HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS related term(s) Public Health Service

Analyses

Family Health Care Preservation Act (S. 121), S371 [4JA]

Articles and editorials

Back to the Dark Ages, S15656 [25OC]

Bowen Reflects on Life of Politics, E802 [6AP]

Consumate Advocate, E377 [16FE]

Cruelty to Patients—Nation's Health Care System Needs an Examination, S2275 [7FE]

Doctors, Hospitals Sued on Monopoly Charges, S17324 [17NO]

Dropping Federal Regs Is an Invitation to Tragedy, S15668 [25OC]

Existing Protections, S15668 [25OC]

H.M.O.'s Refusing Emergency Claims, Hospitals Assert—2 Missions in Conflict, E1418 [12JY]

He Might Have the Cure for Medicine's Ills, E1685 [5AU]

Her Push for Prevention Keeps Kids Out of ER, E962 [9MY]

Keep Nursing Home Standards, S15668 [25OC]

Mean and Meaningless, S16741 [7NO]

New York's Public Hospitals Fail, and Babies Are the Victims, S5771-S5774 [27AP]

Patient's Story, S14206-S14209 [25SE], E1654-E1656 [5AU]

Quality Assurance Prenatal Systems Reduce Risk for OBs, S5786 [27AP]

Rating Agencies Facing Lawsuits for Low Grades, E2338 [12DE]

Tort Reform Isn't Solution To Easing Health Care Woes, S5798 [27AP]

Tort Tax on Women's Health, S5890 [1MY]

VA Researcher Key Figure in Sickle Cell Anemia Breakthrough, E660 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (see H. Con. Res. 13), H177 [9JA]

———prevent governmental discrimination against health care providers who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see S. 971; H.R. 1932), S9174 [27JN], H6396 [27JN]

Armed Forces: allow liability claims resulting from medical malpractice (see H.R. 2524), H10726 [24OC]

———authorize the appointment of health care professionals to the positions of Surgeon General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (see S. 68), S49 [4JA]

Brookhaven, NY: establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs ambulatory care facility (see H.R. 2831), H15633 [22DE]

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H537 [23JA]

Courts: encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (see S. 1351), S15401 [20OC]

———establish uniform standard for the resolution of medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 352), H173 [9JA]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (see H.R. 229, 1195), H170 [9JA], H2989 [9MR]

Crime: prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758, 1850), H5690 [7JN], H5983 [14JN]

Dentistry: prohibit licensing discrimination by States on the basis of nonresidency (see H.R. 787), H1051 [1FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish Physical Therapy Advisory Council (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determine locality salaries for certain nurse anesthetist positions (see H.R. 1536), H4511 [2MY]

———exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H4177 [4AP]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (see S. 65), S49 [4JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 64), S49 [4JA]

———revise and extend certain programs for physical and occupational therapy (see S. 60), S49 [4JA]

———training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 697; H.R. 1521), S5404 [6AP], H4432 [7AP]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (see S. 1369), S16421 [31OC]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see S. 800; H.R. 1057), S6687 [15MY], H2306 [27FE]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see S. 324), S1920 [1FE]

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H4414 [6AP]

Government regulations: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H4177 [4AP]

Haleyville, AL, Emergency 911 Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S2648 [14FE]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see S. 1035; H.R. 2019), S9998 [14JY], H6913 [12JY]

———authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H177 [9JA]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisers (see H.R. 2245), H8535 [4AU]

———extend Federal liability coverage to medical volunteers relative to medically underserved communities (see S. 1217), S12716 [6SE]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see S. 1416; H.R. 2690), S17091 [15NO], H13804 [29NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 121), S50 [4JA]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S3680 [8MR]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 454), S2823 [16FE]

———treatment of personal medical records and health care related information (see S. 1360), S15575 [24OC]

Health care facilities: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (see S. 980, 1268; H.R. 1904, 2175, 2411), S9305 [28JN], S14132 [22SE], H6159 [20JN], H8308 [2AU], H9591 [27SE]

Home infusion therapy: licensing of service providers and limitations on physician referrals (see H.R. 1579), H4617 [9MY]

Immigration: extension of H-1 immigration status for certain non-immigrant nurses (see H.R. 428), H177 [9JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 1233; H.R. 2011), S13473 [12SE], H6830 [11JY]

