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Managed Care
March 2006 |
Managed Care Outlook Health care spending in the United States is expected to grow at the current rate through 2015.   |
Managed Care
February 2007 |
Medicare Part D Cost Increase Estimate Lowered Net Medicare Part D costs for fiscal year 2008 are estimated to be 30 percent less than projected when the benefit was created back in 2003. |
Managed Care
June 2006 |
All Insurers Face Similar Spending Growth The rapid rate of growth in health spending relative to national income is raising concern among policymakers -- is the U.S. health care system financially stable? |
Managed Care
July 2006 |
Public Payers Foot Greater Pharmacy Costs Through 2005, private health insurance had covered most of the cost of prescription drugs. That picture is changing as public payments, mostly under Part D, are projected to exceed private health insurance and out-of-pocket payments. |
Managed Care
February 2002 |
Hospital costs lead way in health care expenditures The share of the gross domestic product attributed to health care increased slightly more than overall GDP growth from 1999 to 2000 -- the first time that's happened in nine years... |
Managed Care
May 2007 |
Managed Care Outlook Milder health care spending cycle seen. |
Managed Care
March 2006 |
Prescription Drug Cost Increase Lowest Since 1994 A slowdown on spending for prescription drugs is credited for leading the slowing in health care costs overall, according to a recent study. |
Managed Care
April 2005 |
Medicare Modernization Act to Increase Public Sector Spending Nearly 50 Percent While the burden on the public sector to supply health care benefits to Medicare and Medicaid enrollees will increase, on the private side, a reevaluation of current forms of health insurance coverage may take place as growth in premiums continues to outpace growth in compensation. |
Managed Care
March 2006 |
Health Costs Expected To Hit $4 Trillion in 2015 The amount the U.S. spends on health care will reach $4 trillion, or about 20 percent of gross domestic product in 2015, according to a report by the National Health Statistics Group, a division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Prescription Drug Benefit Gaining In Election Year Considered a dead issue just weeks ago, a prescription drug benefit in Medicare is suddenly thought to be the health care issue with the best chance for passage this year.... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors Faces Uncertain Future The discussion about adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare will be put on hold... |
National Defense
April 2008
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Impending Collision Between Military Needs and Resources The latest release of the federal budget request to Congress and the submission of the military services' unfunded requirements lists are clear indicators of the serious fiscal problems the nation must confront. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Prescription Drug Talk Cooled Off Faster Than a Texas Thunderstorm Medicare reform -- and especially prescription drug benefits within Medicare -- no longer appears to be the burning issue it once was on Capitol Hill. The culprits: priorities and money... |
Managed Care
August 2004 |
Medicaid Fees Rise, But Still Below Medicare A recent study reports that 30 states raised their Medicaid fees at or above the rate of inflation, including 10 that raised physician fees by more than 35%. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let This Kill Your Retirement Social Security and Medicare look sick. Here's how to handle it. |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
Quick Fix May Be in Store for M+C, But Meaningful Change Likely To Wait Whatever diversion prescription drug proposals have provided, Medicare+Choice is back on Congress's radar screen. While sentiment is again running strong among legislators to address the wounded program, Congress is now racing a clock ticking ever closer to the elections... |
Managed Care
March 2007 |
Use of Generics On the Rise Recent data indicate that generic medication accounts for nearly 60% of the drugs dispensed to people in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage plans. |
Managed Care
February 2006 |
For Drugs, the VA Pays Far Less Than Medicare A recent survey indicates that prices for the top 20 drugs used by Medicare enrollees are much higher than prices negotiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
Managed Care
April 2002 |
More Than Just 'Chipping' Away at Problem of Uninsured Children CHIP (the Children's Health Insurance Program) continues to grow by leaps and bounds. About 4.6 million children in the U.S. received coverage through CHIP in fiscal year 2001. That's an increase of 38 percent from fiscal year 2000... |
Managed Care
July 2002 |
CBO Weighs Effect of Growing Deficit on Fed Programs Health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid figure to suffer, thanks to a growing federal budget deficit, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office. |
Managed Care
March 2002
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Illinois's Medicare Drug Program Called 1st Stab at National Reform The Illinois demonstration program gives the state permission to use federal and state Medicaid dollars to provide prescription drug coverage for 365,000 low-income, elderly Medicare beneficiaries... |
Reason
January 2004
Julian Sanchez |
Rose-Colored Calculators Advocates of Medicare and Social Security reform have long complained that fuzzy accounting makes the programs appear to be more fiscally sound than they are. CBO projects that by 2075, the two programs together will consume 16 percent of GDP, more than double the current level. |
Managed Care
October 2002 |
Though M+C Erosion Slows, Reimbursement Still an Issue The exodus of health plans from Medicare+Choice will moderate somewhat next year, offering hope that the struggling system can make a comeback. |
Managed Care
September 2002 |
Medicare holds down physician pay Compensation increased at a comparatively small rate from 2000 to 2001 for both primary care physicians and specialists, according to the Medical Group Management Association. |
Registered Rep.
