Vol. 10, No. 8
August 2001
Cover Story
Does Anyone Have the Courage to Say No?
The trend, in plan design, regulation and legislation, is against cost control. Employers know this. Wait till enrollees find out.
Why HMOs Fail To Make Data Bank Reports
The National Practitioner Data Bank keeps tabs on incompetent physicians, but HMOs mostly don't add what they know.
Humana Tries Four-Tier Approach
Pharmaceutical costs continue to rise. With its Rx4 program, the HMO hopes to make patients aware of this reality.
Four ethicists review the moral problems posed to physicians, plan administrators, and even patients by managed care.
What's omitted from the Patients' Rights Bill could prove costly to HMOs and their medical and pharmacy directors.
Q&A: Cahill on Pharmacy's Expanding Role
Judith Cahill, executive director of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, is keeping tabs on proposed Medicare changes.
DEPARTMENTS
Beware of mob rule.
News and Commentary
GAO: Consultants Point Docs Toward Federal Law Violations
Group Rates Value Of Recommended Preventive Care
In Calif., Bonuses Based on Quality, Not Cost Savings
Drug costs up, but trend is down [chart]
Prescription Plan For Medicare Faces Lawsuit
For Pharmacists: Reimbursement In Medicare Bill
Controversy Swirls Over Unregulated RU-486 Print Ads
NCQA Reviewing Comments About Its DM Standards
Headlines On Deadline...
Supreme Court deals blow to unions.
States' roles as policy labs tested.
Chief medical officers' salaries.
Clinician-patient e-mail.
Ways to ensure anonymous treatment.
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