January 2002 - Managedcaremag.com

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Debating RICO Suits vs. Health Plans

Donald P. “Rocky” Wilcox

Making the Case for a ‘Health Care Fed’: Should Uncle Sam Decide What Works?

A U.S. government agency, some argue, should be created to rule on usefulness of medications, equipment, and procedures. Britain has just instituted such a system.

Frank Diamond

When Physicians’ Skills Fail, Collaboration Beats Punishment

New programs hold promise for rehabilitating sound physicians who have, for any number of reasons, lost some of the skills they started with.

Ed Rabinowitz

A Conversation With Peter Lee: Quality Concerns Ensure Consumers Will Gain Clout

The head of the Pacific Business Group on Health says the coming trend in care will be patients making informed decisions before they get sick.

A Health Care Management Company’s Experience with Palivizumab

William Silverman, MD, FAAP

Departments

EDITOR’S MEMO

What’s Unthinkable Today Might Be Ordinary Tomorrow

John A. Marcille

WASHINGTON WATCH

HHS Seems To Soften Hard Line on Kickbacks

Michael Levin-Epstein

ETHICS

May I Please See Some Identification?

Michael S. Victoroff, MD

COMPENSATION MONITOR

Primary Care Salaries ‘Go South’

SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE

Terror’s Effect on Technology Adoption

Joyce Ochs

MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK

Employers struggle to preserve pharmacy benefit

News & Commentary

1-Year Delay Near In Implementation Of HIPAA Rules

NCQA Launches Effort To Accredit DM Programs

To Save Money, Employers Reduce Number of Plans Offered to Workers

AMA Lobbies To Give Docs Union Rights

COBRA’s prohibitive costs prevent access to pharmacy

Drugstore Info Could Be Used To Thwart Terror

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