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The Motley Fool February 1, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Citi Steps Back Nation's largest financial company sells insurance division to Met Life.
Managed Care January 2005 Maureen Glabman	Health Plans Strain To Contain Rapidly Rising Cost of Imaging PET, CT, MRI -- these and other imaging technologies are valuable but costly. Aetna, Cigna, and a few other plans lead in clamping down on unnecessary use.
Managed Care January 2005 Sharon Baker	Breast Cancer Screening: Some Plans Do Better Than Others Some of the nation's best health plans are coming up with creative ways to encourage women to get mammograms.
Managed Care January 2005 Leary & Farley	Health Plans Slow To Adopt Outpatient Prospective Payment The private sector drags its feet over Ambulatory Payment Classifications. Here are some suggestions to move acceptance along.
Managed Care January 2005 Ed Silverman	The Comeback Kid: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care The health plan was listing badly when Charles Baker boarded it in 2000. Since then, the ship has been righted and the way is clear.
Managed Care January 2005 Alice G. Gosfield	P4P: Transitional at Best Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs promise a fair shake for provider and insurance plan, but a former chairman of the National Committee for Quality Assurance sees many design flaws to overcome.
Managed Care January 2005 John A. Marcille	You Don't Need X-Ray Vision To Spot a Job Well Done If the White House indeed takes on tort reform this year, it will be interesting to see if any meaningful legislation results and what effect it might have on health care.
Managed Care January 2005 John Carroll	Government's EMR Project Yet To Net Seed Money The $50 million needed for regional collaborations was not part of the federal government's budget. Not the end of the world, but not good either.
Managed Care January 2005	NCQA Hopes 10-Best Lists Spur Consumer Interest Medicaid Top 10: BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York... HealthPlus of Michigan... UPMC Health Plan... Medicare Top 10: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts... Capital Health Plan... HealthPartners... etc.
Managed Care January 2005	Generic Prescription Fill Rates Vary Widely Across the Country Use of generic medications continues to increase, but the generic fill rate varies widely across the country, with possible explanations including variations in prescribing patterns, state regulations, etc.
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