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Managed Care
March 2006
Patrick Mullen |
Leveling the Field for Docs and Plans: A Conversation with Lucinda (Cindy) Ehnes, JD The director of California's Department of Managed Health Care sees problems if high-deductible plans replace the state's 'delegated model.'   |
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 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 2002
Charles Downey |
The Department of Managed Care California sets a precedent again, with a bold effort to regulate the HMO industry. While the new Department of Managed Health Care is facing down 50,000 consumer gripes monthly, director Daniel Zingale intends to keep administrative red tape from overwhelming everyone... |
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
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 |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
PPOs continue to be favored by covered employees Even in slow economic times, consumers for the most part continue to choose preferred provider organizations over other types of health insurance, even though the choice that PPOs give costs more, according to recent data. |
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. |
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
January 2001
Richard B. Dwore |
Study An Opportunity for HMOs To Use Marketing To Increase Enrollee Satisfaction... |
Managed Care
November 1999
Margaret E. O'Kane |
Quality-Measurement Organizations Look Beyond HMO and POS Plans Now that the hard part -- forging quality-measurement systems for HMOs and point-of-service plans -- has been done, the next step is to adapt these programs to the rest of the health care industry.... |
Managed Care
December 2006 |
Compensation Monitor More than half of the nation's HMOs use pay-for-performance programs. |
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
July 2000
Neville M. Bilimoria, J.D. |
HMOs Continue Losing Ground On Liability Issues at State Level The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision offers a nice breather, but executives should not let down their guard, as an Illinois ruling shows. |
