Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Investment Advisor April 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Take Some Advice: Consumers Are Looking for It Consumers around the world say they need advice the most when it comes to pensions and life insurance, according to a new seven-country survey report.
Investment Advisor April 2007 Marlene Y. Satter	An Area of Concern? Financial advisors need to make sure their female Gen X clients are adequately insured, according to a survey.
Investment Advisor April 2007 Marlene Y. Satter	Keep Them Satisfied Financial advisors know that clients' feelings about money can have a dramatic effect on the financial plans that have been crafted so carefully for them. Their attitudes on insurance providers can also play a role.
Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails.
Managed Care March 2007 Lola Butcher	Plans Put Greater Emphasis On Cancer Management Increasingly, health plans are rolling out services designed to help cancer patients and, before that, plan members at a high risk of cancer, to improve their health care and, in doing so, limit costs.
Managed Care March 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	Give Patients the Tools To Make Good Decisions Medical care involves choice, and often consumers go with the less expensive option when given all the facts. Getting people to think about what matters most to them when it comes to making medical choices is a job that insurers are taking on.
Managed Care March 2007 Tom Reinke	NCQA Shifts Focus On Physician Performance NCQA's 2007 HEDIS physician performance manual puts greater emphasis on cost of care. Many organizations, including some health plans, use these specifications to evaluate physician performance.
Managed Care March 2007 Zink et al.	Applying the Planned Care Model To Intimate Partner Violence Implementing what was formerly called the Chronic Care Model can improve an organization's response to the widespread problem of intimate partner violence.
Managed Care March 2007 John Carroll	Democratic Agenda Places Medicare Advantage at Risk Battle lines are drawn over proposals to raid the Medicare managed care program of funds to be applied to other health care needs. Democrats themselves are split.
Managed Care March 2007 Louis W. Hutchison	Unable to Carry Cost Burden, Payers Seek Other Remedies The pharmacy benefit landscape of today is all but unrecognizable from its predecessor of just a decade ago. Blending an approach that uses education, reward, and penalty can rein in runaway health care costs
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