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Managed Care
December 2001 |
Survey: HMOs confused about HIPAA privacy regs Though the clock is ticking for HMOs to comply with new privacy guidelines under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, indications are that many companies are confused about what they need to do...   |
Salon.com
June 13, 2000
David McGuire |
Immune from liability The Supreme Court blocks a potentially important legal path for people who want to sue HMOs. Now, the spotlight is on Congress. |
Managed Care
November 1999
John La Puma, M.D. |
Expanding HMO Liability: Ethical, But Not the Point ...Many states are not waiting for the federal debate about expanding HMO liability to play out... |
Managed Care
January 2002 |
To Save Money, Employers Reduce Number of Plans Offered to Workers The days of employers scrambling to provide a choice of health benefits packages to lure and keep employees may be ending. The New York Times reports that large companies across the country are sharply reducing the number of HMOs they offer... |
Managed Care
March 2000
Mark D. Abruzzo |
Beating Obesity Begins By Expanding Tort Reform It's been suggested that, in order to battle obesity, HMOs should use their collective information and knowledge to change their members' behavior.... |
Managed Care
March 2006 |
Will HMOs' Robust Profits Make Good Political Fodder? Those looking for any excuse to bash HMOs, including political gain, will turn anything into a weapon, including a recent study pointing to healthy profits. |
Managed Care
April 2000
John A. Marcille |
What Works, What Doesn't: From IPAs to Risk Sharing Some would say that IPAs, more than HMOs, appear to be about love of medicine more than hatred of rising costs. However, the two systems need not be antagonistic. In fact, IPAs can help HMOs in so many ways... |
Managed Care
November 1999 |
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Suit Against HMOs Over Incentives Can HMOs be sued for the practice of offering bonuses to physicians who help them keep the cost of care down?... |
Salon.com
February 12, 2002
Laura Miller |
Better than a saint A new biography removes Abraham Lincoln's halo, revealing a man whose sheer human goodness remains mysterious... |
Managed Care
July 2000
Neville M. Bilimoria, J.D. |
HMOs Continue Losing Ground On Liability Issues at State Level The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision offers a nice breather, but executives should not let down their guard, as an Illinois ruling shows. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2011
Mark Alexander |
A Healthy Disposition Healthcare systems are capitalizing on increased demand to diversify assets and free up cash. |
Managed Care
November 1999
Margaret E. O'Kane |
Quality-Measurement Organizations Look Beyond HMO and POS Plans Now that the hard part -- forging quality-measurement systems for HMOs and point-of-service plans -- has been done, the next step is to adapt these programs to the rest of the health care industry.... |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
Success Tips From Abraham Lincoln Although matching the specifics of Abraham Lincoln's career might not be a fair standard to set for oneself, we can still be informed by his general tenor and character. |
Managed Care
January 2001 |
More HMOs to fold, consolidate in 2001 More than six dozen HMOs have characteristics that put them in danger of going out of business, according to projections by InterStudy publications... |
Managed Care
December 2006 |
Compensation Monitor More than half of the nation's HMOs use pay-for-performance programs. |
Managed Care
July 2002
John A. Marcille |
Capitation as Whipping Boy: Court Takes on Touchy Issue If plans are to keep coverage decisions reasonable and fair, they'll need tools that involve physicians and patients in the decision-making process. Capitation is one of those. |
Managed Care
September 2005 |
HMO Profits up, But at a Much Slower Rate Overall, the HMOs' profits increased 10.7 percent in 2004, according to data collected from 515 managed care organizations. |
