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Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care September 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... The IRS has given health insurers extra time... HMOs now have more than... Employer-sponsored coverage seems to be eroding...
Managed Care September 2004 John Carroll	Managed Care at the Crossroads As rising costs drive CEOs' collective blood pressure off the charts, a group of experts considers whether managed care has reached another watershed -- and whether the industry can reinvent itself yet again.
Managed Care September 2004	O'Kane Gives the OK To Focus More on Providers The head of the National Committee for Quality Assurance, Margaret E. O'Kane, says health plans want to encourage physicians in the never-ending quest for quality.
Managed Care September 2004 Sherrie Dulworth	CAM Offerings Really Can Enhance Quality of Care for Some Patients People flock to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) services whether insurers cover them or not. When does it make economic and medical sense to offer them?
Managed Care September 2004 Tony Berberabe	Can Physician and Health Plan Get Together Over Guidelines? Physicians are not the only problem. Health plans too often view guidelines as rigid routines rather than flexible aids to good practice.
Managed Care September 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Employers Take Stock of Illness on the Clock Presenteeism -- the condition of being on the job, but giving less than 100 percent -- is fertile ground for health plans with a suitable product.
Managed Care September 2004 John A. Marcille	Can Health Care Institutions Exploit Today's Opportunity? The increasing concern by businesses over the current inflation in health care costs is an opportunity, but is our inertia so pervasive that we cannot respond with the kind of controls that will bring health care inflation into balance with the rest of the economy?
Managed Care September 2004	Cost-Related Underuse of Heart Meds Leads to Cardiac Complications The study is significant because it is the first nationally representative longitudinal study to demonstrate that patients with serious chronic illnesses experience adverse health events when they restrict their use of prescription drugs due to cost.
Managed Care September 2004	Employers Offer 'Consumer' Plans with Trepidation There is concern that these plans will primarily attract healthier and higher-income individuals, leaving sicker and lower-wage employees in higher-cost alternatives.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2004 Tom Taulli	Centene Takes a Dose of Deal-Making The mergers and acquisitions continue apace in the managed care industry. Yesterday, investors saw another deal they liked: Centene's purchase of Swope Community Enterprises.
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