New think tank revises reimbursement plan

Article Abstract:

Boondocks Medical Society Institute fellows Samuel D. Porter and John K. MacGregor wrote the Rural Barter Recipient Vendor Systems as an alternative to the Health Care Financing Administration's resource-based relative value scale. The authors substituted basic reimbursement units derived from Department of Agriculture standards for currency. In their plan, an initial consultation is worth a crate of Grade AA jumbo eggs. The system eliminates forms, conversion factors and long waits for reimbursement.

Humor and anecdotes, Authorship, Relative value scale payment systems (Medical care), Porter, Samuel D., MacGregor, John K.

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Gene therapy trials expand into the heartland

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Gene therapy trials will be expanded beyond the National Institutes of Health with the expected approval of the University of Michigan Medical Center and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center protocols. The Michigan trial will treat homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, and the Hutchinson trial will treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in HIV patients. Gene therapy is rapidly gaining acceptance as a technique for treating inherited and acquired disorders.

Admin. of public health programs, Noncommercial research organizations, Care and treatment, Research, Science and technology policy, Gene therapy, United States. National Institutes of Health, Lymphomas, Hypercholesterolemia, University of Michigan. Medical Center (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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Boondocks group marches to different kazoo

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The Boondocks Medical Society of Mason City, Iowa, developed as a result of attempts to coordinate practice by two groups of physicians after one of the area's two hospitals lost accreditation. The physicians, who enjoyed their meetings, decided to form an organization, which became the Boondocks Medical Society. Amusing details concerning the society's meetings and celebrations are included.

Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Health aspects, Physicians, Medical professions, Associations, Mason City, Iowa

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