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Managed Care July 2002 Frank Diamond |
Premium Hikes: No Cause for Celebration Lost market share and further erosion of public trust will be the long-term by-products of this short-term solution. |
Managed Care September 2001 Michael D. Dalzell |
Where Will Health Plans Find The Next Generation of Savings? The industry realizes that it needs to get creative -- or perish, at least in the form it has taken. Employers won't stand long for double-digit premium hikes. With much of the fat already wrung out of care delivery, where will health plans find that next generation of cost savings? |
Managed Care September 2007 John Carroll |
Do Out-of-Pocket Payments Put Preventive Care on Hold? Studies by Cigna and Humana challenge some long-held assumptions about high-deductible plans. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2013 |
Roundtable on Market Access Market Access is a window on what matters in the real world of soaring patient expectations and crimped payer budgets for innovation. |
Managed Care December 2002 Patrick Mullen |
Placing Faith in Technology To Improve Members' Choices Not many companies' organizational charts list a 'chief innovation officer.' At Humana, it brings visibility to a high-tech strategy for reducing care fragmentation. |
Managed Care February 2002 Mick L. Diede & Richard Liliedahl |
Getting on the Right Track Converging forces are an economic train wreck waiting to happen. Avoiding a disaster requires an understanding of the interconnection of health care's stakeholders and the global consequences of their actions... |
Managed Care September 2003 MargaretAnn Cross |
Consumer-Directed Health Care: Too Good To Be True? People talk about it as the sure way to control costs and give consumers the choice they seem to want. Are we being realistic? |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2014 William Looney |
The Call to Community: A Conversation with Dr. David Nash Population health is the foundation for much of what is truly new in US health reform. For big Pharma, it represents yet another escalation in expectations. |
Managed Care December 2005 John Carroll |
Consumers Don't Know What They Don't Know Experts have been taking a close look at health literacy in America and have concluded that this is one area where even relatively well-educated people will have trouble finding their way. |
Nursing Management November 2011 Mary Ann Remshardt |
The Impact of Patient Literacy on Healthcare Practices With regard to patient teaching, how can healthcare personnel be certain that patients understand concepts basic to informed consent, hospital safety, dietary restrictions, and prescription information? |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Ben Comer |
Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Drug Coverage, Costs Under Scrutiny Benefits offered by insurance plans on health exchanges and through Medicare are raising concerns about patient access to needed therapies |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Robin Hertz |
The Endless Treadmill of End-of-Life Care Bending the cost curve back to valuing the cycle of life. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
What Price Innovation? Payers, drug plans seek clear assessment of drug value to rationalize high drug prices. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Outrage Grows Over Drug Pricing Insurers, physicians attack high-cost therapies in anticipation of specialty drug surge. |
Managed Care October 2004 Martin Sipkoff |
Not So Much of a Reach: Let Sick Pay Less for Drugs The idea is radical and simple: Those who need medication the most should pay the least. There is evidence that this is cost-effective. |
Managed Care August 2001 Steve Perlstein |
Four-Tier Approach Injects Consumerism Into Drug Benefit In tying copayments closely to the actual cost of medications, Humana takes a step toward promoting awareness of resource use... |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2011 |
Off-Label But On Point? Use of off-label drugs is a balancing act for physicians, and poses even more problems for pharma. The FDA is moving slowly to help. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2005 Lena Chow |
Docs of Shanghai They're short on status, pay, and respect, but China's young doctors hold keys to the world's fastest growing pharmaceutical market. |
Managed Care June 2007 MargaretAnn Cross |
What the Primary Care Physician Shortage Means for Health Plans Insurers fear rising costs and poorer outcomes if members are less able to get appointments with family physicians and general internists. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Jennifer Ringler |
The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout? |
Managed Care August 2004 Martin Sipkoff |
Bad Tiered Formulary Designs Yield Poor Outcomes, High Cost Now that tiered formularies rule the land, what many suspected is being demonstrated: Compliance is suffering and so, too, are patients. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Who Will Pay for New Drugs? Comparative research documenting value and affordability is key to obtaining coverage for high-cost therapies. |
Managed Care August 2001 Frank Diamond |
Consumers Dare You to Just Say 'No' The backlash has helped push a Patients' Bill of Rights forward, challenging the very nature of cost containment. Ironically, enrollees may be shortchanged... |
Managed Care July 2001 Maureen Glabman |
Provider Shortage Puts HMOs In Bind Increasing demand for physicians and physician extenders is starting to strain the system. To a large extent, this is unexpected bitter fruit of managed care's labor... |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Ben Comer |
