Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care November 2005 Patrick Mullen	This Biologics Industry Spokesman Knows That Health Plans Can Only be Won Over by the Financial Argument. Biotech's focus is expanding from products that treat relatively rare diseases to treatments for conditions that affect much larger populations, including various cancers, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma because of health plan costs.
Managed Care November 2005 Ed Silverman	How Many More Quarters of Profits on the Way? The current underwriting cycle for health insurance is long in the tooth, but experts still see profitability ahead.
Managed Care November 2005 John A. Marcille	Florida's Medicaid Waiver Will Be Scrutinized Closely Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt approved a Medicaid waiver application that will shift 210,000 beneficiaries in Broward and Duval counties into managed care beginning in July 2006.
Managed Care November 2005	Most Want Choice of Doctors More Than Pick of Health Plan Consumers value having a choice in providers more than having a choice of health plans, according to a study by the Commonwealth.
Managed Care November 2005	Quality Improves at Nation's Health Plans The National Committee for Quality Assurance's annual report states the quality of health plans that report have improved quality, but there is also a rise of consumer-directed health plans which do not report on quality.
Managed Care November 2005	NCQA Wonders: Who Keeps Tab On Consumer Plans? National Committee for Quality Assurance is worried about the increase of consumer-directed health plans which tend not to measure or report on their performance.
Managed Care November 2005	Large Employers Join To Create Mini-Med Benefits Six large employers have pooled resources to offer a low-cost, limited-benefit health plan for workers who would otherwise be uninsured.
Managed Care November 2005	Plans Change Tactics As Costs Keep Rising For Specialty Drugs With specialty drug costs continually increasing, CuraScript expects to see a significant shift in the percentage of plans exclusively classifying specialty drugs under the medical benefit.
Managed Care November 2005	Headlines On Deadline ... Health insurance costs only increase by 9.2 percent this year....Humana agrees to pay $40 million in settlement... Department of Health and Human Services fails to report several medical malpractice claims...
Managed Care November 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Confusion Rules the Day As Medicare Part D Begins With a dizzying array of coverage possibilities, there is a strong possibility that some people who would benefit will fail to enroll in any plan.
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