2004
January
Health Plan 2009
Huge Challenges Cannot Be Avoided
Cooperation Gets to Heart of the Matter
Transparency Called Key To Uniting Cost Control, Quality Improvement
Reinsurers Offer Services To Keep Client Costs Down
Consumer-Directed Health Care Won’t Fly
No End in Sight to Medical Inflation
Rise of Nonphysician Clinicians
‘A Final Underwriting Death Spiral’
Technology’s Good and Ill Effects
February
Cover Story
Employers
Why Workers Choose CDHPs: Matter of Dollars and Sense
Finding Common Ground: Where Foundations, MC Meet
Peer-Reviewed
Improving Oral Pharmacologic Treatment And Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Q&A with Howard J. Berman
March
Cover Story
Narrow Networks’ Broader Vision
Employers
Wellness Program Gets On-the-Job Training
Can Transparency Save Health Care?
Safeguards Against Stockpiling Now Have Global Ramifications
Consumer-Directed Plans Begin Measuring Patient Satisfaction
Mental Health Parity’s Nice, But Is Federal Bill Too Costly?
Peer-Reviewed
IgE-Blocking Therapy for Difficult-to-Treat Asthma: A Brief Review
April
May
Cover Story
Care Coordination Strikes Right Chord
Employers
Depression Programs Might Provide an Edge
Pharmacist Care An Idea Whose Time Is Still Coming
Will Pay for Performance Programs Introduce a New Set of Problems?
Will Providers Seek New Contracts As Consumer-Directed Plans Grow?
Peer-Reviewed
Advances in Migraine Management: Implications for Managed Care Organizations
Q&A
A Conversation with William R. Gold, MD, CEO Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
June
July
Cover Story
Managed Medicaid Business Might Be Worth the Difficulties
NCQA’s New Online Survey Tries To Tame the Paper Tiger
Wish List: 10 Things You Want From Your PBM
Peer-Reviewed
Cost-effective Management of Hyperglycemia in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Using Oral Agents
QandA
August
Cover Story
Spend Money on Healthy People!
Preparing for NCQA: What Not To Do
Navigating the Personnel Rapids: What They Never Taught You in Med School
Bad Tiered Formulary Designs Yield Poor Outcomes, High Cost
Quality Improvement
Free Database Encourages Wide Sharing of Information on Programs’ Outcomes
September
Cover Story
Managed Care at the Crossroads
Employers
Employers Take Stock of Illness on the Clock
CAM Offerings Really Can Enhance Quality of Care for Some Patients
Can Physician and Health Plan Get Together Over Guidelines?
Peer-Reviewed
Improving Physician Attendance At Educational Seminars Sponsored By Managed Care Organizations
Q&A
October
Cover Story
Not So Much of a Reach: Let Sick Pay Less for Drugs
Formulary Standards Key To E-Prescribing Success
Profitable Or Pointless? Maximize Your Conference Take-Away
Consumer-Directed Care Bets Against Human Nature
More Plans Discover Value of Health Risk Assessments
Plan Lets Ombudsman Go To Bat for Members
Peer-Reviewed
November
Cover Story
Electronic Medical Records: High Hopes Meet Harsh Reality
Military Brings Order To Formulary System
DM’s Cost-Effectiveness Doubted in CBO Report
Death of Community Rating Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Accrediting Agencies Turn Attention To Consumer-Directed Health Plans
OTC Status for Low-Dose Lovastatin Would Have Widespread Implications
Peer-Reviewed
Measuring Outpatient Outcomes of Emesis and Nausea Management in Pregnant Women
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.