———determine necessary medical coverage and require insurers to notify enrollees (see H.R. 2608), H12084 [9NO]

———establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H9591 [27SE]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 972; H.R. 1339), S9174 [27JN], H3879 [28MR]

———osteopathic services (see S. 896; H.R. 1791), S8034 [8JN], H5752 [8JN]

Medicare: assure fairness and choice to patients (see S. 1024, 1343), S9802 [12JY], S15338 [19OC]

———chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H1967 [21FE]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H5690 [7JN]

———eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 1761), H5690 [7JN]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H8535 [4AU]

———payment for services furnished by a facility in which the referring physician has an ownership interest (see H.R. 2390), H9452 [21SE]

———permit direct payment of registered nurses for assistance services at surgery (see H.R. 188), H168 [9JA]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see S. 864; H.R. 1750), S7497 [25MY], H5622 [6JN]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see S. 863; H.R. 1751), S7497 [25MY], H5622 [6JN]

———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (see H.R. 2249), H8535 [4AU]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H14310 [12DE]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 62), S49 [4JA]

———use of commercial software to detect payment error and billing abuse (see S. 762), S6202 [5MY]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (see S. 76), S49 [4JA]

Patents: limit enforcement relative to medical and surgical procedures (see S. 1334), S15290 [18OC]

———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H2650 [3MR]

Personnel: even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (see S. 555), S3891 [14MR]

Pharmaceuticals: establish temporary program allowing the use of parenteral diacetylmorphine for intractable pain due to cancer (see S. 78), S49 [4JA]

Primary health care: increase practitioners in the field (see H.R. 449), H179 [9JA]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see S. 1471; H.R. 1747), S18442 [12DE], H5622 [6JN]

Research: facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (see S. 1197), S12370 [11AU]

Rural areas: create tax incentives for provision of rural health care services (see H.R. 425), H177 [9JA]

———provide practitioners with training in preventive health care (see S. 59), S49 [4JA]

Social Security: permit coverage of outpatient physical therapy services under medicare and medicaid without a physician's referral (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

States: development of alternative dispute resolutions systems for medical malpractice claims and federally mandated liability reform (see S. 11), S48 [4JA]

Taxation: deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, incentives for medical practice in rural areas, and creation of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 2051), H7178 [18JY]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H6158 [20JN]

———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (see H.R. 2452), H9784 [10OC]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see S. 1232), S13473 [12SE]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: terminate (see S. 42), S48 [4JA]

Veterans: management and contracting of health care services (see S. 1359), S15575 [24OC]

Veterans Health Administration: recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists (see S. 82), S49 [4JA]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H3327 [16MR]

Cost Estimates

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: CBO, S16469 [1NO]

Letters

Dept. of Veterans Affairs plan for allocation of health care resources: Frederico Juarbe Jr., VFW, S14301 [26SE]

Federal assistance to graduate education programs relative to availability of abortion training for obstetrics and gynecology accreditation: Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H8378 [3AU]

———Representative Hoekstra, E1691 [5AU]

Federal nursing home standards: David Banks, Beverly Enterprises, Inc., S16944 [13NO]

———Elma L. Holder, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, S16945 [13NO], S17281 [17NO]

———John J. Sweeney, Service Employees International Union, S17283 [17NO]

———National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, S16945 [13NO]

———several health and union organizations, S15657 [25OC]

———Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S16952 [13NO]

Insurance companies denotation of menopause as preexisting condition: James S. Todd, AMA, H2310 [28FE]

Medicaid reform: Joe M. Sanders, Jr., and Lawrence A. McAndrews, S15730 [26OC]

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: Arnold R. Thomas, North Dakota Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Daniel J. Schulder, National Council of Senior Citizens, S16468 [1NO]

———Howard B. Shapiro, American College of Physicians, S16469 [1NO]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16469 [1NO]

———Martin Corry, American Association of Retired Persons, S16468 [1NO]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Steven Kroll, Healthcare Association of New York State, S16468 [1NO]

Medicare reform: Anne K. Bingaman, Dept. of Justice and Robert Pitofsky, FTC, S17323 [17NO]

———National Association of Attorneys General, S17326 [17NO]

———several health and insurance providers, S17324 [17NO]

———several organizations, S17325, S17327 [17NO]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S17326 [17NO]

