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MANAGED CARE July 2006. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 15, No. 7
July 2006
Cover Story
Wellness: The Realm of the Possible
Employers, especially big ones, are increasingly of the opinion that a health plan should not just coordinate treatment of sick people but be proactive in keeping members from getting sick.
Health insurers are either starting their own financial institutions — think GMAC — or teaming with major players such as JP Morgan to manage health savings accounts.
When Are All Cancer PET Scans Worthwhile?
Keep a close eye on the National Oncologic PET Registry, which is intended to determine when use of this technology is appropriate.
Health plans are preparing for the worst, devising ways to function even if their providers are overrun and the insurers themselves have a depleted workforce.
Health insurers, perhaps encouraged by state oversight, are beginning to take a long, hard look at the ties between physicians and imaging services.
DEPARTMENTS
Citizens' Health Care Working Group.
It's a moose. Deal with it.
Ethics book is pretty thin gruel.
Anti-insurer rumblings in California.
News and Commentary
UnitedHealth Ruling Cites Flaws in System
Physician Satisfaction Study Surprises
Education Concerns Push Back Florida's Medicaid Experiment
AMA Lays Down Guidelines For Retail Clinics
Headlines On Deadline...
Doctors' real income declines.
RA therapies cost the most.
Just swallow this camera, please.
Public payers paying more.