Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Looking At Long-Term Care For advisors who haven't considered long-term care insurance for their clients, now might be a good time to take a look. Health-care planning, including purchasing insurance to protect other assets, has to happen before clients are too old.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Janet Arrowood	Addition by Division Advisors need to be at the top of their game when working on insurance coverage in divorce proceedings, because people often behave badly when the talk turns to money.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Huang, Pesile & Mozeson	Medicare Part D: D for Doomed? New drug coverage plans cost more money and serve fewer patients than the government expected. What if things get worse? Here are two scenarios for disaster.
Bank Technology News May 2006 Glen Fest	Medical Banking: Paper Processing Is No Rx For Payments Hospitals and insurers still don't have electronic remittance issues settled despite 10-year-old HIPAA standards. Seizing the market opportunity, banks are stepping into the void.
BusinessWeek May 8, 2006 Howard Gleckman	Fighting For The Right Drugs If your Medicare insurer won't cover your medication, here's how to buck the system.
Investment Advisor May 2006 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: The Whole Picture Beyond helping clients grow their assets, financial advisors need to know what's available to protect their clients' financial security and quality of life. Here is a life insurance product that does just that.
Managed Care April 2006 Maureen Glabman	'Take My Word for It': The Enduring Dispute Over Measuring DM's Economic Value While disease management is now mainstream, it can still be difficult to judge a program's worth. Health plans faced with renewing these contracts have a lot to think about.
Managed Care April 2006 Patrick Mullen	A Conversation with Paul Fronstin, PhD: Current Crop of Consumer-Directed Plans More 'Lite' Than 'Heavy' Paul Fronstin, a senior research associate at the Employee Benefit Research Institute, speaks about Medicare, health benefit trends, and managed care.
Managed Care April 2006 Tony Berberabe	Insurers Rely on Providers To Screen for Depression With access only to claims data, health plans strive to promote the importance of depression screening to their providers.
Managed Care April 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Blues Plan's Bold Move Brings Generics Savings Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina is waiving its copayments for generic drugs in a unique six-month pilot program.
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