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Managed Care
July 2007
AMA: Patients Will Feel Cuts in Medicare Next year's proposed 10 percent cut in Medicare payments is serving as a rallying point for members of the American Medical Association, which says the cuts will make it difficult for physicians to accept new Medicare patients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2000
Nation's Only Medicare PSO Under Rubble of M+C Pullout There was a time when provider-sponsored organizations were the government's great hope for the spread of managed Medicare. But less than three years later, the nation's only Medicare PSO is cashing it in. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2006
Standard Measures In Works For P4P Push Uncle Sam has decided to get behind the pay-for-performance effort in a big way, something some physician associations are less than thrilled about. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2000
Medicare+Choice pullouts' deep, deep sting The health plan exodus from Medicare+Choice will affect 934,000 people in 2001 -- more than were affected in 1999 and 2000 combined, according to the Health Care Financing Administration. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2006
John Carroll
Medicare Debates Fairness of Pay For Primary Care and Specialists A growing controversy in MedPAC and in physician organizations could spill over into how all health plans compensate doctors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
September 2002
Medicare holds down physician pay Compensation increased at a comparatively small rate from 2000 to 2001 for both primary care physicians and specialists, according to the Medical Group Management Association. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2002
Patrick Mullen
Interview: Thomas Scilly In a candid, wide-ranging interview, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator counsels patience in solving the myriad problems of health care. A fix could take 20 years mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 20, 2011
Anna Edney
The Doctors in the House Have an Agenda Republican physician-lawmakers want to dismantle a Medicare cost-cutting board that could hit doctors in their wallets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
December 2006
Compensation Monitor More than half of the nation's HMOs use pay-for-performance programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2001
Compensation, patient-care time vary widely by practice size Self-employed physicians who practice with one or more other doctors tend to spend more time in patient-care activities than solo practitioners -- and their compensation reflects that... mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com
Harold Russell
The Truth About Lung Cancer Read this article to find out about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures of lung cancer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2001
GAO: Consultants Point Docs Toward Federal Law Violations The General Accounting Office has found that some health care consultants have been advising physicians to do things that conflict with federal laws and that may be unethical... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2007
John Carroll
Unlocking a Trove of Quality Data A bill before Congress would give analysts a powerful tool for sifting through Medicare data on the performance of hospitals and physicians. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2010
Caroline Winter
A High-End Handler for Deep-Pocketed Patients A startup links the seriously ill with global experts on their malady mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2005
Quick Results, Not Self-Referrals, Fuel Increase in Imaging Tests The researchers say that if self-referral were an important driver of the number of imaging services, they would have seen an acceleration in the growth of imaging services from 2001 to 2003 to offset the reductions in physician income brought about by reductions in the conversion factor. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2006
John Carroll
Some Specialist Societies Feel Left Out of AMA-CMS Deal on P4P Many physicians question the fairness of a deal between the American Medical Association and the government that give doctors a bonus when they follow certain rules. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2006
Physicians' Real Income Continues to Fall Adjusted for inflation, physicians' net income from the practice of medicine declined 7% between 1995 and 2003, according to a national study. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2005
Tim Hanson
Genentech's Promising Future Cancer drug Avastin is finding new uses. How will outside forces affect its potential? Investors take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2007
Martin Sipkoff
Soaring Price of Cancer Drugs Leads Plans To New Approaches Insurers are trying different methods, from pay for performance to promoting preventive care, to hold down cost of chemotherapy drugs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
December 2007
John Carroll
How Doctors Are Paid Now, And Why It Has to Change Everyone knows about the perverse incentive of fee-for-service medicine, but that hasn't had much effect on its use. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
November 1999
Medicare Reform Dead for Now On Capitol Hill mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Catherine Arnst
Medicare vs. Cancer Patients Refusing to reimburse off-label treatment is far from the best way to cut costs. mark for My Articles similar articles
American Family Physician
February 1, 2001
Thomas J. Gates
Screening for Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence This article reviews the kind of evidence required to justify screening tests for cancer, with the goal of guiding family physicians through current and future screening controversies... mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com
Tara Weiss
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor There were once many rewards to being in the medical profession. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. Those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
Arlene Weintraub
Should Doctors Own Hospitals? Controversy builds over a fast-growing, profit-driven business in which specialty hospitals are partly owned and run by doctors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
December 2002
Providers turn to fee-for-service charges to make up revenue lost under capitation If there's any doubt whether capitation has left a bit of a sour taste in the mouths of physicians and hospitals, a survey issued earlier this year would seem to confirm it. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Luke Timmerman
