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MANAGED CARE December 2005. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 14, No. 12
December 2005
Cover Story
The success of the consumer-directed health care movement will be measured in part by how much information patients are able, and willing, to process.
New coverage designs and the advent of biologics are just two developments that must be considered when decisions are made on product specifications and plan procedures.
Influenza, Pandemic, and the Bottom Line
When (not if) a pandemic hits, the health care system could be thrown into disarray. The CDC has developed economic modeling software that considers financial consequences.
Evidence-Based Care: Not So Simple
Inappropriate regional variations in care would disappear with the widespread implementation of evidence-based care. Getting to that point will take a lot of effort and cooperation.
Taking the Long View of Alzheimer's
Improving patient and caregiver outcomes can lower plan costs by reducing health care resource utilization.
Departments
Keep it simple?
Step therapy's time has come.
Taxing questions.
Medical directors doing well.
Aiming at polypharmacy.
Depression's hidden costs.
Pharm trend now below medical.