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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? |
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. |
Financial Advisor June 2010 Andrew Gluck |
Advising Doctors As medical economics change for the worse, both physicians and their financial advisors are getting organized. |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Your Doctor Is Killing You ... Financially What the doctor does has a big effect on how much health care costs. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Arlene Weintraub |
A Remedy For Malpractice Malaise Hospitals are offering free coverage to recruit doctors from private practice |
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 July 2003 Ed Silverman |
A Little Something For the Physicians Health plans know that getting along with physicians is important, and many are trying new initiatives. Here are some successes. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Suzanne Sataline |
Code Blue? Many financial planners say their physician clients are fretting that they won't have enough money saved to retire on schedule, and that their savings won't hold through their elderly years. |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Drew Armstrong |
The Simplest Rx: Check on Your Patient Doctors and insurers cut costs by sharing information. |
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 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. |
BusinessWeek April 23, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
Doctors' Pride: A Hurdle to Digital Medicine A forerunner in New England found that some physicians would sooner cut ties than see their elite status threatened. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
Strong Financial Medicine Specializing in health care professionals is an advisory specialty that is now both worthwhile and in high demand because of the complexity of issues that come along with serving medical practitioners. |
Managed Care June 2003 |
Malpractice Fury Raises Concerns About Access Protests by physicians over rising malpractice insurance premiums may be signaling a political shift that could make doctors see Republicans as their allies, a public-advocacy official thinks. |
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... |
Fast Company March 2015 Julie Makinen |
Apricot Forest Fixes What Ails Chinese Health Care Apricot Forest offers a suite of three apps that aim to fix some of the core inefficiencies in China's medical system. Twenty-five percent of China's 2.5 million doctors now use at least one of the apps, as do about 2,000 new physicians every day. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 David A. Twibell |
House Calls Working with physicians can be rewarding, but to be successful, advisors need to develop the skills to tackle the unique problems facing doctors. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 James Warren |
Commentary: General Practitioners Need to Make More Money These doctors are grossly underpaid compared with specialists. A federal panel wants to reduce the discrepancy. |
BusinessWeek June 17, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
Why the AMA Will Likely Support Health-Care Reform Obama's plan might lower specialists' pay, but it would help primary-care doctors, save the industry billions, and please voters. |
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. |
Managed Care October 2000 Maureen Glabman |
Giving Some Ground to Physicians Helped Turn Health System Around One hospital system accepted the general wisdom a few years ago by acquiring physician practices. Now it bucks the new wisdom by holding on to them... |
Salon.com December 1, 1999 James B. Stewart |
Who's watching the docs? The code of silence in hospitals allows deadly mistakes to happen, but some simple reforms could help... |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Paul Greenberg |
Medical Education: Real-Time CME News-based CME helps doctors stay on top of new medical information and changes in treatment -- before their patients do. |
BusinessWeek March 4, 2010 Clayton Christensen |
Health Care: The Simple Solution When it comes to reform, we should drop the public-private debate. The way to cut costs is to put care and insurance in the same bed. |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Long-Haul House Calls Doctors are commuting across the European Union to ease shortages. |
Managed Care February 2002 |
Industry Braces for Fallout From Docs' Malpractice Woes Malpractice insurance premiums are going up so quickly that many physicians are feeling pressure to stop offering certain procedures, to move to states that are friendlier to medical practices, or even to retire early... |
Managed Care February 2004 John Carroll |
Brave New World, Old-Fashioned Fear Advances are coming at a furious rate. Health plans find it difficult to separate the cost-efficient from the rest. |
AskMen.com Jon Skindzier |
The Everyman Dream Health Plan This article lays out a dream health care plan that has been composed of the best individual elements from different systems around the world. However, not all of it may be practical. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2006 Richard B. Vanderveer |
The Information Diet How, when, and why physicians consume information. |
Entrepreneur October 2009 |
Candid Talk From Both Sides of the Health-Care Issue An employee and an HR exec at a Midwestern financial services company spar over the cost of health care coverage. |
Seasoned Cooking November 2004 Michael Fick |
Take Charge of Your Health Care The U.S. health care system is the best in the world, but is heavily burdened. The only way to insure you are getting the best care is to get involved. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Ame Wadler |
PR: In the Loop Pharma marketers can help doctors stay abreast of the news. |
Managed Care September 1999 Ed Rabinowitz |
Is There a Doctor in the House? The per-visit cost of a house call is high, but used judiciously, this practice can lower overall medical costs -- not to mention provide better care. |
Managed Care November 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Health insurance costs only increase by 9.2 percent this year....Humana agrees to pay $40 million in settlement... Department of Health and Human Services fails to report several medical malpractice claims... |
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. |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 |
The Doctor: Dr. Lauren Koniaris Online prescribing and record-keeping free her up for patients. |
Managed Care March 2005 |
Physicians, Plan at Odds Over Autoworker Coverage The Michigan State Medical Society and the Michigan Osteopathic Association are suing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan after the health insurer cut 500 doctors from its provider network. They allege the insurer is trying to strong-arm them into reducing physician fees. |