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Managed Care May 2006 Michael Levin-Epstein	Looking for a Better Way To Manage Care Can primary care physicians persuade health plans and Medicare to accept their version of the chronic care model?
Managed Care May 2006 Frank Diamond	It's Hard To Not Take Diabetes Personally The costs are of managing diabetes are ballooning and incidence is up and going to go higher.
Managed Care May 2006	AMA Says 1 or 2 Insurers Control Too Many Markets A study by the American Medical Association that says that too many managed care markets are locked up by just one or two health plans.
Managed Care May 2006	Headlines On Deadline . . . Health plans appear to be having some trouble fulfilling a federal mandate that 80 percent of questions from Medicare beneficiaries about pharmacy coverage be answered within 30 seconds.
Managed Care May 2006 Michael S. Victoroff	P4P Programs Offer Catnip That May Distract Doctors Current pay-for-performance programs apply only to a handful of diseases. If we don't pay for all the other diseases, will they get short shrift?
Managed Care May 2006 Thomas Morrow	Cost Effective Psoriasis Treatment May Demand Creative Coverage Rules While biologic agents can be costly, a new formulation of an old treatment can mean inexpensive and effective relief.
Managed Care May 2006	Many More CDH Plans to Include Pharmacy The number of plan sponsors that will offer consumer-directed health plans that integrate pharmacy and medical benefits increased more than 16-fold, from 3 to 50, between January 2005 and January 2006, according to Medco Health Solutions.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Rick Casterline	Berkshire Behind the Scenes: Part 3 Commodities, share repurchases, and peanut brittle all make appearances as the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Q&A session rolls on. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2006 Rick Casterline	Berkshire Behind the Scenes: Part 2 From ethanol to entitlements, the Q&A session at the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting was nothing if not lively and freewheeling. Here are notes from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger taking questions from the crowd.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2006 Rick Casterline	Berkshire Behind the Scenes: Part 1 Here are notes from this year's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. It might not be as stodgy an affair as you think. Investors, take note.
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