CategoryPublication
Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 1 April 1973
A MESSAGE ABOUT THE COMMISSION A brief history of the development of CCAHS introduces the Commission’s purpose to gather and distribute information about
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 1 No. 1 March-April 1983
NEW NEWSLETTER TO PROVIDE HEALTH, WELFARE AND PENSION COMMENTARY; Occupational Disease and Injury Checklist; DISABILITY INSURANCE REAPPRAISED TO EFFECT SAVINGS IN BENEFITS; MEDICAL
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Fall 1974 OSHA – A MEANS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS
# 5 OSHA – A MEANS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS FALL 1974 (PART I) This topic and publication fell under the
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Winter 1975 OSHA AND THE HEALTH SYSTEM PART 2
# 6 OSHA AND THE HEALTH SYSTEM PART 2 WINTER 1975 This Quarterly is global in scope and covers a quick review of
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Summer 1975 CANCER AND JOBS
# 8 CANCER AND JOBS SUMMER 1975 Starting off with a figure of 350,000 American cancer deaths every year in the 1970’s (in
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Consumer Health Perspectives Vol. V No. 8 January 1979
Conference III (October 21, 1978): The Economics of Medical Technology; THE SOCIAL COSTS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, DO WE KNOW WHAT PRICE WE PAY
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Health Perspectives Vol. IV No. 6 November-December 1977 (Pub. 3/78)
HOSPITAL BED REDUCTION: A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE This publication attempted to touch on a very sensitive issue: the closing of hospitals where quality, quantity
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Health Perspectives Vol. IV No. 4 and 5 July-October 1977 (Pub. 1/78)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSUMER HEALTH NETWORK This double issue about the creation of a national health consumer network was based on the
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Health Perspectives Vol. IV No. 3 May-June 1977 (Pub. 10/77)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE III This issue concluded this segment of the CCAHS Health Perspectives series about how to construct a National Health Service.
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Health Perspectives Vol. IV No. 2 March-April 1977 (Pub. 6/77)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE II Building on the prior issue about the NHS, this issue reaches into the details of transition from the non-organized
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Health Perspectives Vol. IV No. 1 January-February 1977 (Pub. 5/77)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE I This issue started with a presentation of reasons why the American health system was failing and why a national
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Health Perspectives Vol. III No. 6 November-December 1976 (Pub. 3/77)
HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORK: CONSUMERS’ CRITIQUE This issue starts with the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health and works its way through the
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Health Perspectives Vol. III No. 5 September-October 1976
SURGERY: CONSUMERS BEWARE This issue was one of the most data packed Health Perspectives. It is worth reading and then rereading because it
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Health Perspectives Vol. III No. 4 July-August 1976 (Pub. 11/76)
Health Planning and Reimbursement CCAHS launched into the planning sector of health care with a passion; a term of endearment now used as
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Health Perspectives Vol. III No. 3 May-June 1976 (Pub. 11/76)
FULL AND EQUAL PARTICIPATION – A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE I (includes a 2.5 page CCAHS Position Paper on the ‘Consumers’ role in health care
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Health Perspectives Vol. III No. 2 March-April 1976 (Pub. 8/76)
HEALTH PLANNING: A CONSUMER VIEW CCAHS building on its strength undertook a topic that had major political, economic and quality components. Planning is
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Health Perspectives Vol. III No. 1 January-February 1976 (Pub. 7/76)
UTILIZATION REVIEW: IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSUMER The CCAHS had already addressed hospital governance, costs and reimbursement rates by major private and public insurers.
