HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS related term(s) Public Health Service

Amendments

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1323 [12FE]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 497), S12188, S12205 [8NO]

Analyses

Home Health Care Prospective Payment Act (S. 913), S6094 [23JN]

Medical Malpractice Liability Claim Requirements, H4586 [25JN]

Medicare Coverage for Skilled Nursing Facility Services (S. 914), S6095 [23JN]

Articles and editorials

As Government Caves, Providers Make Their Own Antitrust Policy, E2104 [28OC]

Ellis, Beloved U of L Team Doctor Dies at 76, S5273 [3JN]

Freedom of Choice on Medical Care, S12081 [8NO]

Giving Older Consumers Better Info on Health Care Benefits, S5008 [22MY]

Helene S. Smith, Ph.D.—A Memorial, S11568 [31OC]

HMO Fines Angering Physicans—State Regulators Examine Harris Prescription Policy, E2179 [4NO]

Hot New Job in Health Care—In-House Cop, E1930 [2OC]

Just How Sick Was Rebecca Badger? Jack Kevorkian Helped End Her Life, and That's When the Questions Began, S3254 [16AP]

Life and Death With Dignity, S11456 [30OC]

Louisville Has Lost a Doctor to Us All, S5273 [3JN]

Med School Millionaires, S8959 [9SE]

Medicare Abuses Spark Cry for Anti-Fraud Law, E1978 [8OC]

Partial Hospitalization Coverage, E1979 [8OC]

Ray Attacks New Specter Brain Tumor, S383 [21JA]

Sometimes Patients Should Be Impatient, S384 [21JA]

Terminal Illness Absent in Kevorkian Suicide, S3255 [16AP]

Va. Doctor's Treatment of Man Who Died Is Scrutinized, E1823 [23SE]

Why Medicare Outpatient and Inpatient Fees Can Be as Different as Apples and Oranges, E302 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions

AMA: anniversary (see S. Res. 94), S5109 [23MY]

Armed Forces: increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps (see S. 123), S161 [21JA]

Brookhaven, NY: establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs ambulatory care facility (see H.R. 56), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

Courts: health care liability claim requirements (see H.R. 1091), H1111 [18MR]

Crime: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 101; H.R. 884), S161 [21JA], H700 [27FE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 304; H.R. 1003), S1299 [12FE], H887 [11MR]

Dentistry: prohibit licensing discrimination by States on the basis of nonresidency (see H.R. 541), H283 [4FE]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit payments to hospitals for reducing the number of residents in graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2600), H8299 [1OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish procedures for requesting visa waivers on behalf of international health care professionals willing to practice in underserved areas (see S. 944), S6040 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assign health care professionals to facilities in States in which they are licensed and follow State death certificate filing requirements (see H.R. 2338), H6704 [31JY]

———develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1018 [13MR]

———exempt certain aliens from the requirement that they work only in areas designated as having a shortage of health care professionals (see S. 970), S6496 [26JN]

———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H2589 [13MY]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]

Disabled: home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (see S. 879), S5507 [11JN]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see S. 503; H.R. 1062, 1219), S2646 [20MR], H1017 [13MR], H1288 [21MR]

———treatments relative to the transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3072), H10954 [13NO]

Drugs: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of drug offenses relative to medicinal use of marijuana (see H.R. 1265), H1391 [9AP]

———encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products (see H. Res. 151), H2784 [15MY]

———provide Federal sanctions for practitioners who administer, dispense, or recommend the use of marijuana (see S. 40), S159 [21JA]

———revoke medical license of practitioners who recommend the use of marijuana (see H.R. 1310), H1439 [10AP]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 113), S161 [21JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 120), S161 [21JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 119), S161 [21JA]

———revise and extend certain programs for physical and occupational therapy (see S. 126), S161 [21JA]

Emergency medical care: ensure Medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (see S. 238), S855 [30JA]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 1411), H1793 [23AP]

———encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products (see S. Res. 99), S5596 [12JN]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H144 [9JA]

———authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 175; H.R. 1520), S163 [21JA], H2155 [1MY]

———extend authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians (see H.R. 2541), H7830 [24SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H3658 [10JN]

———improve sanctions against unfit providers (see H.R. 1971), H4085 [19JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H3201 [22MY]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see S. 656), S3727 [25AP]

