Index of Articles

	Afraid of technology, these clinicians can help
	7 tips for on-line practice building
	Making the Web work as an advertising medium
	New testing and assessment Web site
	Can you use the Web to promote your practice?
	Online bookstore for health care

	The trouble with any-willing-provider laws
	What does parity mean for BH providers?
	HHS plans broad surveys on managed care
	Parity laws in effect in 15 states
	Federal employees get a health "bill of rights"
	Health plans limit long-term disbl' paym'ts
	10-year reduction in MH insurance payments
	Providers get little satisfaction in suits against MCOs
	New parity laws in Tennessee and Delaware
	Good and bad news on parity laws
	Real mental health costs are buried

	False memory suit leads to a $10.6 million settlement
	Repressed memory lawsuits pose a threat
	HHS blacklists deadbeat clinicians
	Protecting against sexual misconduct charges
	Malpractice suits hurt pastoral counseling
	How one therapist successfully defended herself in a liability suit
	12 steps to reduce your malpractice risk
	Recovered memory suit settled for $175,000
	Duty-to-warn issues trip up clinicians
	Employees who breach confidentiality

	Columbia/HCA considers a name change (Jan p.9)
	VBH has finally been sold (Feb p.1)
	Apogee sells all its practices (Feb p.2)
	NJ psychologists and MCC are going back to court (Feb p.10)
	Columbia/HCA settling with the feds (Mar p.10)
	Magellan selling its stake in Charter (Apr p.8)
	Company response to our Apogee coverage (May p.6)
	Green Spring expands into Canada (May p.10)
	Magellan is consolidating its panels (Jun p.10)
	United Healthcare is buying Humana (Aug p.9)
	Aetna/U.S. Healthcare is pushing electronic billing (Aug p.9)
	Apogee changing corporate name to Integra (Aug p.12)
	MCC Behavioral Care now sells productivity (Sep p.9)
	United HealthCare won't be buying Humana (Sep p.10)
	California psychologists suing HAI (Oct p.8)
	Therapists stage a walkout at Kaiser (Oct p.8)

	Providers are becoming more selective about joining networks (Feb p.10)
	Industry insiders provide market insights (Mar p.3)
	Using treatment reports to your advantage (Jul p.7)
	Should you pay to join a network? (Jul p.12)
	Selling couples therapy to managed care (Sep p.4)
	Don't claim too many specialties (Oct p.8)
	A quick way to rate MCOs (Nov p.9)
	Should you pay $95 to get on a panel? (Dec p.1)
	Selling self-help tapes to MCOs (Dec p.5)

	Hospitals vie to attract pregnant Medicaid patients (Jan p.10)
	Health care insiders sell their stock (Feb p.10)
	MCO execs react to bad press (Mar p.9)
	First contract signed by American Mental Health Alliance (Mar p.9)
	Tug of war between MCOs and employers (Apr p.8)
	An MCO psychiatrist knocks psychiatrists (Apr p.10)
	Primary care integration is coming, but when? (May p.7)
	New market data from Interstudy (May p.10)
	HMO enrollment topped 70 million in 1997 (May p.10)
	A gloomy stillness pervades annual BH managed care industry meeting (Oct p.1)
	Top HMO execs averaged $2 million in salary for 1997 (Oct p.8)
	Managed Medicare gains in New England (Oct p.8)
	HMOs rebelling against Medicare (Nov p.8)
	400 Texas physicians quit Aetna (Nov p.8)
	Survey of managed care providers (Dec p.9)
	MCOs fight bad PR with happy TV ads (Dec p.10)

	Fees go up for '98 and codes are changing (Jan p.8)
	Medicare HMOs have 4.8 million clients (Apr p.8)
	It's hard to find out what's covered (May p.5)
	Medicare does not cover biofeedback (Jul p.12)
	Roundup of new Medicare rules (Aug p.12)
	CSWs and nursing homes; MCOs trim HMOs (Sep p.9)

	Surgeon General's first report on mental health (Mar p.10)
	Hazelden's free addiction newspap. column (Apr p.10)
	Brain impairment the cause for dyslexia (Apr p.10)
	Drug treatment works better than many think (May p.12)
	Internet addiction on college campuses (Jun p.12)
	New MH disorder: muscle dysmorphia (Sep p.10)
	Why people pick alternative medicine (Sep p.10)
	Drug use greater in smaller firms (Sep p.10)
	10 occupations with the most depression (Sep p.10)
	Mike Tyson's psych evaluation on-line (Nov p.10)

