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CAMPBELL T, LAMONT, M.D,
P, JEROME LAVIANO, M.D.
NOEL H. MILLER, MOD.
NASROLLAH RASHIDI, M.D.
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JosrrH H. WERK, MOD.
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Copyright The Suffolk Academy of Medicine 1975
VCL. 53
No, 5
TASLE OF CONTENTS
IDEAS
93 WOMAN'S AUXILIARY —lIlealth Careers
The Publie Relations Approach
by William H. Bloom, M.D,
14 PRESIDENT’S PAGE
PosiUon on the Malpractice Crisis
16 POET'S CORNER
Check for Pharyrgeal V.D. even
if Pregnant Patient Says “No"
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29 MEDICAID NOTES
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Cut-of-State Medical Care and Services
by George M. Wheatley, M.D.
30 PUBLIC ISALTIL
Speedier Reimbursement for Medicaid
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AAFP NEWS
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
33 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Radiation in Childhood and Thyroid
Carcinoma by Harold L. Atkins, M.D.
36 MENTAL YWEALTYU
24 Financial Statements SCMS
26 Finaneiat Statements SAM
COMMUNICATIONS
o2 Malpractice Crisis — Southampton
Hosnitel's Physicians for Action Now
Cominiltoe
Forms Required fer Participants in
Keogh Plans — Internal Revenue Service
by Sheila B. Blume, M.D.
38 POINT OF VIEW
39
The Land of Nesp. by M. G. Jacoby, M.D.
BLUIE CROSS AND BLUE SIIELD
Medicare HIC Number — File Claims
40 LEGISLATIVE PAGE
NOTICES
13 Letter fer Physicians Discontinuing
COLUMNS
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Practice
In Memoriam — Ghant Mohammad, 37.D.
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