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Insurance & Technology June 1, 2007 Anthony O'Donnell	Kansas Tornados Are Occasion to Hone CAT Management Skills The devastating tornado that struck Greensburg Kansas provided the opportunity for insurers such as State Farm and Travelers to exercise their catastrophe management competence on a small scale.
Insurance & Technology June 1, 2007 Nathan Conz	Anthem BCBS Expands Transparency Tool to Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville and all of Indiana Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will expand its transparency tool pilot program to new markets, a move that reflects the growing consumer-directed healthcare trend.
Insurance & Technology June 1, 2007 Nathan Conz	Insurance Start-up PURE High Net Worth Chooses OneShield's Dragon Platform for Policy Administration Start-up insurer PURE, or Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, is looking to streamline its IT-related responsibilities by leveraging vendor expertise and taking advantage of its lack of legacy systems and data.
Managed Care June 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	What the Primary Care Physician Shortage Means for Health Plans Insurers fear rising costs and poorer outcomes if members are less able to get appointments with family physicians and general internists.
Managed Care June 2007	A Conversation with Jonathan Weiner, DrPH: Mixing Population-Based Care With Market Controls The United States' health care system needs consumer and market controls to succeed, but it can't rely on only those two factors.
Managed Care June 2007 Lola Butcher	What the Devil Is Information Therapy? Welcome to information therapy, the practice of providing more and better information to patients so they can contribute more to their healing.
Managed Care June 2007 Lisa A. Higgins	Sobering Stats Invite Insurers To Fight Alcoholism Effectively Health plans may not be able to control problem drinking by their members. They can, however, affect the way their contracted providers approach the problem. And that may be what makes the difference.
Managed Care June 2007 John Carroll	Plans Under Attack For Use of Rescission Critics say insurers fail to make a distinction between those who commit fraud and those who simply make mistakes.
Managed Care June 2007	Seventy Percent Surge In Diabetes Spending Spending on endocrine and diabetes therapies could surge nearly 70% in the next two years, according to research. Diabetes treatments were the second leading contributor in total dollars to prescription drug spending growth in 2006.
Managed Care June 2007	Growth in Average FEHBP Premium Slows The average annual growth in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premiums declined each year from 2003 through 2007 and was generally lower than the growth for other purchasers since 2003.
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