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GREATER METROPLEX -- Urban villages, where people can live and enjoy the benefits of shopping, dining and entertainment facilities within walking distance, are a hot development trend. The projects blend [...]

Reports on structural changes in the work place which have affected the delivery of health care in the United States. Loss of the career ladder; Hiring of employees on the basis of competence rather than previous job titles; Implementation of changes at the Baylor Health Care System with these trends in mind.

Reports on a heart procedure called minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass or MIDCAB which is increasingly being performed in the United States but not being paid for by Medicare. US Health Care Financing Administration's consideration of procedure as `investigatory'; Touted benefits of minimally invasive surgery.

Reports that the Texas Department of Insurance is pushing for stronger health maintenance organization (HMO) requirements. Efforts to improve the state's HMO industry's financial status; Financial losses suffered by the industry since 1996.

Focuses on Community Health Corp. which is formed to acquire, lease or manage hospitals in United States to preserve their nonprofit status. Origin of the company; Threat to nonprofit hospitals coming from investor-owned hospitals; Patronage dividends of Community Health; Leases of the company that are under negotiation.

Highlights the surveys conducted by William M. Mercer Inc. and the Merritt, Hawkins & Associates on doctors' salaries in the United States. Average annual income for doctors nationwide; Comparison of earnings of board-certified doctors that those on call to provide care; Average earnings of family practitioners; Role of managed care companies in slicing pay rates of doctors.