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Managed Care
January 2001 |
More HMOs to fold, consolidate in 2001 More than six dozen HMOs have characteristics that put them in danger of going out of business, according to projections by InterStudy publications...   |
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
March 2001 |
Premiums outstrip medical costs for first time in 6 years Whether this pricing tactic helps health plans return to profitability remains to be seen, but it appears the industry's financial picture is brightening... |
Managed Care
February 2002 |
Where HMOs go head to head Almost three quarters (74.2 percent) of the 72.3 million HMO members in metropolitan areas are in large markets... |
Managed Care
July 2000 |
Bed days higher in smaller markets? Not with commercial plans When it comes to hospitalization, patients in cities have long spent less time in hospital beds than those in smaller markets. New data suggest this is still true for Medicare and Medicaid members -- but where commercial plans are concerned, the mean days-per-thousand figure was lowest in small markets. |
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
June 2001 |
Few Seem To Use POS Option To Go Out of Network Point-of-service plans, in which members can see an out-of-network provider for higher out-of-pocket cost, are among the options employers offer with increasing frequency... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
When to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance Long-term care insurance pays out financial benefits to help you pay the expenses of nursing homes and home health care. Should you buy now, wait, or just skip the whole thing? |
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
March 2000 |
Headlines on Deadline... Congressional Budget Office estimate of employer premium increase from Bipartisan Managed Care Improvement Act... Dot MD, the first internet vanity domain... etc. |
Managed Care
December 2000 |
Headlines on Deadline... Physician fees under Medicare will go up an average of 4.5 percent next year... The number of HMOs participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan dropped by 40 percent... The California Public Employees' Retirement System has seen a 40-percent increase in medical costs... etc. |
Managed Care
June 2004 |
Providers Retain Upper Hand Over Health Plans Hospitals in recent years have been successful in getting higher rates, decreasing their exposure to risk and obtaining other advantageous contract provisions from health plans, according to a new study. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2005 |
Do You Need Long-Term Care Insurance? Don't put off at least thinking about it. Here are some quick guidelines to help determine your long-term care insurance needs. |
Managed Care
April 2000 |
Financial Stability Of HMOs Called A Mixed Bag An HCIA-Sachs survey says the median HMO profit margin in 1998 was -1.7 percent, slightly better than in 1997. Forty-one percent of HMOs made money in 1998.... |
Managed Care
November 1999
Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D. |
Defined Contributions Will Point Employees Toward 'Health Marts' Companies will want to distance themselves from insurance entanglements, giving employees little option but to become more involved.... |
Managed Care
February 2002 |
Industry Braces for Fallout From Docs' Malpractice Woes Malpractice insurance premiums are going up so quickly that many physicians are feeling pressure to stop offering certain procedures, to move to states that are friendlier to medical practices, or even to retire early... |
Managed Care
September 2005 |
HMO Profits up, But at a Much Slower Rate Overall, the HMOs' profits increased 10.7 percent in 2004, according to data collected from 515 managed care organizations. |
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.... |
Managed Care
May 2002
Sharon Baker |
Self-Funded HMOs on the Rise Escalating premiums, changing attitudes play a role in employers' decision to take on the same thing that burned many physicians: financial risk |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2012
Laurence Lannom |
Science, Publishing, and Digital Libraries The steady and sometimes overwhelming increase in the output of science, both in publications and especially in data, is a great challenge and a great opportunity. |
Managed Care
April 2007
Daniel Y. Patterson |
HMO - 21st Century Model The history of HMOs has been one of conflict between plans and physicians. Could global specialty capitation be a better way? |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Emil Lee |
Insurance Industry Basics: Premiums What are they, and how do they work? Like great value investors, great insurance companies do business only when risk-adjusted returns are favorable. |
Managed Care
September 2002
Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Richard L. Hamer Market-research organization InterStudy's director says that the push for patients' rights has grown into a concern for quality directed mainly at doctors. |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
Large HMOs Do Well While Small Ones Slide Weiss Ratings reports that the nation's HMOs lost a collective $187 million during 1999, despite the positive performance of most of the country's largest managed care organizations... |
Managed Care
April 2001
Frank Diamond |
Why HMOs Could Thrive In the Economic Downturn It happened in the slump of the early 1990s, and it could very well happen again. Managed care feasts while other industries starve. People will still get sick, even in bad times... |
Information Today
April 7, 2011 |
GSA and GPO Partner With Google to Offer Free Government Publications The program is making available 100 consumer-related Federal Government publications distributed through GSA's Federal Citizen Information Center on Google Books. |
Managed Care
October 2003
MargaretAnn Cross |
Some HMOs See Dividends In Charging Deductibles This may be one way to regain profitability, though getting permission from government regulators may take some doing. |
Managed Care
July 2000
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Congress Asked To Take Action As HMOs Flee Managed Medicare Thanks mainly to the increasing cost of providing a prescription drug benefit, HMOs are exiting Medicare+Choice, the system that was supposed to manage the health of the nation's senior citizens, in droves. Only an act of Congress can save Medicare+Choice, but is seems doubtful that will happen. |
Managed Care
March 2006 |
Will HMOs' Robust Profits Make Good Political Fodder? Those looking for any excuse to bash HMOs, including political gain, will turn anything into a weapon, including a recent study pointing to healthy profits. |
Managed Care
October 2004 |
Kaiser Seen as Biggest Earner as HMO Profits Soared in 2003 The good times rolled on for the nation's HMOs in 2003. The industry nearly doubled its profits, earning $10.2 billion, an 86 percent increase from the $5.5 billion it earned in 2002. |
Information Today
September 21, 2009 |
New EBSCO Database for the Food Industry Food Science Source includes hundreds of publications, food industry and market reports, and benchmarks and best practices. |
Managed Care
August 2000
Mark D. Abruzzo, J.D. |
Supreme Court Ruling Encourages Greater Awareness Among Patients To you and me, the court's holding in Pegram means that patients cannot sue HMOs under ERISA for giving doctors financial incentives to hold down costs. However, as is typical with many court decisions, this makes one wonder whether it doesn't take on a much greater meaning. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Safety Insurance Avoids Collision An increased dividend, a 4% increase in the company's book value, and a proven ability to control costs in the face of steep, mandated cuts have made Safety Insurance a formidably savvy investment. |
