Washington Watch

DC-based Dr. Michael Pentecost focuses on major regulatory and legislative themes that might impact the work of radiologists or their patients.

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2012

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Aspirin and Angioplasty

February 2012 (Vol. 9 | No. 2 | Page 95)

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2011

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McAllen Revisited

December 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 12 | Page 826)

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Autumn's Other Contest

October 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 10 | Page 674)

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High Power: The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Under the Microscope

August 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 8 | Pages 530-531)

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The Innovator's Solution

June 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 6 | Page 382)

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Health Care Reform: The First Anniversary

April 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 4 | Page 221)

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Unicorn Ahead

February 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 2 | Page 86)

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2010

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The Best Job in America

December 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 12 | Pages 918-919)

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Self-Referral in Medicare: When It Reigns, It Pours

October 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 10 | Pages 750-751)

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Leadership for the Ages

August 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 8 | Pages 559-560)

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In the Blink of an Eye

June 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 6 | Page 396)

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Hail Massachusetts

April 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 4 | Pages 248-249)

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Dartmouth Interrupted

February 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 2 | Pages 90-91)

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2009

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Health Care Reform: What Americans Want

December 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 12 | Page 831)

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Errors, Chasms, and Roadmaps

October 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 10 | Pages 669-670)

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Comparative Effectiveness Research

August 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 8 | Pages 547-548)

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The Prescription: An Ample Dose of Disruption

June 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 6 | Pages 397-398)

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Here Comes the New Boss

April 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 4 | Pages 225-226)

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Health Care in a Time of Peril

February 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages 79-80)

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2008

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The Five-Year Review

December 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 12 | Pages 1174-1175)

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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

October 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 10 | Pages 1034-1035)

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The Real Kings of the Hill

August 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 8 | Pages 879-880)

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Statehouse Struggles

June 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 6 | Pages 699-700)

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The New Dutch Reformation

April 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 4 | Pages 544-545)

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VEBA Las Vegas

February 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 2 | Pages 84-85)

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2007

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Last Exit: The Clinton Health Care Plan Revisited

December 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 12 | Pages 869-871)

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A Tiger by the Tail

October 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 10 | Pages 680-682)

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The Heart of the Matter

August 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 8 | Pages 521-522)

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Risky Business

June 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 6 | Pages 350-352)

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Consumer-Directed Health Plans: At Last, Data

April 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 4 | Pages 211-213)

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The New House of Blues

February 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 2 | Pages 90-91)

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2006

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Wilbur Cohen and the Origins of Medicare

December 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 12 | Pages 907-909)

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Progress in Patient Safety: Real or Imagined?

November 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 11 | Pages 832-834)

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Value-Based Competition in Health Care

October 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 10 | Pages 730-732)

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Quality Improvement Organizations and Specialty Hospitals: A Progress Report

September 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 9 | Pages 647-649)

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The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan

August 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 8 | Pages 575-577)

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Physician Performance and Congressional Hardball

July 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 7 | Pages 489-492)

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Wither Primary Care?

June 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 6 | Pages 394-397)

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Health Care Reform: The Conservative Agenda

May 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 5 | Pages 314-316)

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The Last Prescription Drug Benefit: The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988

April 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 4 | Pages 240-242)

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Electronic Medical Records, Chapter 2: The Obstacles

March 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 3 | Pages 167-168)

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Electronic Medical Records: Chapter One, The Promise

February 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 2 | Pages 85-87)

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Financing American Health Care: The New New Idea

January 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 1 | Pages 11-13)

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2005

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The Vital Signs of Quality Improvement Organizations

December 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 12 | Pages 975-978)

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Health Care and Public Opinion

November 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 11 | Pages 883-886)

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Specialty Hospitals Hang in the Balance

October 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 10 | Pages 812-815)

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Still Human After All These Years

September 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 9 | Pages 732-735)

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Pay for Performance: At Last or Alas?

August 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 8 | Pages 655-658)

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The Quickening Debate Over Medicaid

July 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 7 | Pages 562-564)

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Veterans Affairs Hospitals: Prepared for Duty?

June 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 6 | Pages 464-467)

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Vioxx, Radiology, and the Food and Drug Administration

May 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 5 | Pages 394-397)

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The growing physician shortage: Fact or folly?

April 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages 308-310)

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Four more years: The White House health care agenda for 2005 to 2009

March 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 3 | Pages 212-214)

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Health care in America: Sustainable path or collision course?

February 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 2 | Pages 114-117)

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A surgeon leads the Senate

January 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 1 | Pages 12-14)

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2004

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Health care inflation and high-tech medicine: A new look

December 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 12 | Pages 901-903)

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Mammography and the risks of engagement

November 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 11 | Pages 797-799)

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Evidence-based medicine: Ready for prime time?

October 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 10 | Pages 715-718)

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Money, message, and political advocacy

September 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 9 | Pages 626-628)

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Abdominal aortic aneurysms and the Pulitzer Prize

August 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 8 | Pages 545-546)

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The other shoe: Medicaid

July 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 7 | Pages 452-454)

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Tom Coburn, MD: a doctor in the house

June 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 6 | Pages 381-382)

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Medicare reform legislation: A new chapter in a long story

May 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 5 | Pages 308-309)

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NIH Roadmap: course change for the big ship

April 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 4 | Pages 239-240)

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HIPAA and the law of unintended consequences

March 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 3 | Pages 164-165)

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Anesthesia wars: lessons for radiology

February 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 2 | Pages 85-86)

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Medical malpractice reform: federal politics

January 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 1 | Page 15)

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