July 2000 - Managedcaremag.com

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HMOs Continue Losing Ground On Liability Issues at State Level

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision offers a nice breather, but executives should not let down their guard, as an Illinois ruling shows.

Electronic Medical Records: If Not Now, When?

The technology’s been around, but early participants often were burned. New Internet-based products threaten to turn nonbelievers into yesterday’s news.

Physicians Reconsider Taking On Pharmacy Risk

They’ve been burned here in the past, but physicians – and the HMOs that they contract with – may have learned some lessons.

A Conversation with Lee N. Newcomer, M.D.: Out of the Frying Pan Onto the Cutting Edge

The former senior VP for health policy at UnitedHealth Group joins a company that aims to shift power from HMOs to patients and physicians.

From Theory to Practice: Identifying Authentic Opinion Leaders to Improve Care

Departments

EDITOR’S MEMO

EMR: New Idea Collides With Old Human Nature

WASHINGTON WATCH

Congress Asked To Take Action As HMOs Flee Managed Medicare

STATE INITIATIVES

What Legislature? Health Care Issues Increasingly Going Straight to Voters

COMPENSATION MONITOR

Salaries Within MCOs: Up, Except for Primary Care

ETHICS

HMOs Best Stay Mum Regarding Hospice Care

MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK

Changing physicians: Why they do it

News & Commentary

Are Gatekeepers Failing To Control Specialty Costs?

Bed days higher in smaller markets? Not with commercial plans

Headlines on Deadline…

HMO Incentives Not Grounds for Suit U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously

NCQA To Accredit DM Programs, HEDIS Software

New Protections In California Not Helping Docs

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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.