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MANAGED CARE August 2006. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 15, No. 8
August 2006
Cover Story
Should We Create a Standard Benefit?
Talk might not be cheap this time around. The Medicare Modernization Act created the Citizens' Health Care Working Group that now wants to see everybody covered, and with a minimum acceptable benefit.
I.T. and Alignment of Incentives
Emad Rizk, MD, president McKesson Health Solutions, calls for payers and providers to share data that will help both. He envisions new kinds of partnerships that benefit all stakeholders.
Many employers don't know the extent that depression affects their workforce. Health plans can respond to this need.
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone more thoughtful and articulate on the need for a nationwide paperless health care system. Or anyone more passionate.
Many physicians are resistant to using e-mail to communicate with their patients about what ails them, but some insurers are devising incentives. Some large practices have shown interest.
Departments
Standard benefit rears its head again.
Reimbursing health plans.
News and Commentary
One Insurer, One Think-Tank Issue Studies of High-Deductible Plans
Premium Price Differences Tied to Location
IOM: Medication Errors Rampant, And Preventable
Headlines On Deadline...
So far, experts like what they see in Part D
Beware excess off-label use.
Which financial incentives work.
That pesky insurance I.D. card.
Progress against wet AMD
Slower premium increases expected.