Government regulations: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H5777 [24JY]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: amend Federal charter (see H.R. 3025), H10767 [12NO]

———repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 497), H282 [4FE]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H585 [13FE]

———alternative medical treatments relative to individual access (see S. 578), S3199 [15AP]

———application of antitrust laws to health care provider networks (see H.R. 415), H152 [9JA]

———clarify malpractice liability of employer-sponsored health plans for treatment rules and coverage determinations (see S. 1136), S8533 [31JY]

———clinical trial on digital mammography funding (see S. 1229), S10055 [26SE]

———combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (see H.R. 2584), H8264 [30SE]

———establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2606), H8320 [2OC]

———establish medical education trust fund (see H.R. 881), H700 [27FE]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (see H.R. 106), H142 [9JA]

———establish waivers in State medical licensing laws relative to health care for indigent individuals (see H. Con. Res. 69), H2091 [30AP]

———extend term of appointment of certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission (see H.R. 1001), H812 [10MR]

———improve the quality of health plans and health care provided through the Government and protect health care consumers (see S. 795), S5002 [22MY]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see S. 422; H.R. 341), S2129 [11MR], H150 [9JA]

———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (see S. 88; H.R. 1069), S161 [21JA], H1017 [13MR]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 362), H151 [9JA]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see S. 449; H.R. 586), S2356 [17MR], H345 [5FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans (see H.R. 2967), H10420 [8NO]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 353, 373; H.R. 337, 820, 1222, 1749), S1553 [25FE], S1734 [27FE], H150 [9JA], H628 [25FE], H1288 [21MR], H3203 [22MY]

———provide information and protect patients' rights relative to medical care (see S. 1368; H.R. 1191), S11678 [4NO], H1260 [20MR]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 886), S5508 [11JN]

———revise and extend Area Health Education Center Program (see S. 892), S5596 [12JN]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537; H.R. 1289), S2901 [9AP], H1438 [10AP]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see S. 644; H.R. 1415), S3662 [24AP], H1793 [23AP]

Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (see S. 637; H.R. 689), S3550 [23AP], H452 [11FE]

Immigration: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (see H.R. 2759), H9729 [29OC]

Information services: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1122; H.R. 2953), S8532 [31JY], H10420 [8NO]

Insurance: assure fairness and assistance to patients and health care providers (see S. 346), S1470 [24FE]

———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 356; H.R. 815), S1553 [25FE], H627 [25FE]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see S. 249; H.R. 616), S856 [30JA], H347 [5FE]

———coverage of reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer (see S. 609), S3348 [17AP]

———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10171 [6NO]

———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see H.R. 1737), H3202 [22MY]

Medicaid: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 945), S6040 [20JN]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H4338 [24JN]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 1326; H.R. 258, 1354), S11290 [28OC], H147 [9JA], H1611 [16AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 157), S162 [21JA]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 21), S159 [21JA]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194; H.R. 2497), S9636 [18SE], H7599 [18SE]

———combat fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2301), H6406 [30JY]

———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 2640), H8727 [8OC]

———combat fraud by hospitals (see H.R. 2417), H6962 [5SE]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 264), S1017 [5FE]

———coverage for home health services (see S. 913), S5694 [16JN]

———coverage for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 914), S5694 [16JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 597; H.R. 288, 1375), S3269 [16AP], H148 [9JA], H1704 [17AP]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 2153), H5177 [11JY]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services (see S. 292), S1191 [10FE]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 686), H452 [11FE]

———hospice care reform (see S. 734; H.R. 521), S4320 [12MY], H283 [4FE]

———increase the number of physicians that complete fellowships in geriatric medicine and psychiatry (see S. 779), S5001 [22MY]

———limit additional payments to physicians through private contracts during periods in which the patient is in an exposed condition (see H.R. 2784), H9800 [30OC]

———payments and charges for outpatient services (see H.R. 582, 2558), H285 [4FE], H7910 [25SE]

———promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used for reimbursement (see S. 1362), S11678 [4NO]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (see S. 789), S5001 [22MY]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H701 [27FE]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see S. 370), S1734 [27FE]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see S. 371; H.R. 894), S1734 [27FE], H701 [27FE]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see S. 524; H.R. 916), S2837 [8AP], H724 [4MR]

———require HMO's to provide out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 459), H243 [21JA]

———require surety bonds and disclosure of certain ownership information for suppliers of durable medical equipment, home health agencies, and other health care providers (see H.R. 1457), H1891 [24AP]

