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January 2008
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Geisinger CABG Warranty: A Worthwhile Experiment As an idea, Geisinger's ProvenCare program is a winner. What happens in the marketplace remains to be seen. |
Managed Care
January 2008
John A. Marcille |
Higher Quality Does Mean Lower Cost at Geisinger Geisinger Health System's ProvenCare program seems to work for both sides, and if it does, there is no reason, in principle, that it cannot work with hospitals and plans that are unrelated. |
Managed Care
March 2007 |
Competition Wins Over Centralization Insurers who recommend a particular provider or health care organization to a patient considering a surgical procedure need to determine how complex the procedure is and how frequently the surgeon performs the procedure. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Querna & Fischman |
Good Medical Help Close to Home Your local hospital might be just as good as any glittery big-name center. Finding out if your local hospital is up to snuff requires some homework. Here are the major factors in judging the quality of care, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue. |
Managed Care
January 2004
Martin Sipkoff |
Cardiologists Call Collaboration Heart of Effort To Improve Care Surgeons in nine hospitals formed a study group and then hit the road to learn from peers. Outcomes improved dramatically. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005 |
A Coronary Conundrum Four medical experts weigh in on whether heart surgery prolongs patients' lives or only relieves suffering. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Querna & Fischman |
Good Medical Help Close to Home, Part 2 Community hospitals can provide care on par with any of the glittery big-name centers. Finding out if your local hospital is up-to-snuff requires some homework. Here are the major factors in judging the quality of care, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue. |
AskMen.com
July 28, 2015
Tyson Lowrie |
How To Tell If You Have A Bad Surgeon A new study by ProPublica, a patients' advocacy group, makes a damning claim: a relatively small number of surgeons are causing a disproportionate amount of complications, botched surgeries and occasionally deaths. |
Managed Care
November 2007
Lola Butcher |
Blues Build on CMS Program To Boost Hospital Quality The insurer throws support behind a pay-for-performance program that promises "stunning" advances in cost-effectiveness. |
InternetNews
January 12, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Health IT Joins The 21st Century Employers, as well as state and federal agencies, are pushing a variety of IT-based initiatives that may well begin having tangible effects within five years in the health care industry. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Timothy J. Mullaney |
Saving Lives Shouldn't Be This Hard The health-care system doesn't give patients the tools or the support they need to make confident decisions about choosing doctors, treatments, or hospitals. |
Managed Care
October 2003
Ed Silverman |
Tough Negotiations in Store Between Plans and Hospitals Fallout from the Medicare outlier-payment scandal is likely to force hospitals to try to replace that revenue. Health plans, prepare to negotiate! |
Managed Care
July 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Hospitals Asked To Account For Errors on Their Watch Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and states may stop paying for specific hospital-acquired conditions. Will health plans follow suit? |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2010
Clayton Christensen |
Health Care: The Simple Solution When it comes to reform, we should drop the public-private debate. The way to cut costs is to put care and insurance in the same bed. |
