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Managed Care September 2003	Primary care pay falls again Primary care physicians' compensation continues to decline, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2003 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity survey.
Managed Care January 2007	Change From Salary to Relative Value Units Leads to Higher Income for Physicians A Minnesota medical group that contracted with HealthPartners was able to improve cost of care, physician compensation, and patient access without harming patient satisfaction when the group converted from a salary payment system for physicians to one solely dependent on physician productivity.
Managed Care October 2005	Salary Slowdown Reported for Specialists Compensation growth for specialists fell behind that of primary care physicians in 2004 for the first time in several years, according to a survey.
Managed Care February 2007	Quality is Important, But Productivity Rules Despite a rise in the use of quality incentives to determine physician compensation, productivity remains the predominant determinant.
Managed Care December 2001	Specialist compensation outpaces primary care Specialists' compensation has risen steadily in recent years, according to the Medical Group Management Association...
Managed Care October 2003	Physician compensation trend differs depending on whom you ask Primary care physicians experienced a 2.8 percent median increase in compensation last year, and specialists in general reported a 4.3 percent median increase, although some notable medical specialties experienced decreases in compensation.
Managed Care March 2005	Family practice base salary continues to improve Base salaries of family practice physicians increase.
Managed Care June 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	What the Primary Care Physician Shortage Means for Health Plans Insurers fear rising costs and poorer outcomes if members are less able to get appointments with family physicians and general internists.
Managed Care November 2002	Combating the coming physician shortage 38 percent of the nation's 740,000 physicians are 50 or older -- that's one of the reasons that health care faces a coming shortage of doctors. Martin/Fletcher estimates that 250,000 will be needed over the next 10 years to replace those lost to retirement and other reasons.
Managed Care August 2001	In Calif., Bonuses Based on Quality, Not Cost Savings Blue Cross of California has decided to move away from the traditional managed care incentive of rewarding physicians for controlling medical costs, and instead will implement a program in which physicians receive bonuses for quality of care and patient satisfaction...
Managed Care January 2008	Emerging Role for New Niche Specialists New physician specialists like laborists, surgicalists, and nocturnists are beginning to fill specific niches in the provider market.
Managed Care May 2006	Physician Disclosure Strengthens Patients' Trust Patients who received a disclosure felt more competent to judge the effect of their physician's compensation on their health care, and nearly a quarter of patients who remembered receiving a disclosure reported that it had increased their trust in their primary care physician.
Managed Care July 2001 Harry L. Leider	HMOs Need To Share Gains of DM Programs Physicians are more likely to buy in if they see better outcomes -- and financial rewards that go with them...
Managed Care June 2003	'Doctors take oaths, lawyers take money' A review of the hourly compensation rates of lawyers and physicians by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals, however, greater increases in hourly wages reported by physicians from 1997 through 2001 than by their lawyer counterparts.
Managed Care March 2001	Physician income trends vary by specialty In tracking the salaries of primary care physicians and specialists over a decade, the Medical Group Management Association has documented similarities and differences in trends based on specialty...
Managed Care January 2005	Private Practice Physicians Find Dual Role Challenging When it comes to balancing the role of business owner and practicing physician, many private practice doctors are having a tough time of it.
Managed Care June 2005 Martin Sipkoff	The Re-Emergence of the Primary Care Physician A new model of care developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians places primary care physicians back at the center of care delivery.
Managed Care January 2004	Opportunities abound for physician executives Physician executives who are considering leaving management positions in managed care organizations should look to greener pastures at practice management companies, medical/health care associations, health system corporate offices, and foundations.
Managed Care December 2007 John Carroll	How Doctors Are Paid Now, And Why It Has to Change Everyone knows about the perverse incentive of fee-for-service medicine, but that hasn't had much effect on its use.
Managed Care July 2006	Physicians' Real Income Continues to Fall Adjusted for inflation, physicians' net income from the practice of medicine declined 7% between 1995 and 2003, according to a national study.
Managed Care September 2006	Malpractice Premiums Constitute Small Component of Expenses Few issues galvanize the medical community like the cost of malpractice insurance, but a recent survey shows that the increases are less severe than many physician advocacy groups suggest.
Managed Care July 2007	Managed Care Outlook The future holds too few docs.
Managed Care November 2001 Bob Carlson	CMA Balks as Calif. Eyes Mexico To Recruit Docs To Serve Latinos A task force subcommittee studied the feasibility of a three-year project to bring 50 Mexican physicians and 20 dentists to underserved areas of California, to practice in not-for-profit community clinics...
Managed Care May 2007	Compensation Monitor Most docs break bread with pharma.