———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (see H.R. 2754), H9614 [28OC]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 159), S162 [21JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (see S. 1345), S11448 [30OC]

———referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services (see H.R. 734), H523 [12FE]

———require health care facilities and services to fund annual financial and compliance audits (see H.R. 2543), H7830 [24SE]

———use of bankruptcy courts by suppliers and providers to discharge claims and by professionals excluded from health care programs seeking automatic stays from exclusion (see H.R. 2466), H7262 [11SE]

Mudd, Samuel A.: set aside military conviction for harboring John Wilkes Booth (see H.R. 1885), H3796 [12JN]

National Academies of Practices: recognize (see S. 163), S162 [21JA]

National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service: designate (see S. Con. Res. 55; H. Con. Res. 171), S10882 [21OC], H8928 [21OC]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 780), S5001 [22MY]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (see S. 452; H.R. 968), S2356 [17MR], H802 [6MR]

Primary health care: increase practitioners in the field (see H.R. 739), H523 [12FE]

Rural areas: provide practitioners with training in preventive health care (see S. 128), S162 [21JA]

Social Security: apply standards to outpatient physical therapy relative to certain physician services (see H.R. 1421), H1794 [23AP]

Taxation: expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2523), H7729 [23SE]

———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 2613), H8438 [6OC]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: ensure the equitable treatment of graduates (see H.R. 2567), H8054 [26SE]

———terminate (see S. 37), S159 [21JA]

Veterans Health Administration: provide that special pay paid to certain physicians and dentists be considered basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1687), H3169 [21MY]

———recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists (see S. 161), S162 [21JA]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (see S. 834; H.R. 1788), S5341 [5JN], H3476 [4JN]

Briefs

Acceptance of new Medicare patients by physicians: Employee Benefit Research Institute, E1843 [24SE]

Commentaries

Qualified Applicants Only: Joseph Sobran, E1209 [12JN]

Descriptions

Medicare Outpatient Services Payments and Charges: Bureau of National Affairs, E140 [4FE]

Excerpts

Medicare fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services: Association for Ambulatory Healthcare, Inc., E1979 [8OC]

Factsheets

Jaw Joints—TMJ Awareness Month: Jaw Joints & Allied Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Foundation, Inc., E1900 [2OC]

Letters

Allow Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services: June E. O'Neill, CBO, E2181 [4NO]

———Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, E2290 [9NO]

Area Health Education Center Program Extension Act: Douglas L. Wood, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, S5607 [12JN]

———Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, S5607 [12JN]

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S3265 [16AP]

———Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, S3258 [16AP]

———P. John Seward, AMA, S1303 [12FE], S3250 [16AP]

———Richard M. Doerflinger, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, S3250 [16AP]

———William J. Cox, Catholic Health Association, S3259 [16AP]

Centers for Disease Control notification of parents of newborns testing positive for HIV: Richard J. Tarplin, Dept. of HHS, H7376 [17SE]

Establish African technology linkages between health care teaching institutions via computer network to improve medical education system: K.J.R. Abaidoo, African Regional Training Center for the Basic Medical Sciences, H7822 [24SE]

———Kayode Adeniyi, African Association of Physiological Sciences, H7821 [24SE]

Geriatric health care training legislation: Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S5003 [22MY]

———Dennis Jahnigen, American Geriatrics Society, S5003 [22MY]

Incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents relative to rural areas: Darin E. Johnson, National Rural Health Association, H7237 [11SE]

Medicaid coverage of attendant services for the disabled: Senator Specter, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S8702 [3SE]

Medicare beneficiaries' entrance into private contracts for services: Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, E2295 [10NO]

Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act: Henry E. Simmons, National Coalition on Health Care, S12081 [8NO]

———Herbert S. Gross, S12081 [8NO]

———Robert L. Soley, S12081 [8NO]

Medicare copayment for home health patients: Frank E. Moss, S6113 [24JN]

Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, E132 [4FE]

Medicare payments and charges for outpatient services, E618, E619 [9AP]

———Keith L. Roberts, E499 [18MR]

———Warren H. Risser, E499 [18MR]

Medicare Universal Product Number Act: Cara C. Bachenheimer, Health Industry Distributors Association, S11686 [4NO]

———William D. Coughlan, National Association for Medical Equipment Services, S11686 [4NO]

Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1018 [5FE]

