Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care March 2007	Harvard Study Endorses Value-Based Insurance Design A new study shows that employers and other payers who are designing health benefits should make cost-effective treatments free or low-cost for patients and charge more for less cost-effective alternative treatments.
Managed Care March 2007	Competition Wins Over Centralization Insurers who recommend a particular provider or health care organization to a patient considering a surgical procedure need to determine how complex the procedure is and how frequently the surgeon performs the procedure.
Managed Care March 2007	NCQA Toughens Evaluation of PPOs Preferred provider organizations will be evaluated on the same set of standards, clinical measures, and patient experience ratings that the NCQA uses to evaluate HMOs and POS plans.
Managed Care March 2007	Use of Generics On the Rise Recent data indicate that generic medication accounts for nearly 60% of the drugs dispensed to people in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Plans, PBMs, Employers Prod Docs To E-Prescribe Widespread adoption of electronic prescribing is inevitable, yet physicians still resist. Various coalitions and initiatives are trying to make adoption easier.
Managed Care March 2007 Lola Butcher	Care Management Data Hard to Come By Employee health management programs are well received, for the most part, even though it is still hard to measure their value.
Managed Care March 2007	Plans, PBMs Step up Infotech Initiatives Over the next three years, large and small health plans and PBMs that are currently involved in emerging health information technologies are going to focus on increasing disease management programs and on providing personal digital assistants to physicians, according to a report.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Are Your Clients Covered? Today's healthcare system demands vigilance from consumers and planners alike. Some financial planners are taking on the complex, expensive market for individual health insurance. And they're finding solutions.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	LTCI Gets a Second Wind Long-term care insurance is regaining credibility, thanks to financial planners.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Advisor Pulse Insurance holders are an increasingly fickle bunch, according to a world report.
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