October 10, 2014
Mark Miller |
Healthcare Inflation is on the Mend Tame healthcare inflation is good news for your retired clients. |
Managed Care
October 2007 |
Managed Care Outlook Medical costs, utilization rates decline again. |
Knowledge@Wharton
July 30, 2003 |
Restructuring Medicare Is a Riskier Operation than First Thought Hailed as a bipartisan success when passed in late June, two Medicare reform bills are losing some of their luster as they face closer scrutiny by a conference committee made up of members of both chambers charged with reconciling the legislation this fall. |
Insurance & Technology
April 19, 2005
Wendy Toth |
MMA Means Modernization Policy management systems will need to be updated to provide prescription drug benefits and additional healthcare choices to people who rely on Medicare in accordance with the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. |
Managed Care
May 2001 |
New Privacy Rules May Provide Boost For IT Companies For all the whining about HIPAA from providers and payers, there are reports that a growing share of them are beginning to see the value of it in long-term savings... |
Managed Care
February 2006 |
Managed Care Offered to More Medicaid Enrollees A chart illustrates the percentage of medicaid enrollees in managed care, for the years 1996 to 2004. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
Michael P. Cecil |
Will Medicare Negotiate With Drug Companies? One of the bedrock principles of our economic system is that those buying more of a product receive a discount. Wouldn't empowering Medicare to save taxpayers' money be widely embraced as a great idea? But how would pharma investors see it? |
Managed Care
January 2008
Peter Kongstvedt |
The Managed Care Forecast Here are some of the challenges that health insurers face this year. |
Managed Care
December 2003
John A. Marcille |
Will a Gift From Congress Rebuild Public Confidence? Medicare reform is another way of digging out from under the PR muck. Make it work, make it better than it was before and even the industry's harshest critics will have to admit that managed care does good while it does well. Failure is not an option. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2005
Patrick Clinton |
Playing Doctor Why Congress plans to ban erectile dysfunction drugs from Medicare and Medicaid, and why they shouldn't do it. |
Managed Care
March 2006 |
Financial Picture Looking Better For Part D News about financing the massive Medicare Part D program is good these days - or at least better. |
Managed Care
April 2002
Frank Diamond |
Medicare+Choice: Uncertain Future for Unstable Program While policy makers haggle over President Bush's budget request for the system, an ominous question looms: Can money solve all the problems? |
Managed Care
February 2005 |
Medicare's Drug Coverage Seeks To Strike Compromise Health plan officials are still trying to determine just how the final rules for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit will affect them, because it appears that government officials tried their best to address the competing concerns of all players. |
Managed Care
January 2005
Leary & Farley |
Health Plans Slow To Adopt Outpatient Prospective Payment The private sector drags its feet over Ambulatory Payment Classifications. Here are some suggestions to move acceptance along. |
National Defense
March 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Follow the Bouncing Ball of Defense, Federal Budgets: Disoriented Yet? Across the entire spectrum of military programs, affordability has become a predominant theme. As one senior official said, "It is no longer readiness at any cost, it is readiness at best value." |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2008
Brian Lawler |
Medicare, Health Care, and Megabucks A new government report forecasts big growth in health-care spending in the next ten years, meaning there will be some major growth opportunities in the pharmaceutical sector. |
Managed Care
March 2001 |
Bush: Medicare Drug Benefit Tied To Overall Reform Working quickly, President Bush has drafted the first half of his prescription drug plan for Medicare and sent it to Congress... |
National Defense
April 2006
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
The Coming Challenge for Defense As we observe ongoing war developments, defense strategy and budget trends, it is impossible to not notice that red flags are everywhere. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2011
Jill Wechsler |
An 'A' for Advancing Expectations As head of both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mark McClellan has been at the center of public policy affecting the pharmaceutical industry over the last decade. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2009
Devon Rackle |
Home Health Investors, Be Warned Trends in compensation, proposed compensation reductions, and excessive industry margins spell trouble for the home health provider sector. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Fate Worse than Debt: Can the U.S. Deficit Rise to $45.47 Trillion? The U.S. government's future obligations outweigh its projected revenues so heavily that it would need a permanent income tax increase of 66% or the immediate elimination of all federal discretionary spending to put it on track for balancing its finances. |
Managed Care
March 2002 |
NCQA To Help CMS Monitor Quality of M+C Plans The National Committee for Quality Assurance has been tapped to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA) monitor plans that participate in Medicare+Choice... |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
This Expense Could Wipe You Out You probably already realize that a significant amount of your spending in retirement will go toward health care. But you may still be surprised when you see the actual average price tag. |
Managed Care
August 2002 |
24 States Hope Pharmacy Plus Helps Medicaid Twenty-four states may gamble that providing a prescription drug program to low-income elderly who do not qualify for Medicaid could save them money in the long run. |
Managed Care
February 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
As Drug Payment Model Changes, Confusion Grows Among Insurers Purchasers are hopeful that life after "average wholesale price" will be simpler, fairer, and, with luck, easier to grasp. |
Managed Care
May 2005
Martin Sipkoff |
Health Plans Undaunted By Medicare Part D Despite the seeming Gordian knot of regulations associated with Medicare Part D, health plans figure the benefit-to-risk ratio is squarely in their favor. |
