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Pain Management: Health Plans Need to Take Control
Insurers have not focused much on chronic pain. They should. It presents a humanitarian and business opportunity.
This may be one way to regain profitability, though getting permission from government regulators may take some doing.
Physicians’ well known reluctance to invest in office computer hardware and software is costing health plans money. How to get the docs’ attention?
Maine’s health care reformers are on course to deliver a controversial universal care plan. But is the coast clear?
Fallout from the Medicare outlier-payment scandal is likely to force hospitals to try to replace that revenue. Health plans, prepare to negotiate!
Departments
EDITOR’S MEMO
LEGISLATION & REGULATION
The outgoing mayor of Springfield, Mass., is taking on the FDA over his plan to buy medications at a discount from Canada.
COMPENSATION MONITOR
TOMORROW’S MEDICINE
Treating severe vesicoureteral reflux involved complicated, expensive surgery. Now an injectable agent that forms a valve can lead to normal urination.
EMPLOYER UPDATE
Cooperation between three health plans has fostered better employer appreciation of early detection and intervention in kidney disease.
MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK
News & Commentary
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.