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BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 Carol Marie Cropper	Why Health Savings Accounts May Flop It's that time of year: Accountants are reminding you to make contributions to tax-favored plans such as IRAs and 401(k)s. This year brings a new option -- the Health Savings Account, approved late last year in the same bill that gave seniors prescription-drug coverage. But don't rush to sign up: You almost certainly don't qualify.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2004 Seth Jayson	WebMD Looks Weak A better Q4 is not enough to get WebMD out of the sick ward.
Managed Care February 2004 John Carroll	Brave New World, Old-Fashioned Fear Advances are coming at a furious rate. Health plans find it difficult to separate the cost-efficient from the rest.
Managed Care February 2004	Not-for-Profit Advocate Calls for Managerial Rigor Boards and managers need to perform better for this sector to continue offering the best care to those who might otherwise fall through the cracks.
Managed Care February 2004 John Carroll	DM Standards Off and Crawling When American Healthways posted a collaborative methodology on its Web site, not everyone in the industry applauded.
Managed Care February 2004	Improving Oral Pharmacologic Treatment And Management of Type 2 Diabetes New oral treatment options and outcome measures may help patients with type 2 diabetes to achieve better results while reducing associated costs.
Managed Care February 2004 John A. Marcille	The Administration Delivers A Major Gift to Managed Care Which brings me to the announcement that Medicare payments to health plans participating in what was called Medicare+Choice but is now known as MedicareAdvantage will increase by a record 10.6 percent.
Managed Care February 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... Developing quality benchmarks for consumer-directed health plans will be the mission of a committee launched by the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission, which is still primarily known by its original acronym, URAC.
Managed Care February 2004 John Carroll	New Medicare Risk Adjustments Bad News for Unprepared HMOs Getting less-than-hale elderly enrolled can finally be a sound business strategy for HMOs that comprehend the new rules and have sufficient IT capability.
Managed Care February 2004	Primary care salaries hold steady Primary care salaries hold steady while specialists salaries soar.
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