Home health reimbursement and the 1997 Budget Act.

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which was passed by Congress on July 28, was signed into law by President Clinton on August 5. The legislation contains a 5-year plan to balance the federal budget and reduces Medicare expenditures by $115 billion during that period. Home health cuts total $16.

Home care past and future.

Uniquely American, care for patients at home offers an increasingly effective way to widen access and control costs.

Government regulations and the use of drugs.

I have tried to trace the new drug development pattern from 1766, when Withering obtained his medical degree, to the present. The role of governmental authority as defined by the 1962 Kefauver-Harris amendments to the 1906 law and the subsequently issued regulations has been summarized. Four phases of testing in man have been detailed.