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Florida Medicaid Moves Toward Direct Contracting

Florida will soon test a program that could provide competition for HMOs serving the Medicaid population. Other states are watching.

Frank Diamond

It’s Too Soon To Write Off Those Suffering PHOs

Lessons have been learned from early PHOs, which lacked direction and had misaligned interests between hospitals and physicians.

MargaretAnn Cross

Consumers Join The Fray

Electoral politics, the Internet, and much more sophisticated patients have all helped to redistribute power among managed care players.

Frank Diamond

Is There a Doctor in the House?

The per-visit cost of a house call is high, but used judiciously, this practice can lower overall medical costs — not to mention provide better care.

Ed Rabinowitz

Selling The Electronic Patient Chart: A Conversation With Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D.

This physician and his backers are making a $100 million bet that electronic patient records, and widespread access to them through the Internet, are not far away for most practices.

Departments

Editor’s Memo

Will Consumers Exercise Their New Power Wisely?

John A. Marcille

Washington Watch

Deathwatch for AHCPR Ends As Funding Mandate Changes

Michael Levin-Epstein

State Initiatives

Businesses Brace for Premium Hikes as Reform Fever Strikes California

Bob Carlson

Compensation Monitor

Community-Based Research: Not Just for Pharmaceuticals

John La Puma, M.D.

Legal Forum

Health Plans That Decredential Docs Must Do It Correctly and Expect a Fight

Bruce J. Goldstein, J.D.

Managed Care Outlook

Is the degree of restriction on choice of care overstated?

News & Commentary

AMA, Federal Government Fret More About Online Prescribing and Pharmacy

Bipartisan Bill Gains Momentum, Worries Industry

Headlines on Deadline…

NCQA: Member satisfaction and clinical quality related

New Fee Schedule For Medicare Helps Office Docs

Physicians Seen As Next in Line For NCQA Review

Sagging Fortunes Cited in Departure Of Humana’s CEO

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Paul Lendner

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.

September 1999