Dendreon Sways Medicare to Pay for Prostate Cancer Drug The decision by Medicare is no surprise, but it does conclude a period of uncertainty about insurance reimbursement for its lone marketed product. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
January 2007
Medicare's P4P Program Under Fire Before It Has Begun Just before adjourning last month, the outgoing Congress passed legislation that would set up a pay-for-performance program in Medicare. mark for My Articles similar articles
American Family Physician
October 15, 2004
Genevieve Ressel
Newsletter Vaccine Manufacturer Expecting Delays in Distribution of Fluvirin... U.S. Census Bureau Report Confirms Rising Number of Uninsured Americans... CDC Reminds Physicians to Consider West Nile Virus in Pregnant Women... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2000
Internet revolution not yet impressing most physicians For all the potential of the Internet to erase old physician doubts about integrating information technology into everyday practice, scant few doctors have embraced it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2002
Michael D. Dalzell
Has Capitation Weathered the Storm? More difficult than ever to pull off, health care on a fixed, per-capita budget has gone out of style in a number of areas. But many things are cyclical - and this trend may be, too. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2000
Michael Levin-Epstein
Congressional Anti-Kickback Battle Hinges on HCFA's Regulatory Stance In an election year, the political hot buttons -- the Patients Bill of Rights and a Medicare prescription benefit, and maybe the issue of medical errors -- are sure to get a lot more attention than such mundane things as laws that would address potential kickbacks.... mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Naomi Mendelsohn
Choosing the knife Healthy women at high risk for breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even while doctors are advocating less invasive treatments for those who are already sick mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2006
Michael Levin-Epstein
Looking for a Better Way To Manage Care Can primary care physicians persuade health plans and Medicare to accept their version of the chronic care model? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2005
Brian Gorman
Medicare on the Block The government may freeze Medicare reimbursements to long-term care providers. Investors in long-term care outfits look to be in for a bumpy ride in the near term. mark for My Articles similar articles
Science News
May 19, 2007
Science Safari: Cancer Risk -- Understanding the Puzzle This new Web site from the National Cancer Institute cuts through the hype to help you understand the plain and simple truth about cancer risk. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2002
John Carroll
DM and Medicare: A Marriage Made in Heaven? With a budget of about $230 billion for 40 million patients, many with chronic ailments, is it any wonder that disease management and Medicare are courting? mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2002
Drug Companies Unveil Their Plan For Discount Card In the absence of any congressional action on a pharmacy benefit in Medicare, seven pharmaceutical companies have teamed up to offer a drug discount card that many call a vital first step in shoring up Medicare coverage mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
September 1999
Ed Rabinowitz
Is There a Doctor in the House? The per-visit cost of a house call is high, but used judiciously, this practice can lower overall medical costs -- not to mention provide better care. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2012
Debbie Warner
Adapting to a New Era of Cancer Care Coverage and treatment decisions will be driven by value and defined differently by each stakeholder. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
September 2007
John Carroll
Who Gets Covered, Junior or Grandma? America's Health Insurance Plans is mounting a very public campaign aimed at portraying a House bill as a measure that robs enrollees of essential benefits. mark for My Articles similar articles
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006
Liz Smith
Newsletter Physician Leaders, Congress Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Cuts... Insurance Data May Build Pressure for Overhaul of Health Care System... IOM Finds Investment of Resources Inadequate to Address Obesity Crisis... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2000
Karen L. Trespacz, J.D.
League of Their Own: What Makes a Winning IPA? In a familiar cartoon, a professor writes long, learned equations on a blackboard. To connect the profundities on either end, he writes in the middle, "Then a miracle occurs." IPAs, done well, are the miracles that connect the ends of health care. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
December 2002
M+C meltdown hinders access to medications The fact that health plans are abandoning Medicare+Choice at a slower rate than in previous years doesn't mask the fact that the exodus of plans only exacerbates the problem of lack of pharmaceutical coverage for the elderly. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2007
MargaretAnn Cross
What the Primary Care Physician Shortage Means for Health Plans Insurers fear rising costs and poorer outcomes if members are less able to get appointments with family physicians and general internists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2011
Jill Wechsler
An 'A' for Advancing Expectations As head of both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mark McClellan has been at the center of public policy affecting the pharmaceutical industry over the last decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2006
Marketing to Professionals: Ensuring Equality An interview with the National Medical Association president and medical director of the Northwest Indiana Dialysis Center on the racial issues surrounding enrollment of seniors in Medicare Part D, targeted advertising and promotion, and participation of minorities in clinical trials. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Catherine Arnst
Cancer Superdrugs, Costly Side Effects New therapies are extending lives, but the prices could weigh down the nation. Oncologists, pharmaceutical companies, and the government will have to focus on the best way to lower prices for these drugs. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
October 10, 2005
Howard Gleckman
Medicare's Big Experiment The coming changes to Medicare aim to cut costs while improving care. Sound familiar? mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2001
Mark D. Abruzzo
'Final' Stark Regulations Still a Work in Progress The Stark Law generally prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients for certain designated health services to entities with which the physician (or immediate family members) has a financial relationship... mark for My Articles similar articles