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Vol. 15, No. 5
May 2006

Cover Story

Will Diabetes Do Us In?

As incidence increases, only a handful of health plans are managing this epidemic effectively.

Chronic Care Model
An alternative to DM focuses on primary care.

Crushingly High Costs
Comorbidities push the cost up dramatically.

New Treatment Approaches
Therapies offer promise of glycemic control.

How To Increase Use of Generics

Some plans have success in changing members' and prescribers' behavior.

Q&A: Let's Start Over

We talk with Michael Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, authors of Redefining Health Care, published this month.

ACP Promotes Its "Medical Home" Model

Internists would like to be paid to manage a patient's condition. This is not your father's gatekeeper.

Departments

Editor's Memo

Taking diabetes personally.

Legislation and Regulation

Much hinges on Medicare pay debate.

Medication Management

Part D gets pharmacists involved.

News and Commentary

AMA Says 1 or 2 Insurers Control Too Many Markets
Patients want better quality so long as they don't have to pay for it
Headlines On Deadline

Compensation Monitor

When patients know the pay scale.

Ethics

P4P's perverse incentives.

Tomorrow's Medicine

Psoriasis need not break the bank.

Outlook

Consumer plans to embrace pharmacy.