Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care December 2007 John Marcille	An Unexpected Observation Who of the presidential candidates does Aetna President Mark Bertolini think offers a plan that will prove most effective? Sen. Hillary Clinton, that's who.
Managed Care December 2007 John Carroll	New York Plan Emerges As Pattern for Rating Physicians The Empire State's approach to physician ratings quickly gains health plan support and consideration as a national answer.
Managed Care December 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Smoking Cessation Coverage May Be Worth Plans' Effort Programs that include a pharmacology benefit reap rewards for the health plan and the member. So why isn't there 100% buy-in?
Managed Care December 2007	Strong Support for Transparency, But Small Effect Expected on Costs Three quarters of health care leaders believe increased transparency -- the public reporting of quality and pricing by name of hospital, physician practice, or health care provider -- is essential to improve the performance of the United States' health care system, according to a survey.
Managed Care December 2007	Privately Insured Use Emergency Room Less A recently issued brief from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation seeks to characterize and analyze persons who frequently, or infrequently, use hospital emergency department.
Managed Care December 2007	Web Site Helps Track Health Plan Rankings U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance have released the third edition of America's Best Health Plans, an annual ranking of health maintenance organizations and point-of-service plans.
Managed Care December 2007	Insurers Lean Toward Generic Alternatives More insurers are focusing their attention on a second approach to generic drug management -- generic alternatives, which contain different active ingredients, but have comparable efficacy to brand-name drugs in the same class.
Managed Care December 2007 Lola Butcher	From Consumer-Directed to Consumer-Driven Many new programs offered by insurers bet that individuals, not employers, will one day be making the major decisions.
Managed Care December 2007	Insurers Offer More Coverage to Fill Part D Gap Filling the gap in coverage in which the enrollee pays 100% of total drug costs before catastrophic coverage begins will be a significant issue that stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plans face in 2008.
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 Stacy Schultz	5 Questions What role should insurance play as baby boomers retire?... What financial products are most valuable for baby boomers?... etc.
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