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Managed Care
December 2000 |
Massachusetts Voters Reject Universal Care Backers of one of this year's most closely watched ballot initiatives say money had everything to do with its defeat...   |
Managed Care
August 2000 |
Headlines on Deadline... Advance Paradigm will buy PCS Health Systems from Rite Aid Corp. for $1 billion... Universal care proposal supporters in Massachusetts try a compromise with legislators... Managed Medicare patients are more costly than patients in fee-for-service Medicare after a stroke... |
Managed Care
July 2000
Bob Carlson |
What Legislature? Health Care Issues Increasingly Going Straight to Voters Residents of Massachusetts and Washington State may have a chance to opt for universal health care, in the form of physician-led ballot initiatives, this November. |
Managed Care
July 2006 |
Headlines On Deadline... Initial bids are in and it appears that premium growth will be slowing... Certification guidelines for health care information technology are in the works... New technology doesn't come cheap... etc. |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
For-profit, not-for-profit enrollment holding about steady While HMOs seemed to be losing enrollees to PPOs, the ratio of enrollees in for-profit and not-for-profit HMOs stabilized in the late 1990s, according to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
Managed Care
May 2004 |
Fed Takeover of Insurance Regs of Minor Concern to Health Plans A recent congressional proposal to create a council that would oversee insurance nationally would affect health insurers, but mostly in the areas of long-term care and disability, according to one expert. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Mass. Revision Technology will play a key role in supporting the Massachusetts healthcare reform legislation - which possibly could serve as a blueprint for a national model - that would establish affordable health insurance for all residents. |
Managed Care
April 2000 |
Financial Stability Of HMOs Called A Mixed Bag An HCIA-Sachs survey says the median HMO profit margin in 1998 was -1.7 percent, slightly better than in 1997. Forty-one percent of HMOs made money in 1998.... |
Managed Care
November 1999
Richard Hamer |
Goals 2000: For HMOs: Administrative Retooling For MDs: Managerial Competency ...While HMOs retrench, physicians need to become more constructive participants.... |
Managed Care
December 2000
Mark D. Abruzzo |
Some States Seek To Close Prompt-Payment Loopholes Many states have laws governing the timeliness of claims payments to physicians, hospitals, and other providers, but few such statutes have any real effect because of lack of enforcement or clarity. Some states are toughening their so-called prompt-payment laws, at the expense of insurers... |
Registered Rep.
October 21, 2002 |
Accused Rogue Broker Puts UBS PaineWebber Under Scrutiny How did a broker get away with his alleged thieving? The Massachusetts Securities Division is investigating UBS PaineWebber's supervisory and compliance procedures in connection with allegations of a broker stealing more than $4 million from clients, according to the state's Securities Division. |
Managed Care
September 2004 |
Headlines On Deadline ... The IRS has given health insurers extra time... HMOs now have more than... Employer-sponsored coverage seems to be eroding... |
Managed Care
November 2000 |
Health Care Issues Force Prosecutors In Many States To Try New Approaches Virtually every item in the news about health care coverage lately, from HMO horror stories to health plan consolidation, from lawsuits to new legislation, means more work for some state's attorney general... |
Managed Care
December 2000
Maureen Glabman |
Downstream Without a Paddle State legislatures that tackle medical group insolvencies have come up with strategies that sometimes shift accountability to HMOs... |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
Maria Woehr |
The Big (Not So) Easy The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee has approved legislation that the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America fears could raise rates for consumers and drive insurers that still are dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina from the Louisiana market. |