Nutrition programs funding: Morton A. Madoff and George Comerci, Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Partial-birth abortions: Arthur L. Herbst, S17890 [4DE]

———Christie Gallivan, S17896 [4DE]

———Christie Gallivan, Women's Medical Center, S16743 [7NO]

———David W. Cromer, S17891 [4DE]

———Donald E. McCanse, S17890 [4DE]

———Donald M. Sherline, S17892 [4DE]

———Dorothy Czarnecki, S18196 [7DE]

———Geri Marullo, American Nurses Association, S17896 [4DE], S18191 [7DE]

———James R. Schreiber, S17890 [4DE]

———Jean L. Fourcroy, American Medical Women's Association, Inc., S18191 [7DE]

———Karin E. Shinn, S18197 [7DE]

———L. Laurie Scott, S18197 [7DE]

———Laurence I. Burd, S17891 [4DE]

———Margaret Nordell, S18197 [7DE]

———Mary L. Davenport, S18084 [6DE], S18197 [7DE]

———Pamela E. Smith, S18076, S18077 [6DE]

———Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S18191, S18226 [7DE]

———Samuel Edwin, S18192 [7DE]

———Tor Shwayder, S18192 [7DE]

Reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs: Jack L. Barry, Michigan State Medical Society, S5896 [1MY]

Regulatory Transition Act: Joseph M. Schwartz, Physicians for Social Responsibility (organization), S4617 [27MR]

Veterans' medical care funding: Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, S14294 [26SE]

———Paul A. Spera., VFW, S14294 [26SE]

———Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, S14295 [26SE]

Lists

Congressional hearings and reports relative to enactment of Nursing Home Reform Act, S15667 [25OC]

Organizations supporting medicare fairness and choice, S15346 [19OC]

Memorandums

Federal Assistance to Graduate Education Programs Relative to Availability of Abortion Training for Obstetrics and Gynecology Accreditation: George Conant, E1690 [5AU]

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Toby S. Edelman, Nursing Home National Seniors Center, S17281-S17283 [17NO]

Opinion polls

Medical research funding: Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., E1909 [11OC]

Press releases

Medicare, Medicaid, and Nursing Home Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation: American Association of Retired Persons, S17281 [17NO]

Proposals

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1150 [26MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: Federal assistance to graduate education programs relative to availability of abortion training for obstetrics and gynecology accreditation, H8378-H8382 [3AU], E1645, E1690 [5AU]

———killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA, H129 [5JA], E84 [11JA]

———killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (H. Con. Res. 13), H485 [23JA]

———performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H5998-H6008 [15JN]

———use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1724-H1735, H1738 [14FE]

American Society of Radiologic Technologists: anniversary, E2077 [31OC]

Bell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Belvidere Ambulance Corps, Inc.: anniversary, E1275 [16JN]

Bethesda, MD: tribute to the doctors and staff at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, H12178 [13NO]

Cangemi, Andrew G.: Mental Health Association Community Service Award recipient, E1350 [28JN]

Chiropractic profession: tribute, E625 [16MR]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, E1526 [27JY]

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (H.R. 641), H477, H478 [23JA]

Cleveland Council of Black Nurses, Inc.: anniversary, E1865 [28SE]

Coryell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Courts: admissibility of evidence of collateral source payments in medical liability actions, H3016-H3019 [10MR]

———maximum award of noneconomic damages in medical liability claims, H2959-H2965 [9MR], H3023 [10MR]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (H.R. 1195), E568 [9MR]

Custis, Donald L.: AMA Nathan Davis Award recipient, E377 [16FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determine locality salaries for certain nurse anesthetist positions (H.R. 1536), H9761, H9762 [10OC]

———exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (H.R. 1384), H9759-H9761 [10OC]

Enfield, CT: tribute to the Enfield Substance Abuse Prevention Council, E1100 [23MY]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (H.R. 1057), E453 [27FE]

Florida: tribute to Metro Dade Urban Search and Rescue Team, E1125 [25MY]

Frankel, Joel: Spirit of Life Humanitarian Award recipient, E397 [22FE]

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (H.R. 1454), E826 [7AP]

Government regulations: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (H.R. 1386), E799 [6AP]

———physician self-referral laws, E534 [7MR]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (H.R. 2019), E1424 [12JY]

———authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (H.R. 1341), E722 [29MR]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (H. Res. 30), E401 [22FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E302 [8FE]

