Washington Watch

Washington Watch is a regular feature in AAEM's newsletter, Common Sense, designed to keep members up-to-date on happenings in our nation's capital which affect the practice of Emergency Medicine. The column features information of direct interest to the practicing emergency physician. Some recent installments of this column include:

• Washington Watch (added 6/14/04)
• AAEM Washington Update (added 5/9/03)
• Battle Brewing in the Senate on National Malpractice Reform (added 5/9/03)
• Privacy of Medical Information: Regulatory Changes Are on the Way (added 8/26/02)
• Referrals: The "Latest" Court Case and What Is Acceptable? (added 7/15/02)
• The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act - Will It Become Law? (added 5/13/02)
• Medicare Drug Discount Cards? Not Yet! (added 2/18/02)
• Enforcing a Patient's Bill of Rights When There Is a Denial of Emergency Room Claims (added 12/21/01)
• Physician Collective Bargaining and an Important United States Supreme Court Decision (added 11/6/01)
• President Bush and Health Care - Just What Are His Health Care Priorities (added 11/6/01) 
• EMTALA: What Do Hospital Departments Think About It and What Is HCFA Doing To Enforce It? (added 7/16/01) 
• Sole Source Physician Contracts - Can We Do Them? (added 3/19/01)
• Compliance Program for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices: A "Pain" or a "Must"? (added 1/22/01)