December 1999

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Reaping What Mergers Sow: How To Prepare for Bankruptcy

Many health care organizations that had reached for the brass ring are now wringing their hands as they file for Chapter 11. All is not lost, however.

Keith J. Shapiro ; Nancy A. Peterman

They’re young, they’re hungry, and they claim to be approaching business problems from a different angle. Will these entrepreneurs succeed?

Steve Heimoff

Cost pressures that plans associate with rising drug expenditures result partly from their own largesse. Solutions: Restore consumerism and forge a common agenda with drug companies.

Michael D. Dalzell

This former journalist is participating in one of the biggest stories of our time: Helping health plans and physicians locate that elusive point where doing the right thing and maximizing bottom lines intersect.
United HealthCare’s move to make advance authorization “obsolete” generated headlines. Inside the industry, however, the reaction was muted.

Steve Heimoff

At the very least, patients could be directed to a web site where they download registration forms, complete them, and mail them to your office.

Karen A. Zupko ; Cheryl L. Toth

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EDITOR’S MEMO
John A. Marcille
WASHINGTON WATCH
Michael Levin-Epstein
STATE INITIATIVES
Bob Carlson
COMPENSATION MONITOR
ETHICS
John La Puma, M.D.
LEGAL FORUM
Mark D. Abruzzo, J.D.
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