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MANAGED CARE June 2006. ©MediMedia USA
Cover Story
More Tiers: Can Consumers Cope?
The prices of some of the new lifesaving agents force plans to think beyond the traditional three-level formulary. The question now is: Can consumers keep up?
Do Retail Clinics Have a Role?
Health plans find that it pays to contract with clinics in retail stores. Physicians are wary, of course: In most instances, this new breed of clinic is staffed by NPs, not doctors.
Disagreeing on Disease Management
A panel of researchers finds that even people who are very knowledgeable about DM can change their views quickly when presented with persuasive information.
If a patient needs a stent, he's going to want what he has heard is the best, namely, a drug-eluting stent. But for some significant portion of patients, the extra cost is money down the drain.
The staff members at one medical center emergency department found that having a new clinic didn't solve the throughput problem. But they did solve it, and this is their story.
Departments
Put yourself in the patient's place.
Association health bill fails.
News and Commentary
Excessive Use of Screening Tests Costs System Millions Each Year
Survey: Workers Not Guided When Choosing Care
Medical Directors Cast Wary Eye On Cost of Biologics
Headlines On Deadline...
Inadequate access to SSRIs.
More docs leave managed care.
ADHD drug use grows in young adults.
Individual policy market expands.
New treatment for Pompe's disease.
Comparing public, private coverage.