———Thair Phillips, Seniors Coalition, S1019 [5FE]

Medicare/Medicaid referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services: Stephen W. Holt, Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, E238 [12FE]

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, S9761 [23SE]

———several health care professionals and organizations, S9761 [23SE]

Nomination of David Satcher to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec. of HHS: Harry R. Jacobson, Vanderbilt University, S9250 [12SE]

———R. Benton Adkins, Tennessee Medical Association, S9250 [12SE]

———Samuel H. Howard, Phoenix Healthcare Corp., S9250 [12SE]

Tribute to Coast Guard for efforts relative to transportation of injured child: Lee Eckles, Bulloch County, GA, EMS/Rescue Dept., E253 [13FE], E453 [12MR]

Lists

Delegation of doctors accompanying Representative Curt Weldon to Africa, H7822 [24SE]

Physician Payment Review Commission staff, S8322 [30JY]

Recipients of `Stars of Life' for exemplary emergency medical service personnel, S4766 [20MY]

Supporters of S. 238, Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act, S872 [30JA]

Press releases

Partial-Birth Abortions: Physicians' Ad Hoc Coalition for Truth, S4561 [15MY]

Questions and answers

Repeal Federal charter for Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc. (H.R. 497), H637 [26FE]

Remarks in House

Africa: establish technology linkages between health care teaching institutions via computer network to improve medical education system, H7821-H7823 [24SE]

American Optometric Association: anniversary, E1098 [3JN]

American Society of Clinical Pathology: anniversary, E105 [21JA]

Babb, Donald J.: American Hospital Association and Hospital Research and Education Trust Shirley Anne Munroe Leadership Development Award recipient, E1945 [7OC]

Baylor College of Medicine: anniversary of Women's Health Initiative, E1991 [9OC]

Buffalo, NY: tribute to Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing, E860 [7MY]

Burzynski, Stainislaw: prosecution by FDA relative to medical treatment, H5176 [11JY]

Centers for Disease Control: notification of parents of newborns testing positive for HIV, H7376 [17SE]

College of American Pathologists (organization): anniversary, E105 [21JA]

Colleges and universities: medical school admission practices, E1209 [12JN]

———tribute to internship program for Hispanic Americans at VA health care facilities, E2088 [24OC]

Cook County, IL: tribute to West Suburban Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E135 [4FE]

Courts: medical malpractice liability claim requirements, H4586 [25JN]

———reform medical malpractice laws, H4590 [25JN], E2021 [21OC]

Crime: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (H.R. 884), H1961 [29AP]

Dale City, VA: tribute to Dale City Civic Association award recipients, E136 [4FE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), H1397-H1405 [10AP], E431 [11MR], E647 [14AP], E657 [15AP], E683 [16AP]

Dept. of HHS: heart disease clinical practice guidelines, E494 [18MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (H.R. 1077), E483 [17MR]

———improve allocation of health care resources (H.R. 1580), E915 [14MY]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (H.R. 2253), E1517 [24JY]

———medical, prosthetic, and Gulf War Syndrome research funding, H5277-H5290 [15JY]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (H.R. 1219), H1960 [29AP], E551 [21MR]

District of Columbia: limits on punitive damages in medical malpractice suits, E2087 [24OC]

Drugs: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of drug offenses relative to medicinal use of marijuana (H.R. 1265), E607 [9AP]

———revoke medical license of practitioners who recommend the use of marijuana (H.R. 1310), E629 [10AP]

Einhorn, Lawrence H.: International Center (organization) International Citizen of the Year award recipient, E2372 [13NO]

Employment: provide limited overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (H.R. 2891), E2245 [8NO]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), H8454, H8455-H8500 [7OC], H8694 [8OC], E2009 [9OC]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices, E83 [9JA]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (H.R. 176), E17 [7JA]

———improve administration of sanctions against unfit providers under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 1836), E1153 [10JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (H.R. 1710), E1035, E1043 [22MY]

Gamble, James L. and family: Northeast El Paso Family of the Year award recipient, E2365 [13NO]

Government regulations: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (H.R. 2250), E1512 [24JY]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: amend Federal charter (H.R. 3025), H10868, H10869 [13NO]

———repeal Federal charter (H.R. 497), H636-H639 [26FE]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (H.R. 746), H5176 [11JY]

———combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (H.R. 2584), E1920 [2OC]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund, E1487 [23JY]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (H.R. 106), E50 [7JA]

