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MANAGED CARE Q&A

Mark M. Simonian

Topics: ambulatory care services , durable medical equipment , inpatients , managed care programs , health services accessibility

AAP 1998 - '99 ANNUAL REPORT

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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies , students, medical

PEDIATRICS IN THE COMMUNITY ISRAEL

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Topics: community , israel , obesity , communicable diseases , congenital disorders

SEEN & HEARD

AAP Office of Public Relations

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Topics: child health , childhood obesity , poison prevention , school bus , science of nutrition

News and Features

Clinton touts SCHIP enrollment strategy

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Topics: children's health insurance program (chip)

Academy, medical societies team up to create Web 'supersite'

Carla Kemp

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Topics: societies, medical

Drs. Cooper, Fuld begin race for AAP vice president-elect

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Reinstitute hepatitis B vaccine for all infants

Margaret B. Rennels

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Topics: hepatitis b vaccines

RotaShield should be returned to manufacturer

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Topics: rotavirus vaccines

The pediatrician's (last-minute) guide to Y2K compliance

Edward M. Gotlieb

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Topics: computers

CME re-accreditation status places Academy in top 2 percent

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Topics: accreditation , education, medical, continuing

Experts detail options for preventing illness due to influenza

H. Cody Meissner; Charles G. Prober

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View articletitled, Experts detail options for preventing illness due to influenza

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Topics: influenza

Delegates cast votes on 112 resolutions: Pediatricians consider array of issues at '99 Chapter Forum

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View articletitled, Delegates cast votes on 112 resolutions: Pediatricians consider array of issues at '99 Chapter Forum

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Topics: casts, surgical

Chapter Forum: Where members, leaders confer on policy, direction

Anthony Johnson

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View articletitled, Chapter Forum: Where members, leaders confer on policy, direction

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Topics: cpt codes , dilatation, pathologic , fee schedules , managed care organizations , medicaid

Year as VP prepares Dr. Cook to defend issues critical to pediatrics

Luann Zanzola

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View articletitled, Year as VP prepares Dr. Cook to defend issues critical to pediatrics

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Topics: schools, medical

Death review teams urged to tackle fatalites through age 18

Laura J. Rongé

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View articletitled, Death review teams urged to tackle fatalites through age 18

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Topics: bleeding diathesis , blood coagulation disorders , brain injuries , death certificates , emergency service, hospital

When grandma and grandpa are the caregivers: tips for pediatricians

Tom Nugent

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Topics: grandparent , low income

Funding approved for 10 community projects

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View articletitled, Funding approved for 10 community projects

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Topics: community , health services , partnerships , pregnancy

Health Briefs

'Mozart effect' hits sour note

Carla Kemp

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Topics: listening , reasoning , zaleplon

Head lice getting hardier

Carla Kemp

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Topics: head lice

Anticipatory guidance time

Carla Kemp

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Topics: counseling , well child visit

Immunizing preterm infants

Carla Kemp

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Topics: infant, premature , birth weight

Thyroid deficiency during pregnancy

Carla Kemp

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Topics: hypothyroidism

Wrong drug used to treat syphilis

Carla Kemp

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View articletitled, Wrong drug used to treat syphilis

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Topics: syphilis , wrong drug selected

Washington Report

Academy supports bill to help teens make transition from foster care

Sherry Trust Llewellyn

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Topics: foster care

Congressional subcommittee examines vaccine compensation fund

Sherry Trust Llewellyn

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Topics: congress (u.s. legislature) , vaccines

U.S. Senate bill addresses SCHIP outreach, enrollment

Sherry Trust Llewellyn

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Topics: children's health insurance program (chip) , outreach

Fellow named to HHS advisory council on complementary, alternative medicine

Sherry Trust Llewellyn

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View articletitled, Fellow named to HHS advisory council on complementary, alternative medicine

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Topics: alternative medicine , united states dept. of health and human services , acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , complementary therapies

Letter from the President

Dr. Cook focuses on uninsured children, violence, vaccines

Donald E. Cook

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Topics: vaccines , violence

Annual Meeting Targets Uninsured Kids

Universal health coverage proposal unveiled

Carla Kemp

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View articletitled, Universal health coverage proposal unveiled

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Topics: developed countries , income , quality of care

Research Update

61% participate in vaccine bulk purchase plans

AAP Division of Health Policy Research and Center for Child Health Research

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View articletitled, 61% participate in vaccine bulk purchase plans

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Topics: vaccines

Academy endorses asthma management, vesicoureteral guidelines

AAP Committee on Quality Improvement

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View articletitled, Academy endorses asthma management, vesicoureteral guidelines

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Topics: asthma management

Second Opinions

Benefits of involvement

Karl M. Altenburger

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Topics: asthma management , inhalers , metered dose inhalers , peer group , school-age child

More on universal coverage

Edward J. Saltzman

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Topics: universal health insurance , dissatisfaction , medicare

PORTRAIT: Giving thanks

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Topics: food , well child

Get with the times

Harold Vann

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Topics: internet access , national library of medicine (u.s.) , thimerosal

Pediatricians and the Law

Simple steps help physicians hang up on telephone care liability

Jan E. Berger

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Topics: telephone therapy

Coding Corner

CODING CORNER

AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Practice

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Topics: analgesia (pain absence) , anesthetics , conscious sedation , consciousness related finding , drug administration routes

Agency ABCs

Agency offers vast resources on youth drug prevention

Valerie Wright

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Topics: government agencies , illicit drugs , violence

For Your Benefit

FOR YOUR BENEFIT

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Topics: cd-rom , constitution and bylaws , directories

Health Alerts

HEALTH ALERTS

Valerie Wright

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Topics: albuterol , asthma , community pharmacies , inhalers , medical product expiration date

Fellows in the News

Alabama health officer receives AAP advocacy award

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Topics: advocacy , alabama , awards and prizes

FELLOWS IN THE NEWS

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Topics: american dental association , awards and prizes , dietary supplement health and education act (dshea) , dietary supplements , ingestion

In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM

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Topics: advisory committees , charities , child health , community , medical devices

Corrections

Slowly, neonatal critical care coding becomes clearer

Richard Molteni

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View articletitled, Slowly, neonatal critical care coding becomes clearer

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Topics: medical coding , neonatal intensive care

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