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Managed Care May 2003 MargaretAnn Cross	Why Looking for Victims of Domestic Violence Makes Sense Many health plans see real value -- financial as well as social -- in screening for victims.
Managed Care May 2003 Martin Sipkoff	Working Together on the Medical Side Partly because of employers' demands, health plans are starting to cooperate in ways that improve care.
Managed Care May 2003	Employer Coalition Leaps at Challenge of Grappling With Misaligned Incentives The executive director of the Leapfrog Group says that the organization pleads guilty to trying to create 'aspirational' standards for health care.
Managed Care May 2003 Bob Carlson	Shared Appointments Improve Efficiency in the Clinic Do more with less -- that's what we all must learn. In the physician's office, when patients share their doctor's time, everyone benefits.
Managed Care May 2003 MargaretAnn Cross	Rising Costs Strike Unions As Being Cause for Unrest Many labor organizations have been isolated from inflationary realities. Can health plans and employers make them see the light?
Managed Care May 2003 William Silverman	A Health Care Management Company's Experience With Palivizumab - 1 Year Later The appropriate application of criteria for the use of palivizumab can save health plans a significant amount of money.
Managed Care May 2003 Wayne Miller	Higher Drug Copays Now Might Cause Problems Later The long-term impact of noncompliance must be considered before copayments are increased. This is especially true where chronic conditions are concerned.
Managed Care May 2003	Program Rewards Physicians For Delivering High-Quality Care Bonuses for delivering high quality care will be the focus of a three-market program spearheaded by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and supported by a coalition of physicians, health plans, large employers, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Managed Care May 2003	Latinos more likely to be uninsured, says study Latinos are much more likely to report being uninsured than whites or blacks, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Managed Care May 2003	High Profits Seen for HMOs Through 2003 The good times will go on for most health plans in terms of earnings through the rest of this year, experts believe. That's because rate hikes are "in excess of medical trends," Rob Mains, an analyst with Advest, tells Business Insurance.
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