American Family Physician March 15, 2007	Newsletter Title VII Funds Increase in 2007 Continuing Appropriations Resolution... Medicaid Enrollment Numbers Fall After Introduction of New Rule... AAFP Responds to HPV Vaccination Requirement for School Entry... etc.
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 David A. Twibell	House Calls Working with physicians can be rewarding, but to be successful, advisors need to develop the skills to tackle the unique problems facing doctors.
Managed Care July 2006	Physician Satisfaction Study Surprises A new study suggests that physicians working in areas where there is an extensive medical infrastructure are less happy with the quality of the care they provide than doctors working elsewhere.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2007 Jeffrey Zornitsky	Sales Management: Get Committed By better managing relationships with physicians, pharma companies can develop a base of dedicated prescribers.
Managed Care April 2007	Physicians Oppose Public Disclosure of Quality Although 3 out of 4 primary care physicians support the use of financial rewards as an incentive for better medical care, the majority would rather not make quality assessments readily available to the public, according to a recent survey.
Managed Care March 2005 William F. Jessee	What Do Physicians Want From Health Plans? Standardizing health plan administrative processes and eliminating duplication of effort would go a long way toward strengthening the doctor-insurer relationship.
Managed Care June 2001 Frank Diamond	HMO/Physician Strain Creates Invisible Costs Perhaps goodwill is too much to ask for. However, peaceful coexistence can certainly help all players reach their mutual goal -- a smooth relationship that helps to get the job done...
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2005 Alana Klein	Medical Education: Preferred Providers Many physicians favor CME programs affiliated with university or medical societies over hospital-run programs or those self-accredited by medical communications agencies.
Managed Care November 2006	Compensation Monitor Doctors say they're busy but underpaid.
Managed Care December 2002 Diane Cook	Beware the Hidden Consequences of the Malpractice Crisis Soaring malpractice insurance rates are thinning out provider ranks in at least a dozen states. Could access problems pose issues for HMOs in those areas?
Managed Care October 2003	Effects of rising malpractice premiums said to be overstated Health plans worried that the malpractice crisis may begin to affect access to physicians for their members may breathe a bit more easily, though there is still some cause for concern.
Managed Care July 2002	Money isn't everything Physicians are fairly happy with their incomes, but unhappy with the number of hours they have to work, as well as with the ancillary duties involved in practicing medicine, according to a survey.
Managed Care November 2006 Arthur Lazarus	Expert Opinions Create Liability for Physicians Physicians cannot rely on courts, drug companies, or HMOs to protect their freedom of speech. Their experience and knowledge form the foundation of all medical opinion.
Managed Care June 2006	Fewer Doctors Contract with Managed Care Although it was stable in the mid-1990s, the proportion of physicians without any managed care contracts rose from 9.2 percent in 2000-2001 to 11.5 percent in 2004-2005, according to a report.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2009 Ann Brandt	Fair Market Value Daryl Johnson, founder of HealthCare Appraisers, talks about fair market value in both the hospital sector and the life sciences.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Jack Schember	Sales Management: Cleaning House A well-maintained database is the key to maximum doctor outreach.
Managed Care April 2002	What's An E-Mail Consultation Worth? The answer depends on whom you ask. A search of news archives turns up two reported experiments with reimbursement of physicians for e-mail communication with patients...
Managed Care January 2002 Ed Rabinowitz	When Physicians' Skills Fail, Collaboration Beats Punishment New programs hold promise for rehabilitating sound physicians who have, for any number of reasons, lost some of the skills they started with...
Managed Care November 1999 Karen Ignagni	Health Plans Will Use New Tools To Help Physicians Practice Better For the first time, plans are in a position to work with physicians to improve outcomes, efficiency, and patient safety....
Managed Care October 2005 Bob Carlson	What Docs Hate Most About Plans Some insurers seem to have a knack for irritating their network physicians. The list is long, but five categories of irritants seem to recur most often.
American Family Physician November 1, 2000	Policy Center One-Pager The Importance of Primary Care Physicians as the Usual Source of Healthcare in the Achievement of Prevention Goals...
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2012	The Personal Touch in Digital Promotion The shift from sales rep meetings to digital selling methods must include innovation and a physician-centered mindset in order to be successful.
Managed Care April 2000 Tim Olsen	Physician, Tarnish Not Thine Image Doctors who use the news media to criticize others, rather than initiate a constructive dialog about difficult issues such as antibiotic resistance, help erode the profession's influence.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2006 Richard B. Vanderveer	The Information Diet How, when, and why physicians consume information.
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