October 2000 - Managedcaremag.com

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Public Policy Largely Ignores Adult Immunization Needs

Although four fifths of the nation’s children are fully immunized, tens of thousands of adults die each year from diseases preventable by vaccination.

KEVIN A. WILSON

How We Got It Anyway: The Clinton Health Plan Never Died

As a whole, the plan unceremoniously crashed and burned. But it still frames state and national debate about health policy, thus affecting the evolution of managed care.

Michael Levin-Epstein

Giving Some Ground to Physicians Helped Turn Health System Around

One hospital system accepted the general wisdom a few years ago by acquiring physician practices. Now it bucks the new wisdom by holding on to them.

MAUREEN GLABMAN

A Conversation with Steven B. Epstein, J.D.: Knowing the Limits of Health Care Law

This pioneering medical legal authority says health plans and physicians should stop fighting over scraps the government throws them.

Who Is at Risk for Influenza? Using Criteria Other Than Age

Jenae M. Plourde Ernst, M.P.H.

Departments

EDITOR’S MEMO

Clintons’ Health Plan Legacy Felt in Today’s Policy Debate

John A. Marcille

WASHINGTON WATCH

Quick Fix May Be in Store for M+C, But Meaningful Change Likely To Wait

Michael Levin-Epstein

STATE INITIATIVES

For Most States, Medical Error Reporting Is Uncertain Science

Bob Carlson

COMPENSATION MONITOR

How you fare under capitation

SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE

New Types of Internet Services Promise Physicians Increased Office Efficiency

Joyce Ochs

ETHICS

Tobacco Companies’ ‘Punishment’ Contains Seeds of Their Prosperity

Michael S. Victoroff, M.D.

MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK

HEDIS Performance: Routine reporting drives improvement

News & Commentary

Managing Health More Important Than Minding Cost?

Physicians Praise New Aetna Stance On Kids’ Vaccines

Diabetes Cases Up 33 Percent In Just 8 Years

‘Do Something,’ Voters Say, But Just What, They’re Not Sure

Headlines on Deadline …

Large HMOs Do Well While Small Ones Slide

Employer-based coverage up in strong economy

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