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Managed Care
May 2000
John Carroll |
Internet on Center Stage At Technology Conference Some pretty amazing stuff was on display in Dallas. Where were those most-sought-after potential buyers -- physicians?   |
Managed Care
May 2000
John Carroll |
Like Stock Brokers, Are Health Care's Middlemen Losing Influence? Those who make deals between buyers and insurers are used to perks and tidy commissions. The Internet and defined contributions may threaten that. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Interview: John M. Eisenberg, M.D., M.B.A. New name -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- new focus. The director says it's less about guidelines, more about preventing errors. |
Managed Care
May 2000
Mark G. Weiner, M.D., and Eric Pifer, M.D. |
Computerized Decision Support and the Quality of Care The notion of quality of care in medicine is not new, but it is becoming increasingly important as the competitive health care market demands objective measures to compare physicians, hospitals, and managed care organizations.... |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Texas-Aetna Incentives Settlement Worries Some Capitated Physicians If the Texas deal ignites a trend away from the use of incentives to keep utilization down, then some capitated physicians worry it will put them in a tight spot. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Arizona Nixes Doc Incentives, OKs Plan Liability The publicity given to the Texas attorney general's agreement with Aetna overshadowed a more sweeping edict in Arizona regarding financial incentives to physicians.... |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Prescription Drug Benefit Gaining In Election Year Considered a dead issue just weeks ago, a prescription drug benefit in Medicare is suddenly thought to be the health care issue with the best chance for passage this year.... |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Physicians Fudge Insurance Forms To Help Patients A study confirms what has long been considered common but is rarely discussed: Physicians often lie about patients' conditions to gain or improve coverage for their treatment. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
The latest blow to managed care? The Texas attorney general's decision in the Aetna case is the latest in a long string of events that has gutted the fundamentals of managed care. Many in health care think that some or all of these developments have stripped health plans of their ability to manage care effectively.... |
Managed Care
May 2000
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Marketing Medicare+Choice? Mind Your Ps and Qs, Says OIG A lot of Medicare HMOs' marketing materials don't cut it, says a report by the Office of the Inspector General. It adds that the Health Care Financing Administration is partly to blame.... |
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