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Managed Care
January 2005
Private Practice Physicians Find Dual Role Challenging When it comes to balancing the role of business owner and practicing physician, many private practice doctors are having a tough time of it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2001
Demand's cool for primary care physicians Although they're not quite an endangered species, primary care physicians aren't exactly in high demand these days, either. That's been the experience of a national physician search and recruitment firm... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2001
Physician income trends vary by specialty In tracking the salaries of primary care physicians and specialists over a decade, the Medical Group Management Association has documented similarities and differences in trends based on specialty... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2002
Money isn't everything Physicians are fairly happy with their incomes, but unhappy with the number of hours they have to work, as well as with the ancillary duties involved in practicing medicine, according to a survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2005
Economically, country mouse does better Although lower income in rural areas is often cited as an obstacle to recruitment of physicians, one study suggests rural and urban areas do not differ significantly - at least, in terms of income. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2002
Radiologists, anesthesiologists in demand Radiology is the name of the game in physician recruitment today. Studies have also seen increased demand for another traditionally hospital-based specialty -- anesthesiology mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2005
Christopher Lisanti
Physician Frustration Doctors have had enough. But reps can still redeem themselves. As the industry thinks about new sales force models, it should look beyond ROI numbers, toward a new paradigm that not only works for pharma, but also for its customers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
David A. Twibell
House Calls Working with physicians can be rewarding, but to be successful, advisors need to develop the skills to tackle the unique problems facing doctors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
April 2006
"MD" Doesn't Mean "Mostly Digital" How technologically backward are U.S. doctors? Here are some statistics. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2002
What's An E-Mail Consultation Worth? The answer depends on whom you ask. A search of news archives turns up two reported experiments with reimbursement of physicians for e-mail communication with patients... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2001
Harry L. Leider
HMOs Need To Share Gains of DM Programs Physicians are more likely to buy in if they see better outcomes -- and financial rewards that go with them... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2006
Fewer Doctors Contract with Managed Care Although it was stable in the mid-1990s, the proportion of physicians without any managed care contracts rose from 9.2 percent in 2000-2001 to 11.5 percent in 2004-2005, according to a report. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2000
Internet revolution not yet impressing most physicians For all the potential of the Internet to erase old physician doubts about integrating information technology into everyday practice, scant few doctors have embraced it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2007
MargaretAnn Cross
What the Primary Care Physician Shortage Means for Health Plans Insurers fear rising costs and poorer outcomes if members are less able to get appointments with family physicians and general internists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2005
Sibyl Shalo
Out to Lunch? For the average pharma rep, a 13-minute sales oriented meal trumps a 60-second office visit, any day of the week. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2006
Paul Greenberg
Medical Education: Real-Time CME News-based CME helps doctors stay on top of new medical information and changes in treatment -- before their patients do. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
December 2006
Compensation Monitor More than half of the nation's HMOs use pay-for-performance programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
October 2000
How you fare under capitation Warren Surveys talked to about 50 HMOs and community based health plans in 1999 to tally what they were paying physicians in capitation and risk-arrangement contracts... mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Brandon Glenn
Cardinal Health Sees Opportunity (but Faces Challenges) in Specialty Drugs Is Cardinal up for the challenge? mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
November 1999
Karen Ignagni
Health Plans Will Use New Tools To Help Physicians Practice Better For the first time, plans are in a position to work with physicians to improve outcomes, efficiency, and patient safety.... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
September 1999
New Fee Schedule For Medicare Helps Office Docs ...Office-based physicians will receive slightly higher fees, up to a 1-percent increase, while most hospital-based doctors will see fee reductions of up to 1 percent.... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2006
Physician Satisfaction Study Surprises A new study suggests that physicians working in areas where there is an extensive medical infrastructure are less happy with the quality of the care they provide than doctors working elsewhere. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
February 2001
Denver Docs Bolt Aetna Before It Ends 'All-Products' Some 8,000 Denver-area residents were left to find new doctors when 240 physicians affiliated with MedWest Medical Group dropped Aetna U.S. Healthcare in a dispute over contract terms. The doctors did not renew their Aetna contract when it expired Jan. 31... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
January 2006
Compensation Monitor A recent poll reveals that doctors distrust pay for performance programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
March 1, 2007
Jeffrey Zornitsky
Sales Management: Get Committed By better managing relationships with physicians, pharma companies can develop a base of dedicated prescribers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2007
John J. Bowen
Rx for Affluent Physicians Here's how financial advisors can approach the wealth management challenges of one attractive niche market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
November 2002
Combating the coming physician shortage 38 percent of the nation's 740,000 physicians are 50 or older -- that's one of the reasons that health care faces a coming shortage of doctors. Martin/Fletcher estimates that 250,000 will be needed over the next 10 years to replace those lost to retirement and other reasons. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
December 2007
John Carroll
How Doctors Are Paid Now, And Why It Has to Change Everyone knows about the perverse incentive of fee-for-service medicine, but that hasn't had much effect on its use. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2000
Karen L. Trespacz, J.D.
