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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... |
Managed Care August 2001 |
In Calif., Bonuses Based on Quality, Not Cost Savings Blue Cross of California has decided to move away from the traditional managed care incentive of rewarding physicians for controlling medical costs, and instead will implement a program in which physicians receive bonuses for quality of care and patient satisfaction... |
Financial Advisor June 2005 David L. Lawrence |
Finding And Keeping Great Employees Things to do---and to avoid---when it's time to grow your financial advisory staff. |
Managed Care July 2002 |
Money isn't everything Physicians are fairly happy with their incomes, but unhappy with the number of hours they have to work, as well as with the ancillary duties involved in practicing medicine, according to a survey. |
Managed Care January 2002 Ed Rabinowitz |
When Physicians' Skills Fail, Collaboration Beats Punishment New programs hold promise for rehabilitating sound physicians who have, for any number of reasons, lost some of the skills they started with... |
Managed Care April 2000 Mark Abernathy |
Avoid Common Problems In Risk-Sharing Contracts These arrangements too often become a hindrance instead of a help. Simple precautions today can help prevent major headaches later on. |
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... |
Managed Care November 2000 Michael Levin-Epstein |
Don't Count on Data Bank Being Opened Any Time Soon What are the chances that Congress will soon enact legislation that will allow the public to tap into the National Practitioner Data Bank electronically to obtain information about its providers' professional history and conduct? Somewhere between slim and none... |
Managed Care April 2000 Karen L. Trespacz, J.D. |
League of Their Own: What Makes a Winning IPA? In a familiar cartoon, a professor writes long, learned equations on a blackboard. To connect the profundities on either end, he writes in the middle, "Then a miracle occurs." IPAs, done well, are the miracles that connect the ends of health care. |
Managed Care April 2000 Tim Olsen |
Physician, Tarnish Not Thine Image Doctors who use the news media to criticize others, rather than initiate a constructive dialog about difficult issues such as antibiotic resistance, help erode the profession's influence. |
Managed Care July 2001 Harry L. Leider |
HMOs Need To Share Gains of DM Programs Physicians are more likely to buy in if they see better outcomes -- and financial rewards that go with them... |
Managed Care October 2005 Bob Carlson |
What Docs Hate Most About Plans Some insurers seem to have a knack for irritating their network physicians. The list is long, but five categories of irritants seem to recur most often. |
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... |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2013 Al Topin |
Less Selling, More Time What can happen when pharmaceutical reps focus on the physician-patient conversation? |
Managed Care August 2001 |
GAO: Consultants Point Docs Toward Federal Law Violations The General Accounting Office has found that some health care consultants have been advising physicians to do things that conflict with federal laws and that may be unethical... |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Jack Schember |
Sales Management: Cleaning House A well-maintained database is the key to maximum doctor outreach. |
AskMen.com May 7, 2001 Michael Bucci |
Handling Criticism With Class The capacity to handle criticism and grow from it is a very important aspect of becoming successful... |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Musacchio & Hunkler |
More Than a Game of Keep Away The Prescribing Data Restriction Program takes effect in July. The AMA explains how individual doctors can keep their prescribing habits safe from reps, and how pharma can keep using the anonymous data -- if the industry polices itself. |
Managed Care November 2000 Bob Carlson |
E-Health's Greener Pastures The trend is unmistakable: Physician executives are leaving their high-pressure, high-paying jobs at health plans, and are starting from scratch in the nascent e-health industry. The lure? A chance to leave their mark on something... |
AskMen.com April 15, 2001 Joshua Levine |
Choosing The Right Doctor Choosing a doctor is one of the most important decisions you can make. It's probably best made when you are healthy and have some time to think about a number of possibilities. If you don't have a doctor or are thinking about changing doctors, now may be the best time to look... |
Managed Care May 2000 |
Physicians Fudge Insurance Forms To Help Patients A study confirms what has long been considered common but is rarely discussed: Physicians often lie about patients' conditions to gain or improve coverage for their treatment. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2011 Cabacungan & Clark |
