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MANAGED CARE March 2003. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 12, No. 3
March 2003
Cover Story
When Payers, Plans, and Patients Converge
As outcomes data become more available, three stakeholders are combining to encourage providers to raise quality.
Times Are Tough, Medical Director
The uncertainties in the marketplace mean that you may have to change careers. Not always a bad thing. Examples.
The 11 new measures added to the mix are likely to increase employer interest. Companies care how you measure up.
Q&A: Dr. Ellwood's New Prescription
The man credited with laying the groundwork for managed care talks of what went wrong, and what can still go right.
States Question Managed Medicaid
Officials have real doubts that health plans offer answers to how to provide care while budget deficits grow.
Cost of Treating Onychomycosis
A pharmacoeconomic analysis compares several antifungal agents from the view of a hypothetical managed care payer.
DEPARTMENTS
Working together.
Another use for PBMs.
News and Commentary
Legislation Would Allow Association Health Plans
Prescription coverage adds to satisfaction with Medicare
Policy Change Could Ease HMOs' ER Burden
Consumer Groups: WellChoice Funds Improperly Used
Study: $1B Saved If Maine Should Enact Single-Payer Plan
Headlines On Deadline ...
Making Medicaid DM work.
Looser MC satisfies specialists.
Do Medicare HMOs lower costs?
Coverage of SSRIs.
Who's afraid of HIPAA?
Slowdown in health cost inflation.