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Managed Care at the Crossroads
As rising costs drive CEOs’ collective blood pressure off the charts, a group of experts considers whether managed care has reached another watershed — and whether the industry can reinvent itself yet again.
The head of the National Committee for Quality Assurance says health plans want to encourage physicians in the never-ending quest for quality.
People flock to these services whether insurers cover them or not. When does it make economic and medical sense to offer them?
Physicians are not the only problem. Health plans too often view guidelines as rigid routines rather than flexible aids to good practice.
Although interactive educational seminars that target physicians require a large investment of resources, they can be cost-effective if medical care is improved as a result.
Presenteeism — the condition of being on the job, but giving less than 100 percent — is fertile ground for health plans with a suitable product.
MargaretAnn Cross
Departments
LEGISLATION & REGULATION
The pharmaceutical giant contends that soon-to-be-released data will verify its program’s effectiveness.
THE FORMULARY FILES
COMPENSATION MONITOR
TOMORROW’S MEDICINE
An important federal law encourages development of drugs for populations so small that the market would otherwise ignore them. Should they not then be covered?
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.