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MANAGED CARE April 2008. ©MediMedia USA
Table of Contents
Vol. 17, No. 4
April 2008
Cover Story
A coalition of health plans, employers, legislators, and consumer advocates is bringing equal coverage closer to reality than it has ever been.
Forging a Better Cancer Policy
Health plans say that 20 percent of treatment costs can be eliminated, but oncologists are a hard sell.
It starts with the language in the PBM contract and the request-for-proposals process. An experienced negotiator is your guide.
The world’s largest retailer is putting one giant-sized toe in the waters of the pharmaceutical benefit management business.
Q&A: Bruce Bagley, MD, Urges Straight Talk
This American Academy of Family Physicians official wants doctors to get serious about quality improvement.
Managed Medicaid: A Good Place to Be
As rolls grow, states turn to health insurers for assistance, and many kinds of companies are now involved.
An Options Market for Health Care?
You, your employer, or your doctor would buy options guaranteeing the price of services you might eventually need.
Departments
Will parity really make it this time?
Procecutor says UCR isn’t that at all.
News and Commentary
Consumer-Directed Plans See Bump in Enrollment
Medicare Advantage Marketing Slammed
Little change in overall rate of medical and pharmacy cost increases (chart)
Headlines on Deadline
P4P programs too diverse?
Consumers: We can’t afford Rx.
Making the most of OTCs.
One physician can make a difference.
“Boomers” enter Medicare.