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MANAGED CARE March 2002. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 11, No. 3
Alan T. Wright, MD, MPh, is moving the nation's largest PBM beyond drug control to areas that include worker productivity.
Cover Story
All the Governors Are Gone in This System
A group of health care financing schemes loosely categorized as "defined contribution" pose a threat to managed care.
HMO executives say that the new state Department of Managed Health Care is easier to work with than its predecessor.
As brute-force rationing spreads, our neighbors to the north face access problems, but their health is still better than Americans.'
DM Starting To See Forest, Not Just Trees
In disease management, controlling comorbidities is often a good idea, and it means bigger contracts.
In-Office Dermatophyte Test vs. Lab Work
This paper shows new onsite test for fungal culture to be both economical and effective.
DEPARTMENTS
Consumer driven, they claim.
How to deal with language barriers.
News and Commentary
6 Large California Plans Link Doc Bonuses, Quality
How Medicare beneficiaries spend money on drugs [chart]
M+C Enrollees Bound to Their Choice Until June
Will HHS Proposal Mean Better Info -- Or Tighter Spin?
NCQA To Help CMS Monitor Quality of M+C Plans
Headlines On Deadline ...
Medicare reform starts in Illinois?
Pay and productivity both rise. [charts]
Fast patient access makes for happy docs.
Take team approach to contract talks.
Workers accept online enrollment. [chart]