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Managed Care August 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Consumers in This Market Struggle To Keep Their HMOs Rochester, N.Y., faces rising health care costs and a growing employer interest in consumer-directed health plans. Can a managed care town hold its own?
Managed Care August 2005 Abourjaily et al.	Evaluating the Nondrug Costs of Formulary Coverage Restrictions Substantial nondrug costs result from switching prescribed medications in response to changes in insurance coverage, and many non-reimbursed costs shift to providers and patients.
Managed Care August 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Steadily, Plans Increase Coverage of Unorthodox Medical Therapies Studies indicate that complementary and alternative medicine may save on drug costs.
Managed Care August 2005 John A. Marcille	Disease Management: Lively Corner of Health Care Disease management is still an area where we're mostly going on faith.
Managed Care August 2005	Dispensing Machine Promotes Use of Generic Medications Generic drugs are being dispensed in doctors' offices by devices that function much like automatic teller machines that banks use, under a program sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota.
Managed Care August 2005	NCQA Compares Plans On Chronic Disease The National Committee for Quality Assurance plans to offer a snapshot based on its well-known HEDIS report that it hopes will let employers and workers get a quick, but comprehensive, view of how health plans handle four chronic diseases.
Managed Care August 2005	Who's Responsible For Controlling Costs? When it comes to controlling rising health care costs, consumers think the responsibility rests squarely on health insurance companies' shoulders, a new survey says.
Managed Care August 2005	Headlines On Deadline ... Things keep rolling along nicely for UnitedHealth Group, and possibly for the rest of the managed care industry as well... Many Americans believe in the urban myth that the medical industry is withholding the cure for cancer from the public in order to increase profits... etc.
Managed Care August 2005 John Carroll	California Doctors Fear That NCQA Would Be Too Lenient With Plans Should the National Committee for Quality Assurance take over part of the job of overseeing health plans? It seems to be working in some states.
Managed Care August 2005 Michael S. Victoroff	When Personal and Professional Collide When a pharmacist - for personal beliefs - refuses to fill a prescription, the health plan should be very concerned.
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