy? 3/99:29 3/99:15 4/99:12
Expanding the feds’ protective umbrella (NT), 6/99:10 Taxing away the uninsured (WI), 5/99:15
PRODUCTIVITY Is the DOL playing wait and see? (NT), 9/99:9 Workers’ triple whammy: Low paid, unhealthy and
And the winner is..., 9/99:30 Medical privacy regs hit employers on many fronts uninsured, 10/99:53
Applying lessons from the work of art, 12/99:19 (NT), 12/99:9
Back-up safety hits the road (PP), 2/99:23 UNIONS
RETIREE BENEFITS NLRB rejects N.J. doctor union (FR), 7/99:44
Boost the value of your medical director, 8/99:32
(SEE ALSO MEDICARE)
A fast drive to good health (PP), 4/99:17 Hefty Y2K increases in store for CalPERS (NT), 7/99:9 UTILIZATION REVIEW
Happiness matters (PP), 9/99:21 Phased retirement could bolster the pool of workers The case management explosion (BB), 10/99:56
Healthy minds have great ideas (PP), 12/99:16 (NT), 11/99:17 Ohio reins in UR supervision (FR), 11/99:44
Healthy workers, healthier profits (Special report: Retiree Rx highlights a flawed system (WI), 8/99:19 The UR controversy (BB), 7/99:39
The State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:33 Revisiting retirement benefit caps (NT), 2/99:13
Investing in education (PP), 11/99:21 Shrinking coverage for retired workers (NT), 12/99:10
Leadership, and a tough stance, pay off (NT), 5/99:11
Looking for workers in all the right places (PP),
10/99:19 VETERANS’ BENEFITS
The lowdown on no-shows (DW), 11/99:48 GI Joe needs a benefit redesign (NT), 2/99:10
Mammography goes to work (PP), 3/99:23 SOCIAL ISSUES VIOLENCE
The occasional bender packs a wallop (NT), 2/99:13 EEOC speaks out on harassment (NT), 8/99:13 Defusing workplace violence, 2/99:34
On-the-job safety starts at the top, 9/99:33 Harnessing the power of diversity (BB), 6/99:40 Domestic abuse follows women to work (NT), 12/99:15
Pain at the bottom line (Special report: The bottom Heavy costs at the end of someone else’s life (NT),
line on migraine), 10/99:6 9/99:14
The real measure of productivity, 11/99:34 Prime time for domestic partner benefits (BB), 4/99:43
Thyeo urre tumronn eoyn’ sy ouwro rtihn vefsrtomm enttr aiinni npge, op7l/e9:9 :2G6e tting SPECIAL REPORTS WHAT WE THINK
The bottom line on migraine, 10/99 (Vol. 17, No. 10,
Setting the pace (PP), 8/99:17 Suppl A) Accountable for success, 1/99:4
Shrinking the (growing) company (PP), 1/99:17 Living, coping and working with cancer, 3/99 (Vol. 17, Do the right thing. ..before it’s done unto you, 3/99:6
Slipping into stability (PP), 7/99:17 No. 3, Suppl A) A fond farewell, 10/99:6
A summer solution (PP), 5/99:17 The State of Health Care in America 1999, 6/99 (Vol. Forcing issues, 8/99:6
Where the smoking ain't easy (PP), 6/99:17 17, No. 6, Suppl A) Fresh perspectives, 6/99:6
Work-life benefits can lighten the load, 10/99:25 What employers should know about breast cancer, More than money at risk, 12/99:6
9/99 (Vol.17, No. 9, Suppl A) Ringside, 4/99:4
Shadow boxing, 2/99:6
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
The occasional bender packs a wallop (NT), 2/99:13 Smart Rx strategies, 7/99:6
Snubstance eabusers: Tenrminate ort treat? 6/99 :32 Team players, 5/99:6
QUALITY Whose quality is this anyway? 9/99:6
Accreditation: Why employers don’t demand it, With fairness for all, 11/99:6
1/99:19
Coalitions keep quality alive, 7/99:30 WOMEN’S HEALTH
Do consumers “get” quality (Special report: The TECHNOLOGY Action items for employers (Special report: What
State of Health Care in America 1999), 6/99:14 Assessing health plans from an IS perspective, 7/99:33 employers should know about breast cancer),
9/99:15
The “Don't ask, won't tell” policy (DW), 8/99:56 Confidentiality and the virtual pharmacy (NT), 4/99:7
Can medication reduce the risk? (Special report:
Employers need to keep the heat on vendors (NT), Cyberpharmacies zapped by state regs (NT), 12/99:12 What employers should know about breast
10/99:9 Health care behind the Y2K eight ball (NT), 4/99:8 cancer), 9/99:9
HEDIS 2000 unveiled (NT), 3/99:18
HMOs auction themselves on the ‘net (NT), 12/99:12 Does your health plan measure up? (Special report:
Hospitals abandon report card initiative (NT), 3/99:12 Inching toward an info technology revolution What employers should know about breast
Jersey plans don’t make the grade (FR), 1/99:38 (Special report: The State of Health Care in cancer), 9/99:14
NCQA accreditation to require external appeals America 1999), 6/99:51 How breast cancer can affect your workforce
(NT), 4/99:8 More computer hassles over HIPAA’s EDI standards (Special report: What employers should know
NCQA embraces PPOs (NT), 9/99:10 (NT), 11/99:9 about breast cancer), 9/99:4
Quality care comes shining through (NT), 9/99:16 Support is a keystroke away (BB), 3/99:75 Jury awards big bucks in implant case (NT), 2/99:15
The UR controversy (BB), 7/99:39 The trouble with medical innovation, 5/99:38 Last word on implants: No link to disease (NT),
1/99:9
What have they done for you lately? 5/99:22
THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR Mammography goes to work (PP), 3/99:23
What's happened to employers’ push for quality?
4/99:26 (TPA) The merits of worksite screening (Special report:
Who’s who in quality, 5/99:27 What to look for in a TPA, 2/99:25 What employers should know about breast
cancer), 9/99:12
U
I On the job: A matter of sensitivity (Special report:
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What employers should know about breast
cancer), 9/99:6
UNINSURED (SEE ALso HIPAA)
REGULATIONS Affordable coverage: The ideal eludes our grasp WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Are retiree health benefits an endangered species? (Special report: The State of Health Care in The new direction in disability management:
9/99:38 America 1999) 6/99:27 Curbing workers’ comp claims and costs, 8/99:27
Bill seeks to stall ergonomics regs (NT), 4/99:7 Going bare in the Lone Star state (FR), 3/99:74 The slide in workers’ comp costs (DW), 10/99:64
Business fights DOL’s “rigid” claims rules (NT), 1/99:7 Kansas can’t get to uninsured kids (FR), 11/99:44 Top court OK’s delayed workers’ comp payments
Cyberpharmacies zapped by state regs (NT), 12/99:12 Multiple studies paint a grim picture for the working (NT), 4/99:9
DOL audits add HIPAA compliance (NT), 11/99:12 poor (NT), 11/99:14 Workers’ comp in the Sunshine State (FR), 2/99:49
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