———establish waivers in State medical licensing laws relative to health care for indigent individuals (H. Con. Res. 69), E1006 [21MY]

———extend term of appointment of certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission (H.R. 1001), H1471 [15AP]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H10774 [13NO], E2179 [4NO]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 1222), E564 [21MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 1749), E1036 [22MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 337), E46 [7JA], E89 [9JA], E1352 [27JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 820), E313 [25FE]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (H.R. 1289), H1964, H1966 [29AP]

Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (H.R. 689), E210 [11FE]

Hospice Care, Inc.: tribute, H632 [26FE]

Hospice of Northern Virginia (organization): anniversary, E1592 [1AU]

Indiana Optometric Association: anniversary, E659 [15AP], E681 [16AP], E813 [1MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (H.R. 815), E310 [25FE]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (H.R. 616), H1962 [29AP], H8693 [8OC], E159 [5FE], E2103 [28OC]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (H.R. 616), designation of primary sponsor, H9056 [23OC]

———coverage of reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer (S. 609), E831 [5MY]

Jones, Mike: Baytown, TX, Paramedic of the Year honoree, E2387 [13NO]

Long Branch, NJ: dedication of Monmouth Medical Center community health center, E1289 [21JN]

Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (H.R. 2020), H10774 [13NO], E1303 [24JN]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (H.R. 258), E26 [7JA]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services, E1820, E1823 [23SE]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (H.R. 2497), E2181 [4NO], E2290 [9NO], E2295 [10NO]

———claim status for permanently disabled, H6940 [5SE]

———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (H.R. 2640), E1978 [8OC]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (H.R. 1375), E696 [17AP]

———ensure that incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents do not adversely affect rural areas, H7237 [11SE]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (H.R. 686), E213 [11FE]

———hospice care reform (H.R. 521), E133 [4FE]

———payments and charges for outpatient services (H.R. 2558), E1859 [25SE]

———payments and charges for outpatient services (H.R. 582), E122, E131, E140, E151 [4FE], E302 [25FE], E499 [18MR], E618 [9AP], E723 [23AP]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (H.R. 916), E369 [4MR]

———require surety bonds and disclosure of certain ownership information for suppliers of durable medical equipment, home health agencies, and other health care providers (H.R. 1457), E741 [24AP]

———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (H.R. 2754), E2101 [28OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure that HMO's provide coverage for and do not try to influence medically necessary treatment decisions made by health care professionals, H7381 [17SE]

———expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (H.R. 2999), E2318 [10NO]

———referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services (H.R. 734), E237 [12FE]

———require health care facilities and services to fund annual financial and compliance audits (H.R. 2543), E1845 [24SE], E1930 [2OC]

———use of bankruptcy courts by suppliers and providers to discharge claims and by professionals excluded from health care programs seeking automatic stays from exclusion (H.R. 2466), E1739 [11SE]

Meilman, Jeffrey: Variety Clubs International Sir James Carreras Award recipient, E1155 [10JN]

Melver, Jimmy K.: Northeast El Pasoan of the Year award recipient, E2373 [13NO]

Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association: anniversary, E131 [4FE]

Moorefield, James M.: American College of Radiology Gold Medal recipient, E1632 [3SE]

Mudd, Samuel A.: set aside military conviction for harboring John Wilkes Booth (H.R. 1885), E1208 [12JN]

National Child Health Day: observance, H7285 [16SE]

National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service: designate (H. Con. Res. 171), E2025 [21OC]

National Hospice Month: observance, E2237 [8NO]

National Rehabilitation Awareness Week: observance, H7371 [17SE]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of Southern Eye Bank, E1176 [10JN]

New York State Nurses Association: tribute, E782 [29AP]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Stanley B. Prusiner for medicine, E1987 [9OC]

North Bergen, NJ: anniversary of Fritz Reuter Altenheim Life Care Community, E1034 [22MY]

Nurses' Week: observance, E782 [29AP]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (H.R. 968), H1297-H1299 [8AP]

Phillips, Debra: Illinois Rural Health Association Illinois Rural Health Practitioner of the Year award recipient, H1307 [8AP]

Primary health care: increase practitioners in the field (H.R. 739), E230 [12FE]

Rhawnhurst-Bustleton Ambulance Association, Inc.: anniversary, E909 [13MY]

