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MANAGED CARE March 2005. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 14, No. 3
Cover Story
The early data are in and they promise to fuel even more interest in health savings accounts. We may be seeing the Next Big Thing in health insurance.
Demographics suggest that it's time to start looking for geriatricians. They can do much for an aging population. The problem is that there may not be enough of them to go around.
Direct-to-Consumer: How Big a Deal?
Recent studies indicate that DTC advertising does not increase the sales of specific medications. It does, however, boost sales for products within a therapeutic drug class.
Q&A: Medicaid DM the Pfizer Way
John Sory, VP at Pfizer Health Solutions, says you haven't done disease management until you've done it for Medicaid recipients, as has his company (famously).
The company uses its unique characteristics to drastically cut costs for asthma care.
Departments
On to the ownership society?
MGMA on what docs need.
News and Commentary
Physicians, Plan at Odds Over Autoworker Coverage
Lawmakers Seek To Closely Watch Genetic Info Flow
Headlines On Deadline...
Offensive against defensive medicine.
Our mysterious billing system.
Base salary rises for family docs.
ED coverage in managed care.
New way to pay PBMs.
Real hope for those with wet AMD.
Interoperability eventually pays off.