MANAGED CARE July 2001. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 10, No. 7
July 2001
Formulary: Single Preferred Drug Per Class
A bill in Oregon would have the state identify one drug in each class on which to base the prices of other medications.
Cover Story
The Emerging Manpower Shortage
There's a provider shortage that managed care, in some ways, helped create. This has serious implications for health plans.
Give Doctors a Share of Rewards
That's how to get disease management buy-in, a former HMO medical director, now involved in DM, tells us.
AMA Keeps Pressure on Managed Care
A major leadership rift shakes the House of Delegates.
Disease Management Moves Online
The Internet is becoming a useful tool in chronic-disease care.
Q&A: Lucian L. Leape, M.D., on Medical Errors
Punishment's no answer, since flawed systems are the problem.
A study of the effectiveness of nurse telephone-triage services.
DEPARTMENTS
The shortage no one predicted.
News and Commentary
More excuses than names in Data Bank.
Power shift and patient-rights debate.
Salaries of pharmacy services managers. [charts]
Fortune 500 looking to shift costs.
Big Brother is watching more closely.
blog comments powered by DisqusEmployee-benefit offerings decline. [charts]
