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Narrow Networks’ Broader Vision
In the bad old days, health plans would contract with a limited number of providers, promising them lots of work in return for low prices. Now, a new generation of narrow networks takes a page from the old HMO playbook, adding fresh comparisons on quality that all providers will find hard to ignore.
John Carroll
If everyone can see what everyone is doing, we’ll have better care at lower costs. First task: Create common standards.
Martin Sipkoff
There’s a big push for passage this year, but don’t hold your breath. Many feel that such a measure would be too expensive.
John Carroll
Initial results are promising. Employees turn toward preventive medicine and away from expensive drug therapies.
MargaretAnn Cross
Y2K, 9/11, anthrax scares — these events crystallized the problem of medication stockpiling. How does managed care respond?
Tony Berberabe
Omalizumab, a novel therapy that targets specific steps in the inflammatory cascade of asthma, may benefit the hard-to-treat patient.
Gailen D. Marshall Jr., MD, PhD
Departments
LEGISLATION & REGULATION
Federal backing aligns with market pressure to create an irresistible force. However, health plans need to be aware of some troubling issues.
John Carroll
ETHICS
It’s easy to blame the uninformed, and sometimes fair, but are the ignorant the only ones at fault? Medical professionals need to be able to explain, not just order and direct.
Michael S. Victoroff, MD
COMPENSATION MONITOR
THE FORMULARY FILES
TOMORROW’S MEDICINE
Improvements in the features of diabetes pumps have evolved since their original backpack-size days. Managed care needs to evaluate the new bells and whistles.
Thomas Morrow, MD
EMPLOYER UPDATE
Pepsi promises that work-site clinics won’t take business away from health plans.
MargaretAnn Cross
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.