———observance of chiropractic centennial, E1797 [18SE]

———tribute to home health care industry, E2148 [9NO]

———tribute to home health care workers, E1796 [18SE]

Health care facilities: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (H.R. 1904), E1299 [20JN]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (H.R. 2175), E1594 [2AU]

Health Net (health maintenance organization): lawsuit against Weiss Ratings, Inc., E2338 [12DE]

Health Unit Coordinators Day: observance, E1593 [2AU]

Home infusion therapy: licensing of service providers and limitations on physician referrals (H.R. 1579), E962 [9MY]

Hospices: tribute to workers, E2239 [28NO]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (H.R. 2011), E1417 [12JY]

Kaiser Permanente (health organization): anniversary, E1862 [28SE]

Local Heroes Week: observance, E1914 [11OC]

Louchart, Mary Kay: St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center of the Bronx, NY, honoree, E2037 [26OC]

Marasco, Joseph A., Jr.: American College of Radiology award recipient, E1902 [10OC]

Marshall University: tribute to the School of Medicine, E1561 [31JY]

Maryland: anniversary of Med-Evac Program, E691 [24MR]

Matanane, Mary: Guam Nurses Association Nurse of the Year award recipient, E1196 [8JN]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (H.R. 1339), E935 [3MY]

Medical Group Missions: tribute, E960 [9MY]

Medicare: require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (H.R. 2249), E1665 [5AU]

MediGrant: reform, H11209 [26OC]

Mining and mineral resources: health care benefits for miners, H9510 [27SE]

Mitchell, George: Rural Health Association Rural Health Practitioner of the Year Award recipient, E1208 [8JN]

National Association of Health Unit Coordinators: anniversary, E1081 [19MY]

National Black Nurses Association: anniversary, E227 [31JA]

National Dental Hygiene Month: observance, E1993 [20OC]

National Medical Laboratory Week: observance, E870 [7AP]

New Brunswick, NJ: tribute to visting doctors from Zhong Shan Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, E1939 [12OC]

New York: tribute to volunteer firefighters, police, and other emergency personnel relative to Long Island brush fires, H8584 [6SE], E1732 [7SE]

New York, NY: tribute to Mount Sinai Hospital Sarcoidosis Clinic, E1657 [5AU]

———tribute to New York Chiropractic Council, E41 [5JA]

NIH: biomedical research funding, E1909 [11OC]

———funding for the Office of Alternative Medicine, H8329 [3AU]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, H10812, H10835 [25OC]

Paradise Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: anniversary, E1455 [18JY]

Philips, Al, Jr.: Eastern Long Island Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E851 [7AP]

Primary health care: increase practitioners in the field (H.R. 449), E85 [11JA]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), H14273-H14277 [12DE]

Puget Sound, WA: tribute to Airlift Northwest medical helicopter emergency rescue team, H9222 [19SE]

Robinson, Julia: Kern County, CA, Nurse of the Year award recipient, E922 [2MY]

Steinberg, Martin: tribute for sickle cell anemia research, E660 [22MR]

Taxation: exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (H.R. 1893), E1301 [20JN]

Telecommunications: rates for universal service to health care providers in rural areas, educational providers, and libraries, H8498 [4AU]

———State physician licensing relative to interstate telemedicine, E1392 [30JN]

Troy, MI: town meeting to learn about Alzheimer's disease, E2023 [24OC]

University of Pittsburgh: anniversary of School of Dental Medicine, E1828 [21SE]

University of South Dakota: tribute to Disaster Mental Health Institute, E1038 [15MY]

Veterans: budget cuts in veterans' benefits, H2723, H2724, H2725, H2726, H2727, H2728 [7MR]

Women: funding for family planning and health care services, E1626 [4AU]

Zucker, Stefan R.: St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center honoree, E2039 [26OC]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA, S21 [4JA], S1105 [18JA]

———limit the liability relative to partial-birth abortions to the performing physician, S18223 [7DE]

———prevent governmental discrimination against health care providers who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (S. 971), S9177 [27JN]

Beebe, Kerry: American Optometric Association Optometrist of the Year award recipient, S9104 [26JN]

Chiropractors: anniversary of profession, S2994 [23FE]

Courts: authorize voluntary alternative dispute resolutions systems relative to health care liability action, S5888-S5890 [1MY]

