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Managed Care December 2003 John A. Marcille	Will a Gift From Congress Rebuild Public Confidence? Medicare reform is another way of digging out from under the PR muck. Make it work, make it better than it was before and even the industry's harshest critics will have to admit that managed care does good while it does well. Failure is not an option.
Managed Care December 2003 Margaret E. O'Kane	NCQA To Look More Closely At Issues Small Employers Care About Why don't small employers consider health care quality information the same way large employers do when making benefits decisions? We asked the president of NCQA.
Managed Care December 2003	Chiropractor-Directed Care Could Boost Costs by 30% Helping to mend back strains and sprains for workers costs 30 percent more to achieve similar outcomes when directed by a chiropractor instead of a physician, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
Managed Care December 2003	Pay-or-Play Ideas Make Employers Help Uninsured Employers would have to "pay or play" in some proposals for how to boost coverage for the uninsured.
Managed Care December 2003 John Carroll	Aloha State Never Expected Such a Long Goodbye to Uninsured Three decades after Hawaii was supposed to have put a controversial end to a chronic problem by making employers cover more people, guess what persists?
Managed Care December 2003	Electronic prescribing has no effect on formulary compliance A retrospective analysis of claims data from Aetna indicates that systems that allow physicians to enter prescriptions electronically on a handheld device that also provides drug information and formulary status have no significant effect on compliance with formularies and utilization of generics.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Alyce Lomax	A Bitter Pill for Amerisource Veterans ditch Amerisource for rival; investors punish the entire pharmaceutical distribution industry.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Medicis: Skin Is In The drug maker has a strong balance sheet and a commitment to product development.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Dr. William McGuire When McGuire took over in 1991, UnitedHealth was little more than a regional health-maintenance organization. By trying to offer something for everybody and identifying lucrative niches, McGuire has turned it into one of the most diversified health-services companies.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Arthur Levinson The scientist-turned-CEO plans to move Genentech into the pharmaceutical big leagues.
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