	Time-limited groups are effective with anxiety (Jan p.1)
	Stress debriefing for bank employees (Feb p.2)
	Consulting to family businesses (Mar p.1)
	Acting as "coach" to add clients (May p.3)
	Use your skills to help students take the SAT (Jun p.1)
	A team approach can simplify organizational consulting (Jun p.2)
	Helping ADD kids improve social skills (Jul p.1)
	Selling therapy, vitamins, and overall health (Aug p.1)
	Groups on traumatic childbirth experiences (Aug p.3)
	Dieting groups feed an entire practice (Sep p.1)
	Free parenting classes (Oct p.2)
	Public agencies help keep managed care at bay (Nov p.2)
	Preparation for surgery is a wide open field (Nov p.4)
	Plastic surgery patients (Dec p.7)
	Writer's block (Dec p.7)
	Police departments (Dec p.7)
	Executive stress reduction (Dec p.7)
	Stepfamilies (Dec p.8)
	Cardiac patients (Dec p.8)

	This practice sponsored a golf tournament (Jan p.10)
	Yes, you can make cold-calling work (Feb p.4)
	Free anxiety screenings (Feb p.10)
	Get more for less with yellow page ads (Mar p.6)
	40-45% of your time should be spent on marketing, expert says (Mar p.10)
	Building referrals with informational handouts (Apr p.1)
	Pamphlets and self-help books can help market your practice (Apr p.6)
	National depression screening day (Jun p.12)
	Developing an effective press release (Sep p.3)
	Women's services keep the waiting room full (Oct p.5)
	First National Alcoholism Screening Day (Oct p.10)
	Increase in sex addiction patients (Oct p.10)
	Get your share of the expanding EAP market (Nov p.5)
	8 tips for diversifying your payer mix (Nov p.7)
	Use your picture in marketing (Nov p.10)
	Building a practice in sexual addiction (Nov p.10)
	Why you should increase use of group therapy (Dec p.2)

	Is there life after private practice? (Jan p.3)
	Can you work with physicians? (Jan p.10)
	Depression screening by phone (Feb p.10)
	Med school applications fell in 1997 (Mar p.10)
	Ohio nurses want to write prescriptions (Mar p.10)
	Counselors push for licensure and recognition (Apr p.5)
	Psychologists using skills for new careers (Apr p.10)
	Competing with psychics and philosophers (May p.1)
	Which professions are hot, not? (May p.2)
	Answers to questions about client satisfaction (Jun p.3)
	APA Practice Division losing members (Jun p.12)
	Over half of social workers have been assaulted (Jun p.12)
	Are HMOs underusing psychiatrists? (Jun p.12)
	What the Disability Act doesn't cover (Jun p.12)
	Prospects are good for psych nurses (Jul p.4)
	Nurses strive for prescription privileges and unified credentials (Sep p.5)
	Social workers are considering unions (Sep p.10)
	Short-short therapy for alcoholics (Sep p.10)
	New health plan: physicians on retainer (Oct p.10)
	Social workers in dispute resolution (Nov p.10)
	New psychopharmacology program (Dec p.10)

	4 steps to improve billing procedures (Mar p.4)
	The market for practice sales is warming again (Mar p.9)
	Straight talk about computers and therapists (Jun p.4)
	Tips for working with consultants (Jun p.6)
	Charging clients to receive info by phone (Aug p.4)
	7 steps to ensure safety of records (Oct p.7)
	New survey of psychology salaries (Aug p.12)
	6 steps to take when employees quit (Dec p.5)
	Guide to software vendors (Dec p.10)

	A selection of recently gathered statistics and demographic data (Jan p.6)
	Behavioral health salary survey from NAPHS (May p.11)
	Brochures for patients from NMHA (May p.11)
	New HC consumer fact sheets from AARP (May p.12)
	Help for clinicians on the Disabilities Act (May p.12)
	Bi-polar Disorders Information Center (Jul p.12)
	Survey on Access to Responsible Care Act (Jul p.12)
	Three new practice resources (Aug p.12)
	A glossary of acronyms and managed care terms (Sep p.6)
	Book: "Helping Someone with Mental Illness" (Sep p.8)
	Book: "Treatment of Offenders with Mental Illness" (Sep p.8*)
	How friendship helps the healing process (Sep p.8)
	National center on elder abuse (Nov p.9)
	National Women's Health Information Center (Dec p.10)

	Changes in tax law make it easier to build IRAs (Jan p.7)
	Odds of being audited are low (Apr p.9)
	Increasing IRA contribution (Jul p.10)
	100,000 1996 IRS refunds were undeliverable (Apr p.10)
	Self-employed health insurance deduction are going up (Apr p.10)
	Threats against IRS workers increasing (Apr p.10)
	Employees vs. independent contractors; getting it wrong could cost you (Nov p.7)
	How federal moneys are routed to states (Nov p.10)
	Home office deductions are loosening up (Dec p.8)

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