August 2002 • Volume 8 • Number 8

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Headlines

• Attorney advocates new system of medical justice

• Panel calls for limited smallpox vaccination

• Members guide change - Visit AAFP's redesigned Web site

• Encouraging words on the road to HIPAA compliance

• HIPAA could help -- really!

• Stay tuned ... AMA might transform into core element of 'organization of organizations'

• If AMA transformed, what would it mean for you?

• Try FP Report by e-mail

• Donors support Future of Family Medicine project

• Official announcement - Head to 2002 Assembly in San Diego for policy-making, premier CME

• Submit proposals soon for 2003 Assembly presentations

• Check out deadlines for awards, grants, Fundamentals of Management program

• Gifts-to-physicians issue once again moves to front burner

• Read more about research on gifts to physicians

• Defining acceptable gifts

• Direct-to-consumer tests: just what the doctor didn't order

• AAFP, family physician turn up heat, tell lawmakers about liability crisis

• Ask Senate to address Medicare physician payment crisis

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