January 2001

CUTTING COSTS

How Medical Managers Avoid Mindsets That Are Minefields
Viewing obstacles as opportunities can lead to professional success and personal satisfaction. Pointers from the business world, applied to health care.

SHELLEY BURNS

Cover Story

Blueprint for the Future? Or Trapped in a Lockbox?
The Federal Employees Health Benefits program has been touted as the way managed care is supposed to look. Expanding it, however, may not be feasible.

Frank Diamond

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

Florida Leads the Way in Attempting Disease Management for Medicaid
Officials across the country are watching to see whether the Sunshine State's innovation can save money.

John Carroll

MARKET TRENDS

Nowhere To Go but Out? Tracking Medicare+Choice
Managed Medicare's trouble may have something to do with underfunding or rich benefits, but for health plans, market share has a lot to do with it, too.

David Ricks ; Joe Suminski

Peer-Reviewed

An Opportunity for HMOs To Use Marketing To Increase Enrollee Satisfaction

Richard B. Dwore, Ph.D. ; Bruce P. Murray, Ph.D. ; Robert P. Parsons, Ph.D. ; Gary Gustafson, M.P.A.

Compensation Monitor

When pressure's on, raises get better
Editor’s Memo

One Campaign Promise Needs Closer Scrutiny

John A. Marcille

Ethics

There Once Was a Man Who Could Not Feel Disgust

Michael S. Victoroff, M.D.

Legal Forum

When Claims Are Audited, Following Compliance Laws Matters

Mark D. Abruzzo, J.D.

Managed Care Outlook

HMO members willing to pay to manage benefits online
State Initiatives

Ohio Struggles To Rescue Managed Medicaid Program

Bob Carlson

Washington Watch

Clinton's Regulations May Be Model For Patient-Rights Legislative Push

Michael Levin-Epstein



News & Commentary

Study: Elderly Exit When They Exceed Rx Benefit Cap

Private Proposals Aim To Reduce Lack of Coverage

Humana Reports Rosy Outcomes For Complex DM

HealthPartners Sets Ambitious Member Goals

Express Scripts' Formulary Rulings To Go Online

Public's Definition of Quality Focused on Medical Errors

Political Activity Gets Mass. HMOs Into Hot Water

More HMOs to fold, consolidate in 2001

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