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Managed Care
June 2003
John Carroll |
Howard Dean, MD, Sees Universal Coverage as a Realistic Goal The former Vermont governor at first greeted managed care with good will. Now, however, he thinks it is shortsighted in its dealing with doctors. Unlike President Bush, he wouldn't call on it to rescue Medicare.   |
Managed Care
September 2006 |
We Can't Avoid Tough Decisions Forever Former Reagan administration official Jeanne Scott is working to change how health information is processed. However, that's only part of the solution. |
Managed Care
April 2006
Patrick Mullen |
A Conversation with Paul Fronstin, PhD: Current Crop of Consumer-Directed Plans More 'Lite' Than 'Heavy' Paul Fronstin, a senior research associate at the Employee Benefit Research Institute, speaks about Medicare, health benefit trends, and managed care. |
Managed Care
May 2005 |
Implementing Medicare Part D Could Get Ugly This expert who hopes to help everybody adjust, nevertheless expects big headaches come Jan. 1, 2006. However, e-prescribing could make the drug plan work. |
Managed Care
March 2005 |
'This Country Cannot Continue With the System We Now Have' As a vice president of Pfizer Health Solutions, a major disease management company, John Sory knows how difficult it is to bring systematic care to the chronically ill. He discusses Pfizer's work with Florida's Medicaid program. |
Managed Care
April 2004 |
What's Past is Prologue? Don't Bet on It Many things that were supposed to happen -- like electronic medical records -- didn't, this health care futurist reminds us. Tomorrow needs to be shaped. |
Managed Care
April 2000 |
Advocate says: Physicians, Hospitals To Lose Clout And Numbers The colorful president of the People's Medical Society foresees fewer hospitals, more DM, "teledocs," and an end to legislation by body part. |
Managed Care
June 2005 |
Giving More Than a Nod To the Wave of the Future An interview with the director of regional informatics programs through the Vanderbilt Center for Better Health and Accenture professor of biomedical informatics about how his love of medicine and fascination with technology continue to drive his work in the field. |
Managed Care
November 2000
Patrick Mullen |
Don't be fooled Don't be fooled, warns noted health care economist J.D. Kleinke: High-quality care costs more, not less. The Internet will increase demand for the best care... |
Managed Care
July 2004
Patrick Mullen |
Matthew Holt: Internet Pundit Thrives on the Biggest Issues Integrated health care systems are seizing the momentum in care coordination from HMOs, says the author of the well-read Internet Healthcare Blog. |
Managed Care
October 2007 |
Lessons From the Front: A Conversation with William Winkenwerder Jr., MD, MBA The former assistant secretary of defense for health affairs says that much that he learned might be applicable to the commercial sector. |
Managed Care
December 2006 |
A Conversation With Michael L. Millenson: Health Care Reform Movement Has Only Scratched Surface Michael L. Millenson has long been frustrated by the pace of change says that - ready or not - health care reform is finally on the way. |
Managed Care
June 2007 |
A Conversation with Jonathan Weiner, DrPH: Mixing Population-Based Care With Market Controls The United States' health care system needs consumer and market controls to succeed, but it can't rely on only those two factors. |
Managed Care
September 2001 |
Personal Freedom Called Key to Coverage Tom Miller, the director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, says choice matters more than antiquated systems... |
Managed Care
December 2000
Patrick Mullen |
Employer Demands Will Change Healthcare The CEO of a large Florida employer coalition insists that the information that companies are beginning to demand will force the industry to change... |
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. |
Managed Care
August 2001
Patrick Mullen |
The Expanding Role of Pharmacists Lobbying in Washington, monitoring state legislation and generally looking out for the interests of pharmacy programs run by health care plans and pharmacy benefit managers, Judith Cahill leads the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy at an exciting, critical time... |
Managed Care
March 2006
Patrick Mullen |
Leveling the Field for Docs and Plans: A Conversation with Lucinda (Cindy) Ehnes, JD The director of California's Department of Managed Health Care sees problems if high-deductible plans replace the state's 'delegated model.' |
Managed Care
November 2005
Patrick Mullen |
This Biologics Industry Spokesman Knows That Health Plans Can Only be Won Over by the Financial Argument. Biotech's focus is expanding from products that treat relatively rare diseases to treatments for conditions that affect much larger populations, including various cancers, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma because of health plan costs. |
Managed Care
January 2006 |
Is Managed Consumerism the 'Third Way'? The health care economist says that consumers ought to share in the savings from making the right choices. Insurers, providers, and hospitals should make sure that options exist. |
Managed Care
October 2000
Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Steven B. Epstein, J.D. This pioneering medical legal authority says health plans and physicians should stop fighting over scraps the government throws them... |
Managed Care
June 2002 |
'We Changed The Way Kaiser Makes Decisions, Views Itself' Lawrence's tenure as Kaiser CEO came at a tumultuous time for the country's largest classic HMO. An interview with David M. Lawrence. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Patrick Mullen |
Jeff Goldsmith Deny the increasing importance of the Internet at your peril, says the noted health care futurist. Faster connections, smarter applications are needed... |
Managed Care
April 2001
Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Alan F. Holmer With the ever-rising cost of prescription drugs generating an outcry to reform Medicare, PhRMA's president finds himself in the eye of the storm... |
Managed Care
May 2004 |
'Random Gifts of Information' Should Never be Ignored The CMO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is hopeful that the goal of true population management is near. |
Managed Care
September 2000 |
Interview: Peter Boland Will the electronic revolution overthrow managed care? Not necessarily, but it may help define a new role for MCOs not far in the future... |
