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Managed Care July 2007 Tom Reinke	Better Ways to Pay Providers Paying for coordinating care and for packages of services -- bundling and episodes of care -- may be the best bet for a modification of the unfettered fee-for-service system.
Managed Care June 2005 Martin Sipkoff	The Re-Emergence of the Primary Care Physician A new model of care developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians places primary care physicians back at the center of care delivery.
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.
American Family Physician May 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter CMS to Cover Shortfalls in States' Children's Health Insurance Funds... Reports Find Costs Restrict Health Technology Implementation... Family Physician Gives Invited Testimony on EHR Difficulties... etc.
American Family Physician January 15, 2007	Newsletter Congress Passes Legislation That Prevents Medicare Payment Cut... Congress Approves Extension of Physicians for Underserved Areas Act... HHS Unveils Four Cornerstones of Value-Driven Health Care System... etc.
Managed Care March 2006 Taylor & Eck	It's Time for CMS to Release Physician Medicare Claim Information The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services is a rich source of price and quality data. Isn't it about time it shared that data?
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Managed Care May 2006 Michael Levin-Epstein	Looking for a Better Way To Manage Care Can primary care physicians persuade health plans and Medicare to accept their version of the chronic care model?
American Family Physician February 15, 2007	Newsletter Health Care Alliance Announces Proposal to Cover Uninsured... Health Coverage, Physician Payment Are Priorities for AAFP Chapters... Supreme Court Refuses to Hear NRMP Antitrust Lawsuit... etc.
Managed Care March 2008	CMS Hybrid Payment System Shows Promise Combining Medicare fee-for-service payments with new incentive programs could help physician groups save money for Medicare and reach quality-of-care targets.
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American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Sarah J. Evans	Newsletter AAFP Survey Shows Increased Use of EHR Systems by FPs... AHRQ Launches New Health Care Program... AAFP Asks Members to Join Title VII Campaign... AHRQ Rewards Over $22.3 Million for Health Information Technology... etc.
American Family Physician April 15, 2005	Newsletter Demand for Subspecialists May Jeopardize Public Health... CDC Survey Reveals Limited Use of Electronic Health Records Systems... SAMHSA Offers $12.4 Million in Grants for Child Trauma Initiative... etc.
American Family Physician September 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter CMS Issues Guidance on Part D vs. Part B Coverage Determination... Residents, Students Adopt Resolutions on Drug Samples, Universal Care... CMS Proposes Changes to Outpatient Services Policies and Payment... etc.
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Managed Care February 2008 Martin Sipkoff	Why Is It So Tough to Deliver On E-Prescribing's Promise? The push to mandate this electronic tool is increasing in intensity, but dealing with costs and coming up with standards remain obstacles
Managed Care October 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Medicare Demonstration Projects Seek To Coordinate Chronic Care The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is awaiting the results of landmark demonstration programs to determine if improved Medicare services can be furnished to chronically ill patients without increasing costs...
Managed Care July 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Is Pay for Performance Part of the Cure or the Problem? Paying for performance promises improved quality, reduced cost, and higher income for doctors. So why are some of them worried?
Managed Care May 2007 Frank Diamond	Medicare Advantage Hits Jackpot with Private Fee-for-Service Plans The secret to the success of Medicare private fee-for-service plans is as old as gold. Will beneficiary satisfaction force Congress to keep the faucet turned on?
American Family Physician November 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel	Newsletter AAFP Selects New Officers and Board Members for Upcoming Year... AAFP Chooses 2005 Family Physician of the Year... Physicians in Shortage Areas Will Get Bonus Fee Payment in 2005... etc.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: "D" Is for Data It is critical for Medicare to address important questions on drug safety and utilization, and about how prescribing decisions affect health outcomes and costs.
Managed Care August 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Soaring Price of Cancer Drugs Leads Plans To New Approaches Insurers are trying different methods, from pay for performance to promoting preventive care, to hold down cost of chemotherapy drugs.
Managed Care May 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	Following the Leaders Top pay-for-performance programs point to increased focus on hospital incentives, efficiency measures, coordination, and standardization.
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter Physician Leaders, Congress Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Cuts... Insurance Data May Build Pressure for Overhaul of Health Care System... IOM Finds Investment of Resources Inadequate to Address Obesity Crisis... etc.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Erik Felker	Elephant or Specialist? The Bush Administration has put in place the groundwork for new market forces that will forever change how pharmaceuticals are commercialized. Although the long-term impact of this change is not known, unprepared companies are at a serious disadvantage.
