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Wired April 2005 Douglas McGray	The Bitter Pill Buprenorphine could end heroin addiction, curb disease, and cut crime. But bureaucrats, doctors, and much of the treatment industry are just saying no. A case study in why the best technology doesn't always win.
Managed Care March 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Does Your Managed Medicare Plan Have Enough Geriatricians? There aren't enough geriatricians to go around, but judicious use of these specialists can still do a lot for an aged population.
Managed Care March 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Direct-to-Consumer Ads Garner Mixed Outcomes DTC advertising's reputation as a bully may be largely overstated. There's little evidence that sales of specific drugs increase, and there may be some benefit.
Managed Care March 2005	'This Country Cannot Continue With the System We Now Have' As a vice president of Pfizer Health Solutions, a major disease management company, John Sory knows how difficult it is to bring systematic care to the chronically ill. He discusses Pfizer's work with Florida's Medicaid program.
Managed Care March 2005 Frank Diamond	Kaiser's Asthma Outcomes Will Take Your Breath Away The company's Mid-Atlantic States Region has seen impressive savings since launching a disease management program for asthma.
Managed Care March 2005 William F. Jessee	What Do Physicians Want From Health Plans? Standardizing health plan administrative processes and eliminating duplication of effort would go a long way toward strengthening the doctor-insurer relationship.
Managed Care March 2005	Physicians, Plan at Odds Over Autoworker Coverage The Michigan State Medical Society and the Michigan Osteopathic Association are suing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan after the health insurer cut 500 doctors from its provider network. They allege the insurer is trying to strong-arm them into reducing physician fees.
Managed Care March 2005 Michael S. Victoroff	Current Billing System Fosters Error, Dishonesty If clinical mistakes were as common as clerical ones, nobody would leave a hospital alive. Something needs to be done, and done soon.
Managed Care March 2005	Family practice base salary continues to improve Base salaries of family practice physicians increase.
Managed Care March 2005 Thomas Morrow	Aptamers: Slowing Progression of AMD A single strand of nucleic acid may hold the key to treating the leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness resulting from age-related macular degeneration.
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