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Managed Care March 2005	'This Country Cannot Continue With the System We Now Have' As a vice president of Pfizer Health Solutions, a major disease management company, John Sory knows how difficult it is to bring systematic care to the chronically ill. He discusses Pfizer's work with Florida's Medicaid program.
American Family Physician September 15, 2005 Carrie Morantz	Newsletter AAFP Web Resource Answers Questions About Medicare Part D ... Ambulatory Care Quality Standards Endorsed by NQF... NIGMS Allocates $9 Million to Centers for Stem Cell Research... etc.
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The Motley Fool September 1, 2010 Brian Orelli	Dendreon: One Step Closer to Worry-Free Back in July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it planned on reviewing the reimbursement for Dendreon's prostate cancer treatment Provenge.
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American Family Physician February 15, 2007	Newsletter Health Care Alliance Announces Proposal to Cover Uninsured... Health Coverage, Physician Payment Are Priorities for AAFP Chapters... Supreme Court Refuses to Hear NRMP Antitrust Lawsuit... etc.
Nursing Management October 2011 Edna Cadmus	Your role in redesigning healthcare We need to rethink how we provide care and to understand the interconnectedness and the structure of healthcare by looking at it as a whole vs. the sum of its parts. As leaders we need to view the evidence as we rethink healthcare together.
Managed Care December 2001	CMS Medicaid Managed Care Proposal Under Close Scrutiny Bioterrorism. Medicaid managed care plans. No link between them? Guess again. It all has to do with how proposed Medicaid regulations would affect patients' rights and funding for Medicaid programs ranging from nursing home care to emergency rooms...
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The Motley Fool November 10, 2005 David Braze	Who Pays for Long-Term Care? In the second of a six-part series, this installment covers what Medicare and Medicaid cover (and don't cover) for long-term care.
Managed Care December 2001	Economic Boom Over, State Health Budgets Besieged The National Association of State Budget Officers estimated that aggregate state shortfalls for fiscal 2002 could exceed $15 billion...
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American Family Physician October 15, 2005 Carrie Morantz	Newsletter Hurricane Katrina May Stall Pay-for-Performance Legislation... Medicare Deadline Flexible for Patients With 'Creditable Coverage'... Research Finds Low EHR Adoption Rates for Physician Groups... etc.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	Worry-Free Dendreon? One step closer to national reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to pay for its prostate cancer treatment Provenge.
American Journal of Nursing April 2012 Kit S. Devine	The Underutilization of Emergency Contraception Despite the availability of effective contraceptive methods, unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant health problem for women throughout the world and in the United States.
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.
American Family Physician February 15, 2003	Newsletter House Bill May Reclaim Title VII Family Practice Training Funds... Health Care Spending in the United States Increased by 8.7 Percent in 2001... Two Surveys Demonstrate Negative Economic Impact of Medicaid Reductions... AHRQ Releases Fact Book on Women's Health Care in U.S. Hospitals... FDA Establishes Task Force on Consumer Nutrition Health Information...
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Shop and Compare Insurers and payers believe that more comparative information on medical treatments will save money and improve care, but such analysis may be costly to pharma.
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.
American Family Physician May 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter CMS to Cover Shortfalls in States' Children's Health Insurance Funds... Reports Find Costs Restrict Health Technology Implementation... Family Physician Gives Invited Testimony on EHR Difficulties... etc.
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American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter AAFP adopts new physician workforce policy to counter family physicians shortage... Medicare and Medicaid services propose allowing use of part D data for research initiatives... etc.
Managed Care April 2004	Medicaid DM To Get Boost From CMS The federal government plans to give Medicaid disease management a lift by matching the money states pay to run such programs.
American Family Physician December 15, 2005 Sarah J. Evans	Newsletter AAFP, ACP, AOA Urge Congress to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts... HHS Awards Emergency Health Care Aid to Louisiana Katrina Victims... HHS Grants Contracts for Nationwide Health Information Network... etc.
Nursing Management March 2010 Becker & Schmidtke	All along the watchtower: Suicide risk screening, a pilot study Patients will continue to die if healthcare organizations don't take action and appropriately assess patients at risk for suicide in general hospitals.
Managed Care April 2005 John Carroll	Can Managed Care Programs Rein in Medicaid's Runaway Budgets? Cadillac or Yugo care for the poor? Fee-for-service or managed care? The states have a lot on their minds as the Medicaid monster grows and grows.
American Family Physician January 15, 2007	Newsletter Congress Passes Legislation That Prevents Medicare Payment Cut... Congress Approves Extension of Physicians for Underserved Areas Act... HHS Unveils Four Cornerstones of Value-Driven Health Care System... etc.
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