Managed Care October 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Medicare+Choice Reform: Hope, but No Quick Action Expected There have been small accomplishments, and wheels have been churning for more forceful action -- that is, they were until Sept. 11...
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Managed Care January 2005 Alice G. Gosfield	P4P: Transitional at Best Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs promise a fair shake for provider and insurance plan, but a former chairman of the National Committee for Quality Assurance sees many design flaws to overcome.
Managed Care March 2002 Michael Levin-Epstein	Illinois's Medicare Drug Program Called 1st Stab at National Reform The Illinois demonstration program gives the state permission to use federal and state Medicaid dollars to provide prescription drug coverage for 365,000 low-income, elderly Medicare beneficiaries...
Managed Care April 2006	Pay-for-Performance Champions Excited by California Program's Success A quality incentive program in California is yielding results that could be replicated in Medicare and other pay-for-performance (P4P) programs nationwide according to a new report.
American Family Physician September 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel	Newsletter AFMO Launches Web Site for Family Medicine Research... CMS Eliminates Grace Period for Expired Codes... AAFP Publishes Resource for Starting a Medical Practice... AAFP Board Approves Recommendation to Double EB CME Credit... etc.
Managed Care June 2002 John Carroll	DM and Medicare: A Marriage Made in Heaven? With a budget of about $230 billion for 40 million patients, many with chronic ailments, is it any wonder that disease management and Medicare are courting?
American Family Physician August 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter IOM Report Finds Medication Errors Injure 1.5 Million Persons Annually... CCHIT Completes First Round of Ambulatory EHR Product Certification... AAFP Study Examines Reasons for Family Medicine Residency Closures... etc.
Managed Care September 2002	Medicare holds down physician pay Compensation increased at a comparatively small rate from 2000 to 2001 for both primary care physicians and specialists, according to the Medical Group Management Association.
Managed Care May 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Will Pay for Performance Programs Introduce a New Set of Problems? Paying incentives to physicians to practice evidence-based medicine appears to be an idea whose time has come. Such programs -- even if successful -- may create a new set of problems.
Managed Care December 2007 John Carroll	How Doctors Are Paid Now, And Why It Has to Change Everyone knows about the perverse incentive of fee-for-service medicine, but that hasn't had much effect on its use.
American Family Physician July 15, 2005 Carrie Morantz	Newsletter AMA, AAFP Act to Protect Patients' Access to Prescriptions... AHRQ Releases Updated Guide to Clinical Preventive Services... HHS Awards $80.5 Million in Grants to Reduce Infant Mortality Rates... etc.
Managed Care December 2006	Headlines On Deadline ... Medicare officials plan to launch a pay-for-performance demonstration project next year for solo and small physician practices... A quarter of Fortune 1000 companies are expected to have on-site clinics by the end of 2007... etc.
Managed Care April 2002 Frank Diamond	Medicare+Choice: Uncertain Future for Unstable Program While policy makers haggle over President Bush's budget request for the system, an ominous question looms: Can money solve all the problems?
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Managed Care October 2007 John Carroll	Medicare Coverage Rules Are Not Always Last Word Yes, commercial health insurers often take a cue from the government, but that doesn't mean that they follow blindly.
American Family Physician May 15, 2003 Matthew Neff	Newsletter FDA, CDC Respond to Increasing Threat of SARS... HHS Releases HIPAA-Related Documents on Patient Privacy Standards... New Research Journal, Annals of Family Medicine, to Debut This Month... HHS Announces $15 Million Health Initiative Focused on Prevention
Managed Care April 2006 John Carroll	Some Specialist Societies Feel Left Out of AMA-CMS Deal on P4P Many physicians question the fairness of a deal between the American Medical Association and the government that give doctors a bonus when they follow certain rules.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Genevieve Ressel	Newsletter AAFP Launches Online Quality Improvement Program... NIH Issues New Guidelines for Managing Asthma During Pregnancy... ABFM Extends Deadline for 2004 Self-Assessment Module... etc.
Managed Care May 2002 Patrick Mullen	Interview: Thomas Scilly In a candid, wide-ranging interview, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator counsels patience in solving the myriad problems of health care. A fix could take 20 years
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Nursing Management April 2011 Deborah E. Trautman	Healthcare Reform: 1 Year Later A year after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law, the nation remains divided.