———clarify rules governing preemption of State laws relative to health care liability action, S5890 [1MY], S5936 [2MY]

———consumer access to medical malpractice information, S5795 [27AP]

———encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (S. 1351), S15404 [20OC]

———exempt actions involving sexual abuse from limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5879 [1MY]

———limitations on compensatory damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5874-S5879 [1MY]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5800-S5802 [27AP]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability actions, S5960 [2MY]

———treatment of medical malpractice liability claims relative to obstetric services, S5755-S5792 [27AP], S5857-S5860 [1MY]

Dept. of Defense: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences funding, S18875 [19DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources, S14299-S14302 [26SE]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (S. 65), S283 [4JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 64), S283 [4JA]

———revise and extend certain programs for physical and occupational therapy (S. 60), S281 [4JA]

———training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 697), S5440 [6AP]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (S. 1369), S16422 [31OC]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (S. 800), S6688 [15MY]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (S. 324), S1956 [1FE]

Haleyville, AL, Emergency 911 Day: designate (S. Res. 78), S2645 [14FE], S2902 [16FE]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (S. 1035), S9999-S10002 [14JY]

———anniversary of Emergency Medical Services for Children Grant Program, S12363 [11AU]

———downsizing of military health services, S10261-S10266 [19JY]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (S. 1416), S17096 [15NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S2275 [7FE]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (S. Res. 85), S3682 [8MR]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs, S5753-S5755, S5758-S5793, S5795 [27AP], S5857-S5860, S5870, S5884-S5888, S5890-S5896 [1MY], S5932, S5935, S5938 [2MY], S6034, S6064 [3MY], S6397-S6401 [10MY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (S. 454), S2863, S2870 [16FE], S3693 [9MR]

———treatment of personal medical records and health care related information (S. 1360), S15576-S15579 [24OC], S17292 [17NO]

Health care facilities: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (S. 1268), S14133 [22SE]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (S. 980), S9307 [28JN]

Hospice Care, Inc.: tribute to volunteers, S6560 [11MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (S. 1233), S13474 [12SE]

Journal of the American Medical Association: coverage of violence as a public health issue, S12749 [6SE]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 972), S9178 [27JN]

———osteopathic services (S. 896), S8037 [8JN]

Medicare: assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1024), S9802 [12JY]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1343), S15345 [19OC]

———budget expenditure limiting tool price caps, S16467 [1NO]

———choice of health care professionals, S15786-S15788 [26OC]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (S. 864), S7523 [25MY]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (S. 863), S7523 [25MY]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 62), S282 [4JA]

———use of commercial software to detect payment error and billing abuse (S. 762), S6216 [5MY]

Montgomery County, MD: tribute to Search and Rescue Team for assistance at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing site in Oklahoma City, OK, S5870 [1MY]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (S. 76), S289 [4JA]

Neel, Don: recipient of Kentucky Dept. of Health Services' Physician's Award for Best Notifiable Disease Reporter, S2564 [13FE]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, S15000-S15005 [11OC], S15657, S15666-S15669 [25OC], S15714, S15717, S15720, S15722, S15823-S15825 [26OC], S15987, S16041, S16044, S16046, S16056 [27OC], S16591, S16592 [2NO], S16944-S16953 [13NO], S17280-S17284 [17NO], S17673 [28NO]

Oklahoma City, OK: tribute to volunteer workers that provided assistance to victims of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, S12365 [11AU]

Patents: limit enforcement relative to medical and surgical procedures (S. 1334), S15291 [18OC]

Personnel: even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (S. 555), S3898 [14MR], S4093 [16MR]

Pharmaceuticals: establish temporary program allowing the use of parenteral diacetylmorphine for intractable pain due to cancer (S. 78), S290 [4JA]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), S18668 [14DE]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (S. 1471), S18443 [12DE]

Research: facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (S. 1197), S12401-S12403 [11AU]

Rural areas: provide practitioners with training in preventive health care (S. 59), S280 [4JA]

States: development of alternative dispute resolutions systems for medical malpractice claims and federally mandated liability reform (S. 11), S165 [4JA]

Stowers, Ray: appointment to the Physician Payment Review Commission, S6032 [3MY], S6188 [4MY]

Taxation: treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (S. 1232), S13473 [12SE]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: terminate, S11426 [4AU]

