MANAGED CARE May 2001. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 10, No. 5
May 2001
2 Organizations, 2 Sets of DM Standards
NCQA and URAC are preparing guidelines for disease management accreditation. Will this improve the field?
Cover Story
Genetic breakthroughs could make today's resource-use battles seem picayune. Used well, they could also save HMOs money.
When Docs Challenge Medicare Payments
Physicians find that asking for more money isn't hard to to. Chances are, too, they'll get it. Don't get on HCFA's bad side.
Hospitalists: Opposition Fading, Slowly
Primary care physicians learn to like what hospitalists can do for patients -- when HMOs aren't forcing the issue.
Q&A: 'Nurse Internet' Has Arrived
And disease management will never be the same, says health care futurist Jeff Goldsmith. Save money through technology.
Is subsidizing smoking-cessation programs unfair for nonsmokers? This review article suggests that may be the case.
DEPARTMENTS
Promises and pitfalls of biotechnology
News and Commentary
Old Ideas About Formulary Structure Gone as Humana Tests 4-Tier Model
3rd U.S. Preventive Task Force Issues Recommendations
Study: Consumers benefited most during '90s conversion to managed care [chart]
New Privacy Rules May Provide Boost For IT Companies
Minnesota Plans, Providers Using Same Guidelines
6-State Coalition Creating Joint Drug-Buying Pool
Headlines on Deadline...
Talk about a Medicare prescription drug benefit cools off after cost reality sets in.
Real story behind CalPERS deal.
Less demand for primary care docs. [charts]
Medicine is not an art.
blog comments powered by DisqusNumber of uninsured unchanged. [charts]
