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Are You Prepared For the Next Recession?
There are things HMOs and physician groups can do now to help them see through tough times.
Health plans can position themselves even before talks begin by getting all the information they can on the population they wish to target.
Things are far from rosy, but there is a rise in cooperation between plans and physicians. Can peace be far behind — or is it a lull in the fighting?
Learning Together
A program pairing academic medical institutions with managed care companies teaches residents how health plans work and to work with them.
A Conversation with Robert A. Berenson, M.D.
The new director of HCFA’s Center for Health Plans and Providers wants to bring managed care options to Medicare recipients and overhaul guidelines governing payment rates for cognitive services.
Data Access Technology Puts Physicians Under Microscope
A medical director’s casual ruminations suggest that HMOs watch primary care doctors not out of malice, but with a true desire to help.
First Medical School, Then Managed Care School
Physicians of all ages and specialties are returning to universities across the country to learn how to maneuver in the world of managed care.
Departments
STATE INITIATIVES
Kentucky OKs Health-Adjusted Individual Rates
STATE INITIATIVES
STATE INITIATIVES
Texas Appears To Widen Probe Of Pharmacy Fines
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Despite Being Full of Popular Ideas, GOP Reform Plan Gets Poor Reviews
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Gordon Chairs Group That Will Examine Quality
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Medicare+Choice Regulations Put PSOs on Par With HMOs
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Some Troubled By Cutbacks in Retiree Benefits
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Take as Needed…
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Teleconsultations: HCFA Issues New Payment Rules
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Thomas, Grassley Attack HCFA Boss For Slow Service
EDITOR’S MEMO
Medicine’s Cease-fire: Is It the Real Deal?
STATE INITIATIVES
California Senate Kills Governor’s Oversight Plan
STATE INITIATIVES
In New York State, Employers Launch Quality Consortium
COMPENSATION MONITOR
ETHICS
Is Medical Ethics the Same as Corporate Compliance?
MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK
Physicians underestimate how well they’re communicating with patients
News & Commentary
Where’s the Beef? Despite Predictions, Premiums Advance Only 3.3 Percent
And now, a ‘report card’ from the doctors
Drug Makers Put Half of Ad Money Into Television
Headlines on Deadline…
What’s the risk in risk?
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.