Roark, Charles: Northeast El Pasoan of the Year award recipient, E2357 [13NO]

Roberts, Stan and Jetta: Northeast El Paso Family of the Year award recipient, E2361 [13NO]

St. Mary's County, MD: tribute to Well Child Outreach Program, E2390 [13NO]

Taxation: permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (H.R. 2613), E1946, E1947 [7OC]

———treatment of primary health providers in health professional shortage areas (H.R. 2804), E2182 [4NO]

Taylor, Margaret: San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E438 [11MR]

TMJ Awareness Month: observance, E1899 [2OC]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: anniversary, E1793 [18SE]

Wallace, Kathy: Ree Cook-Reiter Women's Center Woman of the Year award recipient, E1969 [8OC]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (H.R. 1788), E1117 [4JN]

Yolo County, CA: tribute to CommuniCare Health Centers (organization), E857 [7MY]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: procedures for determining a physician's conduct relative to preforming a partial-birth abortion, S4694 [20MY]

AMA: anniversary (S. Res. 94), S5141 [23MY]

Armed Forces: increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps (S. 123), S508 [21JA]

Babb, Donald J.: American Hospital Association and Hospital Research and Education Trust Shirley Anne Munroe Leadership Development Award recipient, S10226 [30SE], S10714 [8OC]

Crime: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 101), S481 [21JA], S2333 [14MR]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), S3249-S3266 [16AP]

———prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1300-S1305 [12FE], S1729 [27FE]

Dept. of Defense: Chiropractic Health Care Demonstration Project extension, S6976 [8JY], S7254 [11JY]

Dept. of HUD: establish procedures for requesting visa waivers on behalf of international health care professionals willing to practice in underserved areas (S. 944), S6042 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Health Professional Scholarship Program funding, S12494 [10NO]

———waiver of home residency requirement for certain VA hospital doctors, S7843 [22JY]

Disabled: home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (S. 879), S5511-S5514 [11JN]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (S. 503), S2675 [20MR]

Dominican Republic: tribute to New Hampshire volunteers of the Medical Mission Team, S2794 [7AP]

Doyle, Dan: National Rural Health Association Practitioner of the Year award recipient, S6554 [26JN]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 113), S493 [21JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 120), S498 [21JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 119), S497 [21JA]

———revise and extend certain programs for physical and occupational therapy (S. 126), S509 [21JA]

Emergency medical care: ensure Medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system, S6321 [25JN]

———ensure Medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (S. 238), S871 [30JA], S4766 [20MY]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products, S2762-S2764 [7AP]

———encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products (S. Res. 99), S5626 [12JN]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 175), S550 [21JA]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (S. 656), S3730 [25AP]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: amend Federal charter (H.R. 3025), S12692 [13NO]

———repeal Federal charter (H.R. 497), S12204, S12205 [8NO]

Health: alternative medical treatments relative to individual access (S. 578), S3208 [15AP]

———clarify malpractice liability of employer-sponsored health plans for treatment rules and coverage determinations (S. 1136), S8601 [31JY]

———clinical trial on digital mammography funding (S. 1229), S10062 [26SE]

———extend term of appointment of certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission (H.R. 1001), S3859 [30AP]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (S. 422), S2140-S2142 [11MR]

———medical education grants, S6304 [25JN]

———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (S. 88), S470 [21JA]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (S. 449), S2357 [17MR], S2484-S2486 [18MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 353), S1559 [25FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 373), S1738 [27FE]

———provide information and protect patients' rights relative to medical care (S. 1368), S11689-S11691 [4NO]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (S. 886), S5533 [11JN]

———revise and extend Area Health Education Center Program (S. 892), S5605-S5608 [12JN]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (S. 537), S2925 [9AP], S5884 [17JN], S12484 [10NO], S12562, S12563 [13NO]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (S. 644), S3665 [24AP]

Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (S. 637), S3558 [23AP]

Information services: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 1122), S8586 [31JY]

Insurance: assure fairness and assistance to patients and health care providers (S. 346), S1472 [24FE]

———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (S. 356), S1570 [25FE]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S820 [29JA], S884-S890 [30JA], S5884 [17JN]

———coverage of reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer (S. 609), S3354 [17AP]

Medicaid: coverage of attendant services for the disabled, S8702 [3SE]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 1326), S11294 [28OC]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 157), S541 [21JA]