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Health Perspectives Vol. II No. 6 November-December 1975 (Pub. 6/76)
CLINICAL LABS: IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSUMER This follow–up issue of Health Perspectives on hospital reimbursement (V. 2 # 5) now applied the same
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Health Perspectives Vol. II No. 5 September-October 1975 (Pub. 3/76)
HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT: IMPORTANCE TO CONSUMERS Most people who have enough resources are loath to question the value of what they buy if they
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Health Perspectives Vol. II No. 4 July-August 1975 (Pub. 1/76)
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE QUALITY CONTROL: THE ALTERNATIVES In 1979, Dr. Rosen, a professor at the Columbia University School of Public Health, made a
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Health Perspectives Vol. II No. 3 May-June 1975
Malpractice! A Consumer View Malpractice insurance is a cost to medical doctors and other practitioners. It is an expense to consumers when its
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Health Perspectives Vol. II No. 2 March-April 1975
HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Never willing to let go of the idea that the public had a right
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Health Perspectives Vol. II No. 1 January-February 1975
AMBULATORY CARE PROGRAM A ROLE FOR THE CONSUMER On a few occasions the consumer movement was given legislative legitimacy. On those occasions the
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Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 8 November-December 1974
HOSPITAL INSPECTION ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSUMER Using the example of special interest success in presenting a view that is not challenged, this
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Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 7 September-October 1974
HOSPITAL INSPECTION ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSUMER Americans have a strong belief in the myth of freedom. That myth has a corollary that
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Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 6 July-August 1974
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW This publication recalls many of the issues that surrounded the right of the
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Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 5 May-June 1974
PROFILE ON OPEN-HEART SURGICAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA After the brief interlude into patients’ rights and representatives, CCHAS resumed its
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Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 4 February-April 1974
PROFILE OF PATIENTS RIGHTS AND HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVES By the time the next issue was in preparation, CCAHS was being approached by special interest
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Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 3 November 1973 – January 1974
PROFILE OF GOVERNING BODIES OF NEW YORK CITY VOLUNTARY HOSPITALS While the CCAHS was following the lead of others in some ways who
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Health Perspectives Vol. I No. 2 September-October 1973
HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES The national expenditure for all health services was $83 billion in 1973. In 2010, the national expenditure was over $1.3
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Fall 1975 OSHA GUIDES I AND II
# 9 OSHA GUIDES I AND II FALL 1975 Calling for joint efforts of providers, employers and employees to resolve workplace health and
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 2 No. 5 November December 1984
Advertisements: Philmark Lithographics; Every Body Benefits; M.D. Sass Assciates, Inc.; Vision Screening Optical Group; American Dental Centers – American Medical Insurance Company; Paid
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 4 No. 2 September 1991
How to Solve The Health Care Crisis (Jack Sheinkman) The Great Debate How To Cure The Health Care Crisis (Karen Ignagni) U.S. Health
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 4 No. 1 February 1991
Court Approves Temporary Injunction In Fund’s Hospital-Billing Suit A TAX IS A TAX IS A TAX Federal Cost Shifting: A Continuing Trend (Harvey
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 3 No. 4 September-October 1990
NEW JERSEY’S DRG HOSPITAL PLAN FACES CHALLENGES IN U.S. COURT EXCERPTS FROM FUND’S COMPLAINT; ERISA FUNDS MUST WIN RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE DISCOUNT RATES
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 3 No. 3 June 1990
“SPECIAL ISSUE: Psychiatric/Substance Abuse/Alcoholism” HOW TO EXPAND BENEFITS AND NOT INCREASE OVERALL COSTS (Edward T. Gluckmann, M.S.) Credits SOME SIGNIFICANT CITATIONS WHY N.J.’S
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 3 No. 2 March 1990
UNY*CARE: A BITTER PILL FOR TAFT-HARTLEY FUNDS (Jack Sheinman, President, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, ACTWU) UNY*Care Editorial HIGHLIGHTS OF UNY*CARE PLAN
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 3 No. 1 January 1990
NOW IS THE TIME TO AMEND UNFAIR NEW JERSEY DRG LAW Early Warning Signal! Major Attack is Anticipated On Tax-Exempt Status of Funds
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The Fund Reporter January-February 1986
COST CONTROL FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (David H. Shnayer) HOSPITAL RATE DISCOUNTS FOR SELF-INSURED FUNDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1987 A BENEFITS NEWSLETTER TO WATCH
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 3 No. 1 January-February 1985
Advertisements: Dental Administrative Programs – Amgent; Vision Screening Optical Group; Philmark Lithographics; MultiPlan, Inc.; M.D. Sass Assciates, Inc.; Stacey Braun Associates, Inc..
