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Managed Care May 2007 John Marcille	Pay for Performance Proceeds at Proper Pace The incrementalist pay-for-performance will be with us long after Medicare private fee-for-service plan is history.
Managed Care May 2007 David A. Sparrow	Pay for Performance: As Much About Costs as About Quality You don't really have a true pay-for-performance program if it doesn't say so on the bottom line.
Managed Care May 2007	Self-Referral Persists Despite Stark II Law Loopholes in federal and state laws that curb physician referral to diagnostic imaging providers in which they have a financial stake (self-referral) are allowing physicians to stretch how they are paid and for what.
Managed Care May 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Medication Therapy Management May Finally Enter the Mainstream Pharmacies can now take advantage of CPT codes to bill insurers for direct patient care. Will private payers follow Medicare in offering this service?
Managed Care May 2007	Compensation Monitor Most docs break bread with pharma.
Managed Care May 2007	The Formulary Files The American Academy of Pediatrics predicts that the increasing costs of vaccines, combined with low payments from insurance companies, will lead to under-immunization.
Managed Care May 2007 Lola Butcher	Introducing the CHR, More Like a PHR Than an EMR Some employers in Kansas City see extended value in a locally based variant of the online health record, and health plans are playing along.
Managed Care May 2007	Managed Care Outlook Milder health care spending cycle seen.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Wyeth's On a Roll The FDA approves a kidney cancer fighting compound from Wyeth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Generic Cracks Open for Pfizer Pfizer loses a patent case over its top compound. The larger takeaway from the Lipitor legal saga is that investors always need to be aware of the strength of a drug company's patents throughout the world.
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