———provide beneficiaries with certain information relative to managed care plans, S6156 [24JN]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (S. 21), S361 [21JA]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services, S6298, S6383 [25JN]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (S. 1194), S10715 [8OC], S11229 [27OC], S11403-S11406 [30OC], S12080 [8NO]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S6075-S6077 [23JN], S6291, S6326 [25JN], S8915 [8SE]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (S. 264), S1018 [5FE]

———copayment for home health patients, S6078-S6084 [23JN], S6107-S6114 [24JN], S6316, S6317 [25JN]

———coverage for home health services (S. 913), S6094 [23JN]

———coverage for skilled nursing facility services (S. 914), S6094 [23JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (S. 597), S3288 [16AP]

———eliminate incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents, S8901, S8902 [8SE], S8950, S8951, S8959-S8961, S8965-S8968, S8994 [9SE]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services (S. 292), S1191 [10FE]

———hospice care reform (S. 734), S4320 [12MY]

———increase the number of physicians that complete fellowships in geriatric medicine and psychiatry (S. 779), S5002, S5003 [22MY]

———promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used for reimbursement (S. 1362), S11685 [4NO]

———provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (S. 789), S5007 [22MY]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (S. 370), S1736, S1737 [27FE]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (S. 371), S1737 [27FE]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (S. 524), S2846 [8AP]

———require managed care organizations to provide annual data to enrollees relative to non-health expenditures, S6156 [24JN]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 159), S542 [21JA]

Medicare Payment Review Commission: establish, S6155, S6156 [24JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (S. 1345), S11451-S11453, S11455 [30OC], S11627, S11628 [4NO]

Michigan: anniversary of osteopathic medicine, S3460 [22AP]

National Academies of Practices: recognize (S. 163), S544 [21JA]

National Academy of Sciences: study medical nutrition therapy services, S6156, S6157 [24JN]

National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service: designate (S. Con. Res. 55), S10899 [21OC]

National Emergency Medical Services Week: observance, S4766 [20MY], S5101 [23MY]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (S. 780), S5002, S5003 [22MY]

National Stroke Awareness Month: observance, S5145 [23MY]

NIH: biomedical research funding, S4861-S4868 [21MY], S4962-S4968, S4993 [22MY], S5035, S5036 [23MY]

———establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, S9759-S9762 [23SE]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (H.R. 968), S3858, S3859 [30AP]

———nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (S. 452), S2372, S2373 [17MR]

Rural areas: provide practitioners with training in preventive health care (S. 128), S512 [21JA]

Satcher, David: nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec. of HHS, S9249-S9252 [12SE], S12635 [13NO]

Social Security: reimbursement of secular nursing care services in religious nonmedical health care institutions, S6321 [25JN]

Telecommunications: implement rates for universal service to education providers, libraries, and health care servers in rural areas, S2949 [9AP]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: anniversary, S9801 [23SE]

———terminate (S. 37), S394 [21JA]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Services: tribute, S1433 [24FE]

Veterans Health Administration: recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists (S. 161), S543 [21JA]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (S. 834), S5345 [5JN]

Reports

Impact of the President's Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Request for a $28 Million Cut in VA Research, H5281 [15JY]

Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment: Dept. of HHS, E132 [4FE]

Reports filed

Extend Term of Appointment of Certain Members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1001) (H. Rept. 105-49), H1456 [14AP]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1001) (H. Rept. 105-49), H1437 [10AP]

FDA Regulatory Modernization Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1411) (H. Rept. 105-310), H8632 [7OC]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., Federal Charter Repeal: Committee on Government Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 497), S11862 [6NO]

Medical Device Regulatory Modernization Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1710) (H. Rept. 105-307), H8437 [6OC]

Nursing Home Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Programs: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 968) (H. Rept. 105-23), H1110 [18MR]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 968) (H. Rept. 105-23), H1016 [13MR]

Prohibit Federal Funding for Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1003) (H. Rept. 105-46), H1337 [8AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Expansion of Interstate 69 from Indiana to Texas: Vanderburgh County, IN, Board of Commissioners, E865 [7MY]

Tribute to Indiana Optometric Association: Indiana General Assembly, E659 [15AP], E681 [16AP], E813 [1MY]

Tribute to James and Margo Bittner: Niagara County, NY, Legislature, E674 [16AP]

Statements

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act (H.R. 1003): OMB, S3264 [16AP]