The Active Patient: Faces Of Change Advocacy organizations and individual patients are getting more involved in every facet of the healthcare system, from drug R&D, to federal and state policy all fueled by the hour-to-hour passion of living with a disease and having access to social media. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Lauri Mitchell |
Who Pays for Specialty Medicines? Providers and patients fish for that delicate balance between access and abandonment. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2012 Feam & Lagus |
Providing Access Now While regulatory frameworks and medical practices differ between countries, many patients still need early access to new drugs. Industry can help. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2013 Joseph Saba |
New Rules for a New Africa Declining revenue growth in the United States and Europe have sent pharmaceutical companies in search of opportunities in the BRICs and other emerging economies. Now, companies are finally turning their attention to Africa. |
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. |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2009 John Carey |
Giving Patients the Data They Need A growing effort by doctors, insurers, and politicians helps people make better-informed medical decisions |
Managed Care November 1999 Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D. |
Defined Contributions Will Point Employees Toward 'Health Marts' Companies will want to distance themselves from insurance entanglements, giving employees little option but to become more involved.... |
Managed Care May 2004 Frank Diamond |
Care Coordination Strikes Right Chord Care coordination -- which, for the purposes of this article, means optimal management of people with multiple chronic diseases to improve outcomes and cut costs -- just suddenly seems a lot more doable. The thing that may make care coordination work this time, is technology. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 O'Connor et al. |
Challenges to the Specialty Business Model New constraints require new solutions. Innovative, value-based pricing models will be critical to securing reimbursement and continued market access of high-price drugs. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2006 Humphrey Taylor |
Opinion: Unintended Outcomes for Consumer-Drive Insurance So-called "consumer-driven" health insurance is designed to help informed consumers make better decisions about their medical treatment. But the high deductibles associated with these plans are affecting the end goal. |
CFO February 1, 2007 Karen M. Kroll |
Pin the Tail on the Doctor A dearth of information leaves health-care consumers in the dark. As health-care information becomes more accessible, will employees use it to purchase health-care services more intelligently? |
Managed Care December 2003 Frank Diamond |
Dr. Do-Good and Mr. Bottom-Line How medical directors reconcile the contradictory demands of physician and executive roles. |
Managed Care June 2001 Frank Diamond |
HMO/Physician Strain Creates Invisible Costs Perhaps goodwill is too much to ask for. However, peaceful coexistence can certainly help all players reach their mutual goal -- a smooth relationship that helps to get the job done... |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Al Topin |
Doctors' Words No Longer Gospel In the digital age, physicians don't call the shots when it comes to healthcare guidance. Marketers must appeal to multiple sources in seeking ways to garner patient adherence and loyalty. |
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. |
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. |
Managed Care March 2004 John Carroll |
Narrow Networks' Broader Vision Throughout the late 1990s, the fashion in managed care networks was bigger and bigger. These days, though, health plans around the country have begun sizing up so-called narrow networks once again. |
Managed Care June 2004 |
90 Million Left In Dark About Medical Info The rush to create consumer-directed health plans might not go as far as some hope, based on findings in a recent study by the Institute of Medicine. |
Nursing Management October 2011 Edna Cadmus |
Your role in redesigning healthcare We need to rethink how we provide care and to understand the interconnectedness and the structure of healthcare by looking at it as a whole vs. the sum of its parts. As leaders we need to view the evidence as we rethink healthcare together. |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Drew Armstrong |
The Simplest Rx: Check on Your Patient Doctors and insurers cut costs by sharing information. |
Managed Care August 2006 Frank Diamond |
Return to Jackson Hole? The Push for a Standard Benefit A nationwide discussion about making health care available to all Americans gives new life to an old idea. |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Terhune & Weintraub |
Take Your Meds, Exercise -- and Spend Billions Washington wants to pump big money into so-called disease management, though there's scant evidence that it works. |
Managed Care October 2007 John Carroll |
Early Tiered Networks Encounter Many Obstacles From dodgy data to uncooperative doctors, difficulties confront health plans that are trying to stratify providers by cost and quality. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 1, 2015 Carmen Nobel |
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care Thomas Feeley is on a quest to make payment procedures for cancer patients easier, hopefully less expensive, and in the process help change how health care is delivered in America. |