Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care May 2007	Self-Referral Persists Despite Stark II Law Loopholes in federal and state laws that curb physician referral to diagnostic imaging providers in which they have a financial stake (self-referral) are allowing physicians to stretch how they are paid and for what.
Managed Care May 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Medication Therapy Management May Finally Enter the Mainstream Pharmacies can now take advantage of CPT codes to bill insurers for direct patient care. Will private payers follow Medicare in offering this service?
Managed Care May 2007	The Formulary Files The American Academy of Pediatrics predicts that the increasing costs of vaccines, combined with low payments from insurance companies, will lead to under-immunization.
Managed Care May 2007 Lola Butcher	Introducing the CHR, More Like a PHR Than an EMR Some employers in Kansas City see extended value in a locally based variant of the online health record, and health plans are playing along.
Managed Care May 2007	Managed Care Outlook Milder health care spending cycle seen.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Frank O'Connor	Going Up? Variable annuity sales are up but net cash flows are lagging. Could a major industry boom be coming?
Financial Advisor June 2007 Mary Rowland	What's It Worth? A consultant shines a light into the dark hole of equity-indexed annuities.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Marlene Y. Satter	Long-Term Damage? Are your financial advisory clients at risk from problems within the long-term care insurance industry?
Investment Advisor June 2007	ACLI Responds To New York Times On Long-Term Care Insurance American Council of Life Insurers President and CEO Frank Keating made the following statement in response to the March 26 New York Times article "Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers."
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Tom Taulli	Go-Go Greenlight Capital This New Age insurance company uses a hedge fund to pump up returns. And what happens if there are major hurricanes this year and the losses pile up? It could be a big problem for shareholders.
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