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 2 No. 4 September-October 1984
WHO RUNS THE HOSPITALS? (Edward T. Gluckmann) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE (Arthur A. Levin, M.P.H.) EVERYONE BENEFITS (Louis L. Levine) This
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 2 No. 3 May-June 1984
UTILIZATION REVIEW: HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOUR FUND (Roxanne Young, Associate Editor) EXCERPTS FROM PHYSICIAN REVIEWS OF MEDICAL RECORDS THE ART
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 2 No. 2 March-April 1984
NEW YORK POLICY ON HOSPITAL INSURANCE WHAT’S GOOD FOR BLUE CROSS IS GOOD FOR NEW YORK CREEPING FIASCO IN NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL COSTS
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 2 No. 1 January-February 1984
SELF-INSURED FUND WINS COURT BATTLE (Roxanne Young, Associate Editor) HOW TO BUY GROUP INSURANCE (George Perla) SERVICES FOR ALCOHOLIC AND DRUG-RELATED PROBLEMS (George
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 1 No. 4 November-December 1983
UTILIZATION REVIEW (Donald Rubin, Editor) WHO WILL PAY THE HOSPITAL BILLS FOR BABY JANE? DENTAL TREATMENT AND CARE—Part II (Arthur A. Levin, M.P.H.)
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 1 No. 3 September-October 1983
LABOR REHABILITATION COUNCIL: OASIS FOR FUND MANAGERS (RICHARD STRUNSKY) Services available From Labor Rehab Council Letters to the Editor (Irving Baldinger; James Ryan;
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The Fund Reporter Vol. 1 No. 2 May-June 1983
THE CASE FOR MANDATORY SECOND SURGICAL OPINION PROGRAM; FACTS AND GUIDELINES FOR PROPER VISION CARE; BLUEPRINT FOR HEALTH CARE; 14 Kinds of Surgery
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Winter 1976 NURSING HOME TRANSFER TRAUMA – PART II
# 10 NURSING HOME TRANSFER TRAUMA – PART II WINTER 1976 [SEE COMMENTS # 7] Building on the Spring 1975 Quarterly, this issue
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Spring 1976 HEALTH PLANNING SYSTEMS AGENCIES – PLANNING FOR OSHA
# 11 HEALTH PLANNING SYSTEMS AGENCIES – PLANNING FOR OSHA SPRING 1976 After running several consecutive Quarterlies on workplace safety and health as
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Spring 1975 NURSING HOME TRANSFER TRAUMA – THE PUBLIC INTEREST
# 7 NURSING HOME TRANSFER TRAUMA – THE PUBLIC INTEREST SPRING 1975 Starting with the premise that necessary change could be beneficial, the
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Summer 1977 HOSPITAL LICENSURE BY PRIVATE ACCREDITATION
# 14 HOSPITAL LICENSURE (sic) BY PRIVATE ACCREDITATION SUMMER 1977 This issue hearkened back to the failure of New York State to enforce
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Summer 1976 HILL-BURTON FREE CARE PROVISIONS – A FIRST STEP
# 12 HILL-BURTON FREE CARE PROVISIONS – A FIRST STEP SUMMER 1976 As with CCAHS’ first issues of Health Perspectives lists of governing
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Winter 1974 A COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL SURVEYERS (sic) IN NEW YORK STATE WINTER
# 2 A COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL SURVEYERS (sic) IN NEW YORK STATE WINTER 1974 This Quarterly compared the JCAH to the agencies of New
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Summer 1974 JCAH ACCREDITATION –– THE LINCOLN HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
# 4 JCAH ACCREDITATION – – THE LINCOLN HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE SUMMER 1974 This publication integrates several components under the rubric of accreditation. The
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Spring 1974 CONSUMER EXPERIENCES IN HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION
# 3 CONSUMER EXPERIENCES IN HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION SPRING 1974 Building on a previous Quarterly published in Fall 1973, this issue provided recent experiences
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Fall 1976 HSA AND HOSPITAL GOVERNING BODIES – CONFLICT OR COMPLIMENT
# 13 HSA AND HOSPITAL GOVERNING BODIES – CONFLICT OR COMPLIMENT FALL 1976 Among other publications, this one is marked by its ‘A
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Fall 1973 HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION AND THE ROLE OF THE CONSUMER
# 1 HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION AND THE ROLE OF THE CONSUMER FALL 1973 This groundbreaking issue set the tone for the following Quarterly issues
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