League of Their Own: What Makes a Winning IPA? In a familiar cartoon, a professor writes long, learned equations on a blackboard. To connect the profundities on either end, he writes in the middle, "Then a miracle occurs." IPAs, done well, are the miracles that connect the ends of health care. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
October 2004
Does Payment Method Drive Procedure Rates? In a study involving three large HMOs, researchers reviewed encounter and claim data for specialty services associated with different rates of performance of invasive procedures. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com
Tara Weiss
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor There were once many rewards to being in the medical profession. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. Those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2000
Physicians Fudge Insurance Forms To Help Patients A study confirms what has long been considered common but is rarely discussed: Physicians often lie about patients' conditions to gain or improve coverage for their treatment. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
October 2005
Salary Slowdown Reported for Specialists Compensation growth for specialists fell behind that of primary care physicians in 2004 for the first time in several years, according to a survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2005
Alana Klein
Medical Education: Preferred Providers Many physicians favor CME programs affiliated with university or medical societies over hospital-run programs or those self-accredited by medical communications agencies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2000
Cigna Colorado Ends Capitation For Most Primary Care Physicians In a strategic move aimed at retaining and recruiting top physicians, Cigna HealthCare of Colorado has dumped capitation. In late February, the insurer began paying most of its physicians in the state on a discounted fee-for-service basis.... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2007
Compensation Monitor Most docs break bread with pharma. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2002
Patients' unpaid bills come from physicians, hospitals With health care costs rising and the number of uninsured Americans close to 40 million, physicians and hospitals are feeling the pinch. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2006
Physicians' Real Income Continues to Fall Adjusted for inflation, physicians' net income from the practice of medicine declined 7% between 1995 and 2003, according to a national study. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2007
Managed Care Outlook The future holds too few docs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2000
Texas-Aetna Incentives Settlement Worries Some Capitated Physicians If the Texas deal ignites a trend away from the use of incentives to keep utilization down, then some capitated physicians worry it will put them in a tight spot. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
November 2005
Frank Diamond
Physicians and Plans Can Get Along Hill Physicians Medical Group, one of the largest IPAs in the country, has learned to deliver what managed care plans want mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2001
Physicians Urged To Tell Patients: 'Change Behavior' Some leaders in health care say measurable improvements in public health could occur if physicians would use their bully pulpit a bit more... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2001
Compensation, patient-care time vary widely by practice size Self-employed physicians who practice with one or more other doctors tend to spend more time in patient-care activities than solo practitioners -- and their compensation reflects that... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
November 2006
Arthur Lazarus
Expert Opinions Create Liability for Physicians Physicians cannot rely on courts, drug companies, or HMOs to protect their freedom of speech. Their experience and knowledge form the foundation of all medical opinion. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2001
In Calif., Bonuses Based on Quality, Not Cost Savings Blue Cross of California has decided to move away from the traditional managed care incentive of rewarding physicians for controlling medical costs, and instead will implement a program in which physicians receive bonuses for quality of care and patient satisfaction... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2007
Physicians Oppose Public Disclosure of Quality Although 3 out of 4 primary care physicians support the use of financial rewards as an incentive for better medical care, the majority would rather not make quality assessments readily available to the public, according to a recent survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2005
Zimmerman & Fay
Marketing to Professionals: Dr. Ambassador The pharma industry is under siege in the news media. Smart companies must create a role for physicians as ambassadors who can raise patient confidence in drugs and the pharma industry as a whole. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
October 2000
Maureen Glabman
Giving Some Ground to Physicians Helped Turn Health System Around One hospital system accepted the general wisdom a few years ago by acquiring physician practices. Now it bucks the new wisdom by holding on to them... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2000
John A. Marcille
EMR: New Idea Collides With Old Human Nature What would "Give-'Em-Hell Harry" make of electronic medical records?... mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2009
Why All the Bad Buzz? European docs have always been down on pharma - but now the US is catching on. Perhaps pharma has oversold the "service model." mark for My Articles similar articles