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Managed Care
February 2001 |
2001 Could Be Good Year For Managed Care Industry Median earnings for managed care organizations are expected to grow 17 percent this year, according to a forecast by Merrill Lynch. The report suggests that while enrollment increases will remain tepid, well-positioned companies will benefit from increased market share...   |
Managed Care
September 2007 |
NCQA Standards Focus on PPO Performance Preferred provider organizations that are seeking National Committee for Quality Assurance accreditation will now be required to report clinical quality results through HEDIS. |
Managed Care
July 2005
MargaretAnn Cross |
Momentum Shifts Toward Consumer-Directed Plans Looking at past enrollment shifts and at the evolution of managed care can shed light on how to compete in the new market for account-based consumer-directed care. |
Managed Care
March 2007 |
NCQA Toughens Evaluation of PPOs Preferred provider organizations will be evaluated on the same set of standards, clinical measures, and patient experience ratings that the NCQA uses to evaluate HMOs and POS plans. |
Managed Care
April 2001
Michael Levin-Epstein |
PPO Performance Hard To Gauge; Comparisons to HMOs Not Reliable It's long been said that PPOs, by their varied nature, can't be held to the same quality yardsticks as HMOs. Yet, in time, something will have to suffice... |
Managed Care
November 2000 |
For first time ever, HMO enrollment drops in 1999 National HMO enrollment fell by 400,000 last year, from its all-time high of 81.3 million. For at least two years, a wider array of managed care products and an ever-smaller pool of people still covered under indemnity plans slowed the rate of HMO enrollment growth... |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
For-profit, not-for-profit enrollment holding about steady While HMOs seemed to be losing enrollees to PPOs, the ratio of enrollees in for-profit and not-for-profit HMOs stabilized in the late 1990s, according to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
Managed Care
December 2004 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Preferred Provider Organizations participating in Medicare Advantage can satisfy federal oversight requirements if they've already received accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. |
Managed Care
June 2004
John Carroll |
This Regulator Works For the Governator California is the only state that has a department that deals exclusively with HMOs. A new sheriff's in town. |
Managed Care
November 1999
Richard Hamer |
Goals 2000: For HMOs: Administrative Retooling For MDs: Managerial Competency ...While HMOs retrench, physicians need to become more constructive participants.... |
Managed Care
November 2003 |
Study Says PPOs Don't Mix Well With Medicare Despite the will and wishes of many members of Congress, Medicare and preferred-provider organizations will not mix well, Mathematica Policy Research warns in a recent report. |
Managed Care
October 2005 |
Rx Trend Moderates While PPO Costs Increase Trends for prescription drug coverage will slow down in 2006 to levels that are closer to those of medical coverage, according to a survey. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2006 |
Preferred Stock, Explained Like common stock, shares of preferred stock represent partial ownership of a company. Preferred stock isn't really meant for individual investors, though. |
Managed Care
October 2007 |
Managed Care Outlook Medical costs, utilization rates decline again. |
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September 23, 2005 |
Preferred Stock 101 Know what preferred stock really is before you invest in it. |
Managed Care
September 2004 |
Headlines On Deadline ... The IRS has given health insurers extra time... HMOs now have more than... Employer-sponsored coverage seems to be eroding... |
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September 10, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
High-Yield Stocks That Are Riskier Than You Think Preferred stocks pay higher dividends, but they aren't bulletproof. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
The latest blow to managed care? The Texas attorney general's decision in the Aetna case is the latest in a long string of events that has gutted the fundamentals of managed care. Many in health care think that some or all of these developments have stripped health plans of their ability to manage care effectively.... |
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Chris Jones |
Class of the Titans Can preferred stock quench investors' thirst for yield? |
Managed Care
February 2007 |
Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage Rates Falling A new report says that that 61 percent of non-elderly Americans had employer-sponsored insurance in 2004, compared to 66 percent in 2000. |
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February 8, 2010
Rick Steier |
Gentlemen Prefer Dividends Preferred stock can offer outstanding dividends, capital appreciation, and security to boot. |
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June 26, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
A Better Way to Boost Your Dividends? Don't get confused about preferred stock. |
Managed Care
August 2006 |
Slowdown in Premium Increase Expected to Continue Into 2007 The only thing falling in terms of health care costs seems to be the rate of increase of premiums - good news for employers and other purchasers. |
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October 2011
Bruce W. Fraser |
Lost In The Crowd For all their risks, preferred ETFs offer high yields, good liquidity and diversification. |
