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Knowledge@Wharton	Selling Life-Saving Drugs to Poorer Countries: At What Cost? Should rich countries pay more for drugs than less developed nations? This system of differential pricing makes sense on social-justice and economic grounds, but it is difficult to administer in the real world, some experts say.
CIO November 1, 2002 Ben Worthen	How to Meet Tomorrow's Privacy Rules Today When it comes to preparing for impending security regulations, health-care CIOs have some simple advice: Act now.
Managed Care October 2002 MargaretAnn Cross	Tracking Disparities in Care Having employer-sponsored benefits does not guarantee good service. Differences in race, education, and income are also factors.
Managed Care October 2002 Bob Carlson	It's Not the Road You Take -- It's Getting There That Counts Leading-edge health plans and medical delivery systems are shelving their diverse interests in search of common methods of betterment.
Managed Care October 2002 Marlene Piturro	Hospitalists Make It Look Easy These physicians have been on the job for several years, and evidence is mounting that they are one of the HMO industry's real success stories.
Managed Care October 2002 John A. Marcille	Has the Time Come for NCQA To Get Tough With HMOs? Perhaps it's just coincidence. The National Committee for Quality Assurance issues its State of Health Care Quality report the same month that a study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that dismisses the idea of grading health plans. Talk about irony.
Managed Care October 2002	Though M+C Erosion Slows, Reimbursement Still an Issue The exodus of health plans from Medicare+Choice will moderate somewhat next year, offering hope that the struggling system can make a comeback.
Managed Care October 2002 John Carroll	National Mental Health Parity Bill Poised To Pass This Time Around After years of skirmishing over mental health parity, the battle lines are drawn. Troops are armed with a cache of talking points and data -- pro and con. And, after a brief summer truce, another big showdown looms on Capitol Hill.
Managed Care October 2002	For locum tenens physicians, money's not everything -- but it's not bad Primary care physicians and internists who have tried "temping" have found something to their liking: fewer hassles, decent money, and enough perks to make it economically feasible.
Managed Care October 2002	HMO drug formulary access increases for COX-2s Access to Celebrex and Vioxx under HMO drug formularies has increased about 50 percent over the past two years, according to data from MediMedia Information Technologies' Formulary Compass.
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