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MANAGED CARE March 2004. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 13, No. 3
March 2004
Cover Story
Although sounding like an early-'90s HMO, these networks are different. Improved information technology allows much more refined selection of providers.
The call goes out for standardized performance metrics and outcomes reports that are easily accessible to everyone.
Wrangling Over Mental Health Parity
Lawmakers talk the talk, that a bill must pass this year. Will they walk the walk? Powerful interests back each side.
Consumer-Directed or Consumer-Inflicted?
CDHPs — consumer directed health plans — are hot, but we are just beginning to ask: Do patients like them?
Medicine Cabinets Hold Old Gold
Perilous times have increased the money-wasting, dangerous practice of medication stockpiling. Plans are fighting back.
Hope for Sufferers of Airway Inflammation
Proper management strategies for treating patients with severe, persistent asthma improve outcomes and minimize utilization.
DEPARTMENTS
We had it right 10 years ago, sort of.
News and Commentary
Smoking-Cessation Efforts Set Cost-Effectiveness Bar
Health care execs say consumers lack information on quality [chart]
Hospitals Retain Bargaining Edge In Contract Talks
More Retirees Face Life Without Health Benefits
IOM: Workforce Diversity Lacking In Health Care
Headlines On Deadline ...
Table set for health savings accounts.
Educate those patients!
Specialty mix helps practices.
Medicaid embraces preferred drug lists.
Look anew at diabetes pumps.
The Pepsi regeneration.
Future dims for retiree benefits.