Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care December 2004 Martin Sipkoff	A Better Case for Quality: Share the Savings! Brent James's research has led to a new and powerful vision of paying for performance that binds physicians, plans and hospitals together.
Managed Care December 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	When Your Employees Are Your Focus Group It can be a tough sell when a health care company has a promising but untested new plan design. Here's a way around that problem.
Managed Care December 2004 John Carroll	Executive Compensation Catches Up Pay tied to performance has become the norm outside of managed care. Now, the industry wants the same for its captains.
Managed Care December 2004 Adler & Schukman	The Role of Managed Care In Patient Safety & Error Reduction Patient safety and medical errors have become the focus of increasing attention from the public, policymakers, and accreditation agencies. Managed care organizations clearly are important stakeholders in this issue.
Managed Care December 2004 John Carroll	Pfizer Touts Medicaid Data In Arguing That DM Works The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says that its disease management program saved Florida $42 million, but a state watchdog group remains unconvinced.
Managed Care December 2004 John Carroll	Anthem-WellPoint Deal A Windfall for Two States The Anthem-WellPoint merger is a done deal, thanks to buyer Anthem's generous offerings to two states whose approvals were needed to create the largest health insurer in the country.
Managed Care December 2004 John Carroll	One Winner Could Take TennCare Bid Gov. Phil Bredesen and patient advocates have been wrangling over either rationing care for all or simply dismantling TennCare and returning to a traditional, Medicaid-only approach.
Managed Care December 2004	Managed Care Backlash Seems To Run Out of Steam Consumer reaction against managed care appears to be easing up, according to a recently released survey that says that not only are patients willing to accept more restrictive health plans, but they understand why such measures are necessary.
Managed Care December 2004	Kaiser Official Defends Decision To Launch HSAs In what appears to be a wrenching decision, Kaiser Permanente is gearing up to begin offering health savings accounts.
Managed Care December 2004	GM Blames Health Care Costs For Earnings Gap Employers are getting increasingly anxious to find some sort of solution to rising health care costs?
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