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Managed Care August 2002	24 States Hope Pharmacy Plus Helps Medicaid Twenty-four states may gamble that providing a prescription drug program to low-income elderly who do not qualify for Medicaid could save them money in the long run.
Managed Care August 2002	Patients' unpaid bills come from physicians, hospitals With health care costs rising and the number of uninsured Americans close to 40 million, physicians and hospitals are feeling the pinch.
Managed Care August 2002 John Carroll	When a Health Plan Isn't a Health Plan Sham health insurance plans are popping up all over the country, sending regulators into a frenzy to track them down and protect consumers.
Managed Care August 2002 Joyce Ochs	Managed Care's Use of Web Not Just for Marketing Anymore Virtually all MCOs today have Web sites as a matter of course. The challenge is to have a site useful enough to make people come back, while the operating challenge is to transfer selected company functions entirely or partially to the Internet to increase efficiency and reduce expenses.
Managed Care August 2002 Madeleine A. Estabrook	Regulators Take More Interest In Role of PBMs in Health Care In a highly regulated industry such as health care, it is just a matter of time before every component of the industry comes under scrutiny and review. Pharmacy benefit managers are taking center stage now.
Managed Care August 2002	Chronic disease cited as reason for increase in drug expenditures Retail prescription drug sales, in terms of dollars, rose 17.3 percent in 2001.
Entrepreneur September 2002 Joshua Kurlantzick	Through the Roof Nationwide, small businesses are about to be swamped by a perfect storm of changes that should prompt drastically higher health-care costs for 2002, 2003 and beyond. How to find a way around skyrocketing health-care costs?
CIO August 15, 2002 Scott Berinato	Free of Film Stentor looks to provide easy digital imaging for doctors.
Managed Care July 2002	Survey: Health System Changes Should Not Be Made Too Quickly A sweeping change to the American health care industry, such as a wholesale move to a system based on defined contribution, is not favored by most people, according to a national survey that seems to reflect a conservative mood regarding medical coverage and prescription drug benefits.
Managed Care July 2002	CBO Weighs Effect of Growing Deficit on Fed Programs Health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid figure to suffer, thanks to a growing federal budget deficit, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office.
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