COVER STORY
Tax Reform Could Remake Insurance
Senate Majority Leader William Frist hears the rumblings. Conservatives and liberals alike think that it might be time to end the tax exclusion for job-sponsored health benefits.
As consumer-directed health plans become more popular, physician executives will need to hone marketing and other business skills.
Mistakes Plans Make in Dealing With Docs
In other industries, long-term strategic partnerships between buyers and suppliers are the rule. To get there, you need to address five things that drive physicians up the wall.
Dietary Supplement Benefits Weighed
As scientific research continues, limited coverage of some products is already taking shape. There are compelling reasons why this development might have advantages.
Reduce Neonatal Intensive Care Costs
Offering 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate to women with a history of preterm delivery decreases NICU days.
DEPARTMENTS
Tax reform is easier said than done.
Hurricane relief and managed care.
Medicare Part D starts now.
News and Commentary
Study: Push for CDHPs Runs Low on Information
P4P Programs Used To Get Docs Online
Headlines On Deadline …
Specialists see salary hike slowdown.
More restrictive formularies?
Should PBMs own mail pharmacies?
Incretin hormones control diabetes.
Lessons from the CDHC front.
PPO costs to rise 12 percent.
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 nachweißen, liefert er unseren Lesern nicht nur Mehrwert, sondern auch Hilfestellung bei ihren Problemen.