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Vol. 14, No. 4
April 2005
Addiction, Health Costs Chained Together
Health plans are beginning to understand that drug addiction is a disease, not merely a lifestyle choice, and are devising management plans to identify and treat these patients.
Congress is again discussing a bill about how information derived from genetic testing may be used. Health plans worry about counterproductive restrictions.
Medicare Advantage: The Rush Is On
The government wants to make sure that managed Medicare succeeds this time, so it is doing all it can to help health plans to get ready by Jan. 1. There’s a lot of work to do.
Can Managed Care Save Medicaid?
All eyes are on Florida, this time to gauge the success of a plan that gives Medicaid beneficiaries money and tells them to select a Medicaid health plan.
Drug-Eluting Stents in Managed Care
This population-based study of outcomes and costs of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention provides evidence supporting the value of drug-eluting coronary stents.
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News and Commentary
Small HMO Takes Big Step: Decides To Launch PBM
Persistence Key In Blues Battle Against Fraud
Health care costs remain top concern for CFOs [chart]
Headlines On Deadline ...
Plans told to give — or else.
Promoting e-prescribing.
Answering specialty pharmacy’s needs.
Rising costs, adherence in diabetes.
Focus on productivity.
Shifting drug costs to the government.