Tga7 Edstor QIN ¢ ‘SHEILA B. BLUME, M.D. ava de A ead Edgtorial Board fo" £™" MEDICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN rrhi SUFFCLK Te =r 1 Or MEDICINE sauratioel COLEMAN M.C, FINEBERG M. G. JACOBY, M.D. CAMPBELL T, LAMONT, M.D, P, JEROME LAVIANO, M.D. NOEL H. MILLER, MOD. NASROLLAH RASHIDI, M.D. ‘ ANDREW J. TASHJIAN, MD. JosrrH H. WERK, MOD. Mrs. WILLIAM TREICHIL af,om ' “| ’ 2, Business Manager 2 & S08ho 1 Mrs. Loutszr HOLLANDER MAY 1975 weet ee ee ee ee , irw yo8ty "—~ 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" 17 29 MEDICAID NOTES _ Cut-of-State Medical Care and Services by George M. Wheatley, M.D. 30 PUBLIC ISALTIL Speedier Reimbursement for Medicaid 31) 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 22 Practice In Memoriam — Ghant Mohammad, 37.D. 1g 384 Dates te Remember LAW ENFORCEMENT ernest J. Morvillo, M.D. TH SOCIETY AND ACADEMY ART NOT RESPONSICLE Fon OVINIONS Of STATEMENTS PCULISEED OVER AUTOS SIGNATURE, , OVINIONS EXPRESSED RY MEMES OF THE EDIVPORTAL BOARD OF CLI RULLETIN SIMOUR Noro orp wSTRUE D AS REPRESEN "ghee p e sespee s y eeene fh DULLENTIN SI roe) RE CONSTRUE _ s T. . eee Pts Oey ICT AL POLICY OF TIE MEDICAL SOCININ OF Tritt ACADEMY, ANY OPINIONS APIUSSED GN CRIS SHULLETIN ARE STINCTLY TIOSE OF THE ACTHOR, ia Peete wee . Pee UPLTITIN. Is natch ed every tnonth except June, July and Aueust, The Annitalt TiHirectory is pent treat fey tree. Metihers are invited to eontribiute yy: : professional interest. of seneral aifermt : a LPC aamest ‘* tyes : SQbroetted materish be tynewritten, Howublvesmieert, easy OX! paper . and sent ta the editor, Seger als ter ee agds . . fever ees ° mtater iat store be vent to business manicer. At copy must he in hy loth day ef month fifeegmrts ry ss Mivlicagon. Address: 890 Veterans “femoris! ttwy., Hauppatee, N.Y. PIST: s16-265-6068, Ee OH we Ee ee a : Toward the Protection of the Privacy of Former Mental Iospital Patients Health Seienees Library 21 New Applicants for Membership ~S Claims by Mary C. McLaughlin, M.D., 31 News Briefs ~ M.P.H. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PAGE EPORTS 22 Scholarships by Mrs. Joseph K, Kiraly by J, if, Werk, M.D. 19 GUEST ARTICLE The Iunetion of Occupational Therapy as a Health Profession th QoQ te 1$$2 ~ 163] 12 EDITORIAL — Malpractice Report — FOLQER Upton, L. 1, New York WILLIAM BLOOM, MD. Boxno, MEDICAL DEPT. PERIODICALS Brookhaven National Laboca! nny ISLANDS coutection LMAKSHALL REPOSITORY BNL RECORDS The Medicdl ‘Research ‘Center Bete =e oo —-' 1 da bil BNL 20004 '