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Managed Care June 2003	PPOs continue to be favored by covered employees Even in slow economic times, consumers for the most part continue to choose preferred provider organizations over other types of health insurance, even though the choice that PPOs give costs more, according to recent data.
Managed Care June 2003	Hypertension: New guidelines, still costly The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recently released new clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, detection, and treatment of high blood pressure.
Managed Care June 2003	Effectiveness of review process in eye of beholder From January 1999 to December 2000, 263 independent medical reviews were conducted in California as a result of patients trying to overturn coverage decisions by health plans. The Institute of Medical Quality surveyed those patients to obtain their opinions on the review process.
Managed Care June 2003 John Carroll	Specialty Hospitals' Success Sows Seeds of Lobbying Fight Some in government question the propriety of physicians steering patients into facilities that the doctors partly own.
Managed Care June 2003 Thomas Morrow	The 'Heartbreak of Psoriasis' Has Met Its Match! New therapies that manipulate the immune system offer hope to patients and pose challenges to managed care.
Managed Care June 2003	HMO, Medicaid formularies exhibit surprisingly small differences When you compare HMO and Medicaid formularies for coverage in major therapeutic areas, you find that the differences are relatively small, with Medicaid plans being somewhat less stringent.
Managed Care June 2003 Joyce Ochs, MBA	Bar Coding: Old Technology To the Rescue Grocery stores and the nonpharmaceutical parts of drug stores have been using bar codes for years. Now retail and hospital pharmacies will use the technology to save lives.
Managed Care June 2003	For-profit, not-for-profit enrollment holding about steady While HMOs seemed to be losing enrollees to PPOs, the ratio of enrollees in for-profit and not-for-profit HMOs stabilized in the late 1990s, according to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
CIO July 1, 2003 Alice Dragoon	Eight (Not So) Simple Steps to the HIPAA Finish Line While much of the new security rule is common sense, meeting it by the 2005 deadline won't be easy. Here's a checklist to ease your heartburn.
Bio-IT World June 15, 2003	State of the States for Biotech Biotech executives deciding this year where to launch, expand, or relocate their companies face an embarrassment of riches.
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