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Managed Care November 2001 Darren T. Binder	Determining Who Is Covered By HIPAA Privacy Regulation Because there are significant penalties associated with noncompliance with the new HIPAA, business leaders must determine whether their operations put them at risk of violating the regulations...
IndustryWeek November 1, 2001 Amy Kover	Survival Strategies As an ill-fated start-up now moving toward behemoth status, IDEC Pharmaceuticals is beating the odds in the biotechnology market...
Managed Care October 2001 Frank Diamond	Indirect Costs: Asking plans to keep employees on the job Employers in revolt against fast-rising premiums could ask HMOs to pay more attention to time-loss management. NCQA's interest may encourage this approach...
Managed Care October 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Medicare+Choice Reform: Hope, but No Quick Action Expected There have been small accomplishments, and wheels have been churning for more forceful action -- that is, they were until Sept. 11...
Managed Care October 2001 Patrick Mullen	Interview: Pharmacists in Need The executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmaceutical Association says pharmacists are being inundated and need help...
Managed Care October 2001	Washington's Focus on Terrorism Jeopardizes Quick Health Care Reform Though President Bush has pledged to be a faithful steward of the country's business while directing the war against terrorism, nobody is predicting that what had been pressing health care issues before Sept. 11 will now be dispatched swiftly...
Managed Care October 2001	Physician Pay Used as Boost For Quality Momentum is building to use physician reimbursement and bonuses not just as utilization controls, but as quality-improvement tools...
Managed Care October 2001	CMS Defends Plan To Let States Tailor Medicaid Benefits Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Thomas Scully has defended the Bush administration's plan to allow states to opt out of mandatory Medicaid-coverage requirements...
Managed Care October 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Medicare Demonstration Projects Seek To Coordinate Chronic Care The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is awaiting the results of landmark demonstration programs to determine if improved Medicare services can be furnished to chronically ill patients without increasing costs...
Managed Care October 2001 Bob Carlson	Trying To Get Control of Drug Costs, Florida Earns Kudos -- and a Lawsuit Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) filed suit against Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration, challenging a new Medicaid formulary that requires manufacturers to pay supplemental rebates to have their drugs included...
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