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Managed Care September 2002 John Carroll	Profusion of Health Care Laws Creates Compliance Problems for Health Plans The standoff has led to an epic legal struggle between business interests hungering for a uniform federal standard and local interests that are fiercely protective of states' longstanding right to dictate insurance law. From the perspective of managed care, things are rapidly worsening.
Managed Care September 2002 Michael S. Victoroff	Peer Review of the Inexpert Witness, or Do You Trust Chickens To Guard the Coop? Occasionally, a physician retained as an expert in a legal case offers an opinion or gives testimony that is dubious, inaccurate, or outlandish enough to offend fellow professionals. Our medical society was urged to discipline physicians who render unprofessional testimony.
Managed Care September 2002	Medicare holds down physician pay Compensation increased at a comparatively small rate from 2000 to 2001 for both primary care physicians and specialists, according to the Medical Group Management Association.
Managed Care September 2002 Bob Carlson	Improving Quality Starts With Changing the Culture A core health care improvement principle, adapted from systems theory, is that our health care system is perfectly designed to deliver the results we get. The corollary is that improving results requires changing the system.
Managed Care September 2002	Physician prescribing rates climb One reason that spending on medications has increased during the last 15 years is that physicians are turning to pharmaceuticals to help patients battle comorbidities, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Fast Company October 2002 Charles Fishman	Miracle of Birth Looking for inspired leadership, passionate employees, unsurpassed productivity, and grateful customers? Look to the bursting-with-life corridors of Parkland Memorial Hospital, a remarkable place that delivers more than 16,000 babies per year -- more babies than any other U.S. hospital.
New Architect October 2002 William Murray	Cancer's New Enemy The National Digital Mammography Archive project uses Internet2 to help diagnosis by providing access to a patient's history, and may help improve the promise of computer-assisted diagnostic tools as an aid to radiologists.
Bio-IT World September 9, 2002 Malorye Branca	The New, New Pharmacogenomics The field of pharmacogenomics proves valuable in the battle against toxicity and late-stage drug failure -- one of the pharmaceutical industry's biggest problems.
Bio-IT World September 9, 2002 Elizabeth Gardner	Betting on the Structural Revolution Structural GenomiX uses a homegrown LIMS and its own beamline at Argonne National Laboratory to solve protein structures and test thousands of drug leads per year.
Bio-IT World September 9, 2002 Malorye Branca	In Like a LION ... The Once and Future King? LION Biosciences CEO Friedrich von Bohlen talks about his undaunted support for his vision for the company.
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