MANAGED CARE October 2007. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 16, No. 10
October 2007
Cover Story
The experiment in Asheville, N.C., created what has come to be known as medication therapy management, which is becoming an essential part of health care.
Starting to gain acceptance and respect, they are about where hospitalists were a decade ago. Proceduralists may be able to help reduce the incidence of serious hospital-acquired illness.
Tiering Specialists May Be Worth It
It won't be easy, and many physicians will hate health plans for even trying. Still, some insurers believe that employing high-efficiency networks makes sense.
Q&A: William Winkenwerder Jr., MD, MBA
The former assistant secretary of defense for health affairs talks about his experience at the Pentagon and some of the things he's learned that might be applicable to the commercial sector.
Insurer, Provider Battle Cancer Together
Premera Blue Cross and Cancer Care Northwest, the largest oncology practice in Spokane, Wash., agree on treatment protocols and the importance of cost control.
Departments
The more things change. . . .
Follow the Medicare road?
News and Commentary
Family Physicians Give Payers Middling Grades
Data on Quality Lacking for Docs
Second DMAA Report Issued
CDHPs aren’t catching on
Headlines On Deadline...
Cultural sensitivity is important.
PCP payment and Medicaid quality.
Cap on benefit affects drug use.
Workers wary of HSAs.
Artificial disc now available.
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