Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care January 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Old Techniques Never Die, Nor Even Fade Away Urged on by employers traumatized by costs, health plans are renewing their interest in prior authorization, but using a lighter hand.
Managed Care January 2006	Is Managed Consumerism the 'Third Way'? The health care economist says that consumers ought to share in the savings from making the right choices. Insurers, providers, and hospitals should make sure that options exist.
Managed Care January 2006 MargaretAnn Cross	Case Management Meets Home Care Aetna incorporates a program developed at the University of Pennsylvania to deliver services where members live.
Managed Care January 2006 John A. Marcille	Will Tinkering With Premiums Make Beneficiaries Happier? Some companies in the Philadelphia area have begun to link how much an employee contributes to the benefits package to how much an employee takes home.
Managed Care January 2006 John Carroll	It's To Plans' Benefit To Spell Out Authority Claims administrators have been put on notice by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that employee benefit plans will need to spell out in precise detail their prerogative in making benefit decisions - or risk losing it.
Managed Care January 2006	Videos of Actual Surgeries May Give Patients Pause Graphic Surgery and WorldDoc claim that companies will save as a result of employees adjusting their lifestyles because of watching videos of actual surgeries.
Managed Care January 2006	Compensation Monitor A recent poll reveals that doctors distrust pay for performance programs.
Managed Care January 2006	The Formulary Files The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute reports an increase in drug margins.
Managed Care January 2006 Thomas Morrow	Four-Color Flow Cytometry Detects Minimal Residual Disease in Leukemia Should a new - and cheap - test for chronic lymphocytic leukemia be a component of prior-authorization protocols?
Managed Care January 2006	Managed Care Outlook Two surveys point to growth for consumer-directed health plans.
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