Health News 1996
APRIL | 1996
- Employer Group Re–Thinks Commitment to Big HMO’s
- Columbia–HCA Announces Purchase of Blue Cross Blue Shield in Ohio
- Aetna Announces Plan to Purchase U.S. Healthcare
- ADA Does Not Require the Creation of Permanent Light Duty Positions
- New Drug Testing Amendments
- New England Journal of Medicine on Internet
- OSHA Regulations Shrink Slightly
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MAY | 1996
- Workers’ Compensation Legal Reform Continues: Insurance Rates Down, Profits Up
- Large Indiana Merger Announced
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Releases Injury Study
- NIOSH Publishes National Occupational Research Agenda
- After Three Years of Battling, Maine’s Innovative IME System Begins
- OSHA Seeks Comments on Workplace Violence Guidelines
- US Healthcare Found Guilty of Violating Anti–Trust and Racketeering Laws
- Insurance Mergers Continue: Anthem to Buy New Jersey BC/BS
- AHCPR Will No Longer Issue Clinical Practice Guidelines
- US House of Representatives Holds Hearing on Managed Care "Gag Rules"
JUNE | 1996
- OSHA Publishes Final Rule on Shipyard Personal Protective Equipment
- WC Trend Continues: Kansas Cuts Rates; Pennsylvania Seeks Further Reform
- California HMO Patient Rights Initiative Reaches Ballot
- HMO Patient Rights Trend Continues: NJ Regulations Near Approval
- New Study: WC Changes Improving Insurance Profitability
- EEOC Charges Nerve Conduction Testing "Too Speculative"
- New Study: Wide Disparity in Blood Lead Laboratory Tests
- AIHA Issues Position on OSHA Recordable Hearing Loss
- Governor Signs Pennsylvania WC Reform
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JULY | 1996
- Clinton Administration Backs Away from HMO Rules
- U.S. House of Representatives Allows OSHA’s Repetitive Stress Injury Efforts
- OSHA Presents New Record Keeping Proposal
- Provisional Public Health Service Recommendations For Chemoprophylaxis After Occupational Exposure to HIV
- New HIV Exposure Guidelines and Hotline Announced
- New York Passes Workers’ Compensation Reform
- Oregon Phasing Out 24 Hour Coverage Program
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AUGUST | 1996
- New Study: Nonprofit HMO’s Lead in Quality
- Mergers Continue: PacifiCare Acquires FHP International
- Columbia/HCA Purchase of Ohio BC/BS Reaches Critical Stage as Charges Fly
- JCAHO and OSHA Join Forces to Regulate Healthcare Safety
- New Drug Testing Regulations Take Effect
- NJ Officials Charge Mob Involvement with Managed Care Organization
- FTC and Justice Department Become More Flexible on Physician Networks
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SEPTEMBER | 1996
- Trends: Hospital Ownership of HMO’s Growing
- OSHA Announces Nursing Home Initiative
- OSHA and NIOSH Plan Ergonomics Course
- Trends: Employer–Sponsored Health Insurance Continues Decline
- Columbia University Sues Columbia/HCA over Name Use
- Ohio Occupational Health Providers Form Managed Care Organization
- OSHA Backs Away from Second–Hand Smoking Regulation
OCTOBER | 1996
- New JAMA Study: No difference between managed care and traditional insurance costs for critically ill patients.
- US Supreme Court to Hear Drug Testing Case
- New Accreditation Standards for Workers’ Compensation Managed Care
- Blue Cross Association Revokes Ohio Plan’s License
- OSHA Cites Strong Enforcement in 1996
- NIOSH Considers Audiometric Age Correction "Not Scientifically Valid"
- Florida Department of Insurance Takes Control Of Workers’ Compensation Insurer
- NRC Reports "No Threat" from Residential EMF Exposure
- Humana Drops "Gag Rules"
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NOVEMBER | 1996
- Judge Orders Ohio BC/BS to Stop Using Trademark
- Ohio BWC Announces Certified Managed Care Organizations
- Managed Care Ballot Initiatives Fail
- California Attorney General Moves to Block Columbia/HCA Takeover
- Study Critical of Illinois WC System
- California Approves Ergonomics Regulations
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DECEMBER | 1996
- Fibromyalgia: New Study Finds Brain Abnormality
- US Bans "Gag Rules" for Medicare
- ADA: Eighth Circuit Court Upholds Standards for Firefighter Evaluation
- Two Computer Keyboard Cases Yield Opposite Results
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