Mission Statement: Jaw Joints & Allied Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Foundation, Inc., E1900 [2OC]

Partial-Birth Abortions: American Medical Women's Association, Inc., E996 [21MY]

Tribute to James M. Moorefield: Christopher M. Rose and Frederick R. Margolin, E1632 [3SE]

Summaries

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act (S. 1345), S11454 [30OC]

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation: Dept. of HHS, E494 [18MR]

Coverage and Treatment of Emergency Services Under Health Plans (H.R. 815), E311 [25FE]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act (S. 886), S5539 [11JN]

Health Insurance Bill of Rights Act (S. 353), S1568 [25FE]

Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act (S. 879), S5526 [11JN]

Managed Care Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 337), E47 [7JA]

Medical Education Trust Fund Act (S. 21), S366 [21JA]

Patient Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1122), S8588 [31JY]

Tables

Comparison of hospital and ambulatory surgical center fees, E723 [23AP]

Testimonies

Consumer Protections and Quality in the Health Care Industry: Representative Stark, E1352-E1354 [27JN]

Texts of

H.R. 497, repeal Federal charter for Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., H636 [26FE]

H.R. 968, nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in nursing homes, H1297 [8AP]

H.R. 1001, extend term of appointment of certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission, H1471 [15AP]

H.R. 1003, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, H1397-H1399 [10AP]

H.R. 1077, Dept. of Veterans Affairs' development of plan for allocation of health care resources, E483 [17MR]

H.R. 1411, FDA Regulatory Modernization Act, H8455-H8474 [7OC]

H.R. 1580, improve allocation of health care resources for veterans, E916 [14MY]

H.R. 3025, Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., Federal charter amendments, H10868 [13NO]

S. 21, Medical Education Trust Fund Act, S362-S366 [21JA]

S. 37, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences termination, S394 [21JA]

S. 101, Domestic Violence Identification and Referral Act, S481 [21JA]

S. 113, establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas, S494 [21JA]

S. 119, make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program, S498 [21JA]

S. 120, make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs, S499 [21JA]

S. 123, increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces, S508 [21JA]

S. 126, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Education Act, S510 [21JA]

S. 128, Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act, S512 [21JA]

S. 157, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics, S542 [21JA]

S. 159, restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in Medicare outpatient rehabilitation facilities, S542 [21JA]

S. 161, recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration, S544 [21JA]

S. 163, recognize National Academies of Practices, S544 [21JA]

S. 175, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S551 [21JA]

S. 238, Emergency Medical Services Efficiency Act, S872-S874 [30JA]

S. 249, Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, S886-S889 [30JA]

S. 292, Ambulance Services Act, S1191 [10FE]

S. 304, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, S1301 [12FE]

S. 346, Patient Protection Act, S1473-S1477 [24FE]

S. 353, Health Insurance Bill of Rights Act, S1560-S1568 [25FE]

S. 373, Health Insurance Bill of Rights Act, S1738-S1747 [27FE]

S. 449, Patient Right To Know Act, S2485 [18MR]

S. 452, nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs, S2373 [17MR]

S. 503, HIV Prevention Act, S2676 [20MR]

S. 524, remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of Medicare coverage of chiropractic services, S2846 [8AP]

S. 578, Access to Medical Treatment Act, S3209 [15AP]

S. 597, Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act, S3288 [16AP]

S. 644, Patient Access to Responsible Care Act, S3666-S3670 [24AP]

S. 656, Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Act, S3731 [25AP]

S. 734, Medicare hospice care reform, S4320 [12MY]

S. 789, Medicare Beneficiary Information Act, S5008 [22MY]

S. 834, increase research and education on the drug DES, S5346 [5JN]

S. 879, Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, S5514-S5526 [11JN]

S. 886, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act, S5533-S5539 [11JN]

S. 892, Area Health Education Center Program Extension Act, S5606 [12JN]

S. 944, Community Health Care Access Act, S6043 [20JN]

S. 1122, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S8587 [31JY]

S. 1136, Employee Health Insurance Accountability Act, S8602 [31JY]

S. 1326, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, S11294 [28OC]

S. 1345, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S11453 [30OC]

S. 1362, Medicare Universal Product Number Act, S11686 [4NO]

S. Con. Res. 55, National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service, S10898 [21OC]

S. Res. 94, anniversary of AMA, S5141 [23MY]

S. Res. 99, encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products, S5626 [12JN]