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Managed Care
April 2000 |
More consumers have choice of health plans, but is it enough to make HMOs responsive? Competition benefits consumers, the theory goes. Policy makers who seek to alter market forces in health care should keep this corollary of capitalism in mind, says the Center for Studying Health System Change, a Washington-based think tank....   |
Managed Care
March 2000
Michael D. Dalzell |
Where Society Failed, Can Health Plans Succeed? What can be done about obesity? By engaging patients and forming strategic alliances, plans can gain immediate cost and clinical benefits -- despite conventional wisdom to the contrary. |
Managed Care
March 2000
Steve Heimoff |
Getting Out From Under Drug Companies' Shadows The perception that disease management is merely a drug marketing tool seems finally to have vanished from this healthy, though fragmented, industry. |
Managed Care
March 2000 |
Tracking the Tracker of Health Care's Trends The president of the Medical Group Management Association encourages changes that would bring physician practice and medical record-keeping in step with the times, and decries the lack of medical standards across plans. |
Managed Care
March 2000
Susan Levine, Lawrence Perin, Diane Hayes, Winifred Hayes |
An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Costs are relatively low for this minimally invasive procedure, compared with open surgical interventions for vertebral compression fractures, such as internal fixation and spinal fusion. |
Managed Care
March 2000
John A. Marcille |
Smoking's Out, Drugs Passe, So Why Are We Overweight? |
Managed Care
March 2000 |
JAMA Study Challenges Key HEDIS Diabetes Measure How often should diabetic patients be screened for retinopathy? |
Managed Care
March 2000 |
Employers Predict Liability Expansion Bad for Coverage How employers would respond if patients were allowed to sue employer-sponsored health plans. |
Managed Care
March 2000 |
Americans favor reform - but not too much Momentum is building in Washington to address numerous health care issues this year... |
Managed Care
March 2000 |
NCQA Unveils New PPO Accreditation Program, HEDIS '01 |
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