Supreme Court Aside, Lawsuits Will Grow
The U.S. Supreme Court says HMOs may not be sued over financial inducements to physicians. The issue is hardly over, though; states are finding other avenues for health plan liability.
Cover Story
EMR: Putting It All on the Line … Online
Electronic medical records have been around for years. So has physician resistance. Can the Internet induce doctors to retire their paper charts — for the sake of better care?
Pharmacy Risk: Just What the HMO Ordered
Many health plans are demanding that physicians — despite past mismanagement — take pharmacy risk. It’s a good cost-control measure, and there are ways to obtain doctor buy-in.
Q&A: Lee Newcomer’s Brave New World
The former UnitedHealth official is now with an Internet startup that seeks to shift decision making from HMOs to consumers.
Use Opinion Leaders To Improve Care
A look at studies indicating that the best way for HMOs to influence practice standards is to sway influential physicians.
DEPARTMENTS
Technology and human nature.
News and Commentary
HMO Incentives Not Grounds for Suit U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously
New Protections In California Not Helping Docs
NCQA To Accredit DM Programs, HEDIS Software
Are Gatekeepers Failing To Control Specialty Costs?
Headlines on Deadline…
Bed days higher in smaller markets? Not with commercial plans [charts]
Medicare+Choice = demise?
Ballot drives seek universal care.
Primary care pay seems stagnant.
HMOs mum on hospice coverage.
Why patients change physicians.
Paul Lendner ist ein praktizierender Experte im Bereich Gesundheit, Medizin und Fitness. Er schreibt bereits seit über 5 Jahren für das Managed Care Mag. Mit seinen Artikeln, die einen einzigartigen Expertenstatus nachweisen, liefert er unseren Lesern nicht nur Mehrwert, sondern auch Hilfestellung bei ihren Problemen.