Most popular articles on this site Articles on pharmacy Articles on capitation Articles on disease management

www managedcaremag.com





NOW AVAILABLE
The next generation in online publishing...


Readers of P&T, Managed Care, and Biotechnology Healthcare will soon be able to enjoy the free digital version of these publications. Through this technology, readers will experience the full reading experience online. To read a sample of the digital version of Managed Care, follow this link:

Sample digital edition

Register for a free digital subscription

Archive issues of Managed Care:

Supplement to Managed Care:
Continuing Education Credit

Influenza Vaccination: Trends, Recommendations, and Best Practices
Free download
MANAGED CARE March 2005. ©MediMedia USA

Vol. 14, No. 3

Cover Story

HSAs: A Banner Year

The early data are in and they promise to fuel even more interest in health savings accounts. We may be seeing the Next Big Thing in health insurance.

Old, Ill, and in Your Plan

Demographics suggest that it's time to start looking for geriatricians. They can do much for an aging population. The problem is that there may not be enough of them to go around.

Direct-to-Consumer: How Big a Deal?

Recent studies indicate that DTC advertising does not increase the sales of specific medications. It does, however, boost sales for products within a therapeutic drug class.

Q&A: Medicaid DM the Pfizer Way

John Sory, VP at Pfizer Health Solutions, says you haven't done disease management until you've done it for Medicaid recipients, as has his company (famously).

Kaiser Plan's Asthma Success

The company uses its unique characteristics to drastically cut costs for asthma care.

Departments

Editor's Memo

On to the ownership society?

Viewpoint

MGMA on what docs need.

News and Commentary

Physicians, Plan at Odds Over Autoworker Coverage
Lawmakers Seek To Closely Watch Genetic Info Flow
Headlines On Deadline...

Legislation and Regulation

Offensive against defensive medicine.

Ethics

Our mysterious billing system.

Compensation Monitor

Base salary rises for family docs.

Formulary Files

ED coverage in managed care.

Employer Update

New way to pay PBMs.

Tomorrow's Medicine

Real hope for those with wet AMD.

Outlook

Interoperability eventually pays off.