———terminate (S. 42), S252 [4JA]

Veterans: management and contracting of health care services, S15703 [25OC]

———management and contracting of health care services (S. 1359), S15575 [24OC]

———medical care funding, S14290-S14295 [26SE], S14341 [27SE]

Veterans Health Administration: recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists (S. 82), S1472 [24JA]

Reports

Foreign Soil, Common Ground, S3493 [6MR]

Influence of Standard of Care and Severity of Injury on the Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims: Annals of Internal Medicine (publication), S5765-S5767 [27AP]

Reasons Why Nursing Home Reform Provisions Should Be Repealed, S16953 [13NO]

Relation Between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence—Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study III: New England Journal of Medicine, S5767-S5771 [27AP]

Reports filed

Determine Locality Salaries for Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Anesthetist Positions: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1536) (H. Rept. 104-225), H8307 [2AU]

Distribution and Availability of Health Resources and Minority and Disadvantaged Health Education Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 555) (S. Rept. 104-93), S7777 [6JN]

Exempt Certain Full-Time Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Professionals From Restrictions on Outside Professional Activities: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1384) (H. Rept. 104-226), H8307 [2AU]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 104-398), H14310 [12DE]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 454) (S. Rept. 104-83), S6749 [16MY]

Statements

Chiropractic—Past, Present, and Future: Rita Schroeder, E1797 [18SE]

Colorectal Cancer Screening: American College of Physicians, S16628 [2NO]

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Stewart Bainum, Jr., S15657 [25OC], S16944 [13NO]

Joseph Marasco Named American College of Radiology Gold Medalist: Thomas F. Meaney, E1903 [10OC]

Will Congress Produce More Hungry Children?: Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Studies

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Plan for Allocation of Health Care Resources: Carlotta C. Joyner, GAO, S14300 [26SE]

Self-Referral Studies: Dept. of HHS, E534 [7MR]

Summaries

Even Distribution and Availability of Health Care Professioanal Resources and Minority and Disadvantaged Education Programs (S. 555), S3899-S3902 [14MR]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1149 [26MY]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act (S. 454), S2869 [16FE]

Licensing of Home Infusion Therapy Service Providers and Limitations on Physician Referrals (H.R. 1579), E962 [9MY]

Testimonies

Health Care Quality: Karin Smith, S5797 [27AP]

Partial-Birth Abortions: Pamela E. Smith, S18077 [6DE]

Texts of

H.R. 1057, Hearing Care for Federal Employees Act, E453 [27FE]

H.R. 1384, exempt certain full-time Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities, H9759 [10OC]

H.R. 1454, Contact Lens Prescription Release Act, E826 [7AP]

H.R. 1536, determine locality salaries for certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs nurse anesthetist positions, H9762 [10OC]

H.R. 1747, Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, H14273-H14275 [12DE]

S. 42, termination of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, S253 [4JA]

S. 59, Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act, S280 [4JA]

S. 60, Physical and Occupational Therapy Education Assistance Act, S281 [4JA]

S. 62, restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities under medicare, S282 [4JA]

S. 64, make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs, S283 [4JA]

S. 65, establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program, S284 [4JA]

S. 68, authorize the appointment of health care professionals to the positions of Surgeon General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, S285 [4JA]

S. 76, grant Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice, S289 [4JA]

S. 78, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, S291 [4JA]

S. 82, recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration, S1473 [24JA]

S. 454, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act, S2864-S2869 [16FE]

S. 697, Domestic Violence Identification and Referral Act, S5440 [6AP]

S. 971, Medical Training Non-Discrimination Act, S9177 [27JN]

S. 972, medicaid coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, S9178 [27JN]

S. 1024, Medicare Health Care Quality Act, S9802-S9805 [12JY]

S. 1035, Access to Medical Treatment Act, S10000 [14JY]

S. 1197, facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices, S12401 [11AU]

S. 1217, Medical Volunteer Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1232, tax treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel, S13474 [12SE]

S. 1359, Veterans Health Care Management and Contracting Flexibility Act, S15576 [24OC]

S. 1369, Medical Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act, S16422-S16425 [31OC]

S. Res. 78, Haleyville, AL, Emergency 911 Day, S2646, S2664 [14FE]

S. Res. 85, obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws, S3682 [8MR]