August 2000 - Managedcaremag.com

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Lost in Translation: Each Word Accurate, Yet…

Too often, health plan information is overly literal and insensitive to nuances of language, culture, and understanding. Savvy administrators can help.

Nurse Practitioners Inch onto the Field

Thanks, in part, to new federal guidelines, this “invisible player” is starting to be noticed. Can NPs do more than fill niches?

Managing Medicaid Rolls Often State-by-State Affair

Despite the strong economy, Medicaid enrollment may be slowly rising after a three-year decline. The challenges for serving this population are huge.

He Puts Patient Safety First By Bucking Conventional Wisdom

This versatile physician holds the view that the Institute of Medicine actually understated the number of medical errors. He also doubts that the usual prescriptions for reducing errors will be effective.

Prospective Value-Based Assessment Of New Health Care Technologies and Practices

Departments

EDITOR’S MEMO

What NPs Have to Offer Is Real, if Not Concrete

WASHINGTON WATCH

Will Fifth Circuit’s Decision Spur Action on Patient Rights?

STATE INITIATIVES

‘All Products’ Clauses Fade From Physician Contracts

LEGAL FORUM

Supreme Court Ruling Encourages Greater Awareness Among Patients

MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK

Internet revolution not yet impressing most physicians

News & Commentary

Competing Bills Put Drug Benefit In Medicare

Any International Health Plan Has To Be Cheap

Nation’s Only Medicare PSO Under Rubble of M+C Pullout

With Cost Study, Group Argues For OTC Benefit

Headlines on Deadline…

Medicare+Choice pullouts’ deep, deep sting

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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.