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Managed Care May 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Part D Means Health Plans Will Have To Pay Pharmacists Medication therapy management helps people to stay on their prescribed regimens. Part D plans can expect to start making payments for the service in 2007.
Managed Care May 2006	Patients Want Better Quality so Long as They Don't Have to Pay for it While about half of adults believe that there are fair and reliable ways to assess health care quality, only 19 percent think it would be justifiable for patients to pay more when treated by medical groups or hospitals that provide better care.
Managed Care May 2006	Physician Disclosure Strengthens Patients' Trust Patients who received a disclosure felt more competent to judge the effect of their physician's compensation on their health care, and nearly a quarter of patients who remembered receiving a disclosure reported that it had increased their trust in their primary care physician.
Managed Care May 2006 Michael S. Victoroff	P4P Programs Offer Catnip That May Distract Doctors Current pay-for-performance programs apply only to a handful of diseases. If we don't pay for all the other diseases, will they get short shrift?
Managed Care May 2006 Thomas Morrow	Cost Effective Psoriasis Treatment May Demand Creative Coverage Rules While biologic agents can be costly, a new formulation of an old treatment can mean inexpensive and effective relief.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Vical Gets a Helping Hand Japan's AnGes MG's Allovectin-7 vaccine is now a risk-free lottery ticket for Vical. If phase 3 trials show adequate efficacy, there's upside. If the trials fail, Vical really doesn't lose much of anything. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Brian Gorman	Novartis Gets Its Way FDA approval for Omnitrope suggests Novartis has a bright future in biogenerics, and that's good news for the company's investors.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Healthways Pays to Jump Ahead The health-care management program provider announced an acquisition of private competitor LifeMasters Supported SelfCare. This deal may not be strictly necessary, but it could accelerate the company's existing plans. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Rich Duprey	NICE Not Playing Nice With Alzheimer's The British health authority proposes limiting availability of Alzheimer's treatments because of cost. What will this mean to drug-makers and their shareholders?
HBS Working Knowledge May 29, 2006	A Business Plan to Fight Disease Avichai Kremer devised a three-pronged plan centered on reaching out to researchers in Israel, raising funds, and building public awareness of the ALS and its lack of a cure.
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