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BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Drew Armstrong |
The Simplest Rx: Check on Your Patient Doctors and insurers cut costs by sharing information. |
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. |
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The "Naughty List" You Want Your Company On Athenahealth is out with its annual review of how quickly health insurers are paying the claims that doctors make for services. |
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Like Coupons, Only Better Companies that provide medical products and services and are lowering their costs should do well in this environment. |
BusinessWeek October 10, 2005 Howard Gleckman |
Medicare's Big Experiment The coming changes to Medicare aim to cut costs while improving care. Sound familiar? |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Understanding Medicare: Claims In general, Medicare provides a level of coverage that is fairly similar to what private health insurance plans offer. Here are some tips for getting the most from it. |
BusinessWeek September 16, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
The Truth About Malpractice Lawsuits President Barack Obama tapped into a large vein of public support when he suggested recently that he is open to reforming medical malpractice laws. |
AskMen.com Nick Kennedy |
The Health Care Debate: The Basics The real debate that's sucking the air out of the country and turning cozy town hall meetings into WWE smackdowns is the issue of health care reform. |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Mackey and Health Care -- What the Heck? Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is in the news with his own health care proposal. |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now Employers and hospitals don't have to wait for Congress to address inefficiencies and waste. |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Health Insurers Hammered. Again. Health insurers were blown away by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' announcement that it plans to raise the 2010 Medicare Advantage payment rates by only 0.5%. |
BusinessWeek October 1, 2009 Sasseen & Arnst |
Why Business Fears the Public Option Executives contend that it will lead health-care providers to charge patients in private plans higher rates. |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2008 Brian Orelli |
What's That Test Going to Run Me? Get the real scoop on your medical bills before you leave your doctor's office. |
Financial Advisor June 2010 Andrew Gluck |
Advising Doctors As medical economics change for the worse, both physicians and their financial advisors are getting organized. |
AskMen.com Dustin Driver |
How To Check A Doctor's Credentials Here's a five-step plan to finding a good doctor. |
BusinessWeek November 20, 2008 |
Financial Triage Innovative ways that hospitals are looking at patient finances. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Obamacare: Something for Everyone to Hate Health insurers saw more to love, though. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Brian Orelli |
What Bipartisan Health-Care Reform Means for Investors Republicans and Democrats will debate on TV, but little may come of it. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Health Care: The Patient Will Live, But... Employers and consumers will continue to get hammered by rising premiums, but health-care costs will rise a bit more slowly, which is good news for insurers. |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2010 |
Industrial Methods Can Reduce Health Care Costs Health care providers should heed the lessons learned on the manufacturing floor as they grapple with a costly and complex medical system. |
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Peter Waldman |
Aetna's Rx for High Doctor Fees: Lawsuits Aetna's legal campaign against expensive out-of-network charges is just the latest attempt by insurers to restrain soaring health costs. |
Managed Care December 2002 Diane Cook |
Beware the Hidden Consequences of the Malpractice Crisis Soaring malpractice insurance rates are thinning out provider ranks in at least a dozen states. Could access problems pose issues for HMOs in those areas? |
The Motley Fool July 31, 2009 Brian Orelli |
A Health-Care Investor's Nightmare When it comes to health-care reform, no news is not good news; the House's recent plan to delay voting on a health-care reform bill until September should have investors reaching for the antacids. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Brian Orelli |
IT Gets Healthy There's an Apple joke in here somewhere. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Arlene Weintraub |
A Remedy For Malpractice Malaise Hospitals are offering free coverage to recruit doctors from private practice |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Leif Wellington Haase |
To Our Health With healthcare costs continuing to spiral out of control, it's time for Americans to take a serious look at solutions. |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Sasseen & Arnst |
Who Picks Up the Tab for Health Reform Insurers and taxpayers are likely to pay big chunks of the $900 billion bill to overhaul the nation's health-care system. Doctors will feel the least pain. |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Mullaney & Weintraub |
The Digital Hospital Information technology saves lives and money at one medical center, perhaps becoming the future of health care. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Baucuscare: Who's Paying? You are -- indirectly, of course. But nobody said reform would be cheap. |
Fast Company Elizabeth Segran |
Doctor Visits Are So 2014 For scrappy startups, going up against the health care system sometimes seems like an impossible task. But fortunately, major players in the industry, such as McKesson, are pushing for change as well |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Medical-Device Makers' Killer: Health-Care Inflation High prices have painted their targets. |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2004 Rich Smith |
Translating Your Doctor Bill A lawsuit is currently in the works aiming to overturn an unfunded federal mandate that requires federally funded hospitals, clinics, and doctors to make translators available to patients who speak limited English. |
BusinessWeek January 7, 2010 Catherine Arnst |
Hospitals: Radical Cost Surgery A hospital that slashes costs - and delivers high-quality care as it innovates? Yes, it exists. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Rick Kahler |
Healthcare on the Critical List Even if Congress does enact a new law, it seems that the same old problems will remain, at least for the next few years. So let's take a careful look at what's at stake. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The Health Benefits of Obama's IT Obsession Digital health records are on their way. Which companies are ready to benefit from this new technology? |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Timothy J. Mullaney |
This Man Wants To Heal Healthcare David Brailer's job is to sell Bush's plan for rewiring American medicine. If he can, it could save lives -- and hundreds of billions of dollars. |
CFO May 1, 2009 Josh Hyatt |
Strong Medicine Boosted by a substantial injection of cash from the federal stimulus bill, electronic medical records may help relieve the pain of rising premiums by improving efficiencies in the medical system. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2007 Humphrey Taylor |
Opinion: Inappropriate Behavior Do doctors prescribe needless care? Will healthcare costs drop if patients decide whether treatment is necessary? It's time to start talking. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 22, 2004 Martha Lagace |
Does the Medical Industry Deliver Value? When the discussion turns to healthcare reform, we get sidetracked on issues such as soaring costs. The real issue is, what is the most effective way to treat a disease or condition? |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 |
The Tech Guru: Dr. Gerard Burns A former trauma surgeon champions life-saving data |
Managed Care March 2005 John Carroll |
Going on the Offensive Against Defensive Medicine The $60 billion to $108 billion that could be saved through tort reform would help 2.4 million to 4.3 million uninsured get coverage, the government claims. |
CIO February 1, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Off the Charts An electronic medical records system at the University of Illinois Medical Center did more than transform communication, it converted the least likely users into technology believers. |
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. |
CIO December 15, 2009 Kim S. Nash |
Data Sharing That Benefits Customers At Children's Hospital Boston, sharing more data, securely, promises healthier, more satisfied patients. |
Managed Care July 2000 |
Lee N. Newcomer joins Vivius The former senior VP for health policy at UnitedHealth Group joins a company that aims to shift power from HMOs to patients and physicians. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The Health Reform Witch Hunt Congress warms up the tar and feathers for health-insurance execs. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Pat Wechsler |
The Coming U.S. Doctor Shortage Health-care reform will mean 30 million more patients -- and bigger crowds in waiting rooms |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Timothy J. Mullaney |
Hunting For Hospitals That Measure Up New Web sites can help you become an educated health-care consumer |
Managed Care January 2006 Maureen Glabman |
What Doctors Don't Know About the New Plan Designs Physicians are fairly ignorant of what consumer-directed health care will mean to them in terms of relations with patients and health plans. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Medicare Choices What are Medicare private fee-for-service plans and why did their fortunes rise and fall so dramatically? Most important, if these plans survive in their current form, should advisors suggest them for clients enrolled in or approaching Medicare eligibility? |