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Pastoral Service Renews Meaning of Faith in Medicine
HIP of New York is the first HMO to provide spiritual assistance to its members. Can this approach help plans lower costs and improve outcomes?
Michael D. Dalzell
Getting Serious About Formularies
Many physicians think narrowing the universe of available drugs from an estimated 8,000 to around 1,200 is a pretty serious change in health care. Yet the formulary system persists and is spreading widely.
Jean Lawrence
Why Patients Have Little Patience for Report Cards
There are many reasons to develop health plan report cards. Just don’t expect most beneficiaries to make use of them.
Mark Hochhauser, Ph.D.
A Conversation with Ron Pollack: Consumer Protection in Managed Care — Which Way?
The volatile consumer protection issue moved beyond a piecemeal approach when a coalition of HMOs and consumer groups put forth a plan last year. Families USA’s executive director looks toward the debate.
Many doctors think the only thing more difficult than dealing with patients is supervising employees. They didn’t offer Management 101 in medical school. Here are some simple approaches that may make life easier.
Sharon Carter
Competitive Intelligence: Make Public Documents Work For You
Managed care means many things including, in our capitalist society, managing to outperform your competitors. How? Information that can give you an edge is easier to obtain than you think.
Departments
STATE INITIATIVES
Missouri Clarifies Provisions of New HMO Choice Rules
STATE INITIATIVES
New York State Sets Up Hot Line For Late Payment
STATE INITIATIVES
Virginia Governor Backs Oversight Rules for Plans
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Family Physicians Give Administration Mixed Reviews on Budget, Reform Plan
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
AHCPR: Employers Should Use Power To Boost Quality
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
CBO Predicts Dramatic Rise In Medicaid Costs
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Expect Changes In Medicare HMO Inpatient Rates
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Family Physicians Give Administration Mixed Reviews on Budget, Reform Plan
EDITOR’S MEMO
In Managed Care as in Life, Small Advances Add Up
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
PSO Rules Panel Struggles With Solvency Equity
WASHINGTON INITIATIVES
Take as Needed …
STATE INITIATIVES
Arizona’s High Court Says UR Denials Are Medical, Not Insurance, Decisions
STATE INITIATIVES
Florida Court Rejects Provider Ballot Measure
STATE INITIATIVES
HMO Liability Hot New Debate In New Jersey
STATE INITIATIVES
Indiana Senate Passes Physician Choice Legislation
COMPENSATION MONITOR
For physician executives, that M.B.A. really pays off
COMPENSATION MONITOR
Demand for primary care physicians slackens while outlook for specialists seems to brighten
ETHICS
Respect for the Patient Has a Future In the Harried World of Managed Care
LEGAL FORUM
Determine a Comfortable Capitation To Effectively Negotiate Contracts
MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK
See it now: The tube attracts members
News & Commentary
AHCPR, Kaiser Studying Help For Depressed
Give them what they want
Headlines On Deadline …
Medica Splits With Physicians; Aetna Drops ‘Em
Is Oxford for Sale? Wall Street Mulls It Over While the HMO Tries To Shape Up Internally
Poll: Consumers Are No Longer Sleeping Giants
Finding managed care’s new fertile ground
Doctors with a plan’s success at stake
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.