New Ways to Gain New Brand Insights If you can learn to understand patient and physician behavior, you are well on your way to strengthening the position of your product. |
Managed Care May 2001 Jack McCain |
Use of Hospitalists: Another Case of 'May' vs. 'Must' Despite a movement to ban mandatory use of these physicians, their numbers and influence are rising as their roles become better understood... |
Managed Care July 2003 Arthur Lazarus |
Physician Executives Don't Have To Go It Alone Mentors and support groups can help you avoid being fired. And if the worst does happen, they can facilitate your comeback. |
Managed Care November 2005 Frank Diamond |
Physicians and Plans Can Get Along Hill Physicians Medical Group, one of the largest IPAs in the country, has learned to deliver what managed care plans want |
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 January 2005 |
Private Practice Physicians Find Dual Role Challenging When it comes to balancing the role of business owner and practicing physician, many private practice doctors are having a tough time of it. |
Managed Care May 2000 |
Texas-Aetna Incentives Settlement Worries Some Capitated Physicians If the Texas deal ignites a trend away from the use of incentives to keep utilization down, then some capitated physicians worry it will put them in a tight spot. |
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 December 2000 Mark D. Abruzzo |
Some States Seek To Close Prompt-Payment Loopholes Many states have laws governing the timeliness of claims payments to physicians, hospitals, and other providers, but few such statutes have any real effect because of lack of enforcement or clarity. Some states are toughening their so-called prompt-payment laws, at the expense of insurers... |
Managed Care August 2000 |
Internet revolution not yet impressing most physicians For all the potential of the Internet to erase old physician doubts about integrating information technology into everyday practice, scant few doctors have embraced it. |
Managed Care February 2001 |
Denver Docs Bolt Aetna Before It Ends 'All-Products' Some 8,000 Denver-area residents were left to find new doctors when 240 physicians affiliated with MedWest Medical Group dropped Aetna U.S. Healthcare in a dispute over contract terms. The doctors did not renew their Aetna contract when it expired Jan. 31... |
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 November 1999 Karen Ignagni |
Health Plans Will Use New Tools To Help Physicians Practice Better For the first time, plans are in a position to work with physicians to improve outcomes, efficiency, and patient safety.... |
Managed Care April 2001 |
Compensation, patient-care time vary widely by practice size Self-employed physicians who practice with one or more other doctors tend to spend more time in patient-care activities than solo practitioners -- and their compensation reflects that... |
Managed Care March 2000 |
Tracking the Tracker of Health Care's Trends The president of the Medical Group Management Association encourages changes that would bring physician practice and medical record-keeping in step with the times, and decries the lack of medical standards across plans. |
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. |
Managed Care July 2000 John Carroll |
Electronic Medical Records: If Not Now, When? The technology's been around, but early participants often were burned. New Internet-based products threaten to turn nonbelievers into yesterday's news. |
American Family Physician September 1, 2000 Cheryl Winchell, M.D. |
Curbside Consultation What to do when a patient makes inappropriate, seductive advances to you, his/her physician... |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 3, 2007 LeVine & Zucker |
Marketing to Professionals: Professional Promotion Through Patient Understanding Patient-feedback programs can go a long way in helping physicians understand which drugs work. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Ame Wadler |
PR: In the Loop Pharma marketers can help doctors stay abreast of the news. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2012 |
Special Section: Sunshine Act Still in the Shade Phase in of the Sunshine Act will force a reconsideration of the ethical consequences of all types of pharma meetings. How and to what extent remains to be seen. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 10, 2014 Ben Comer |
WebMD: The Patient Value Equation For WebMD CEO David Schlanger, connecting patients with physicians through a robust digital platform delivers the winning formula necessary to achieve quality of care, cost savings, and better health outcomes. |
Managed Care September 1999 |
Selling The Electronic Patient Chart: A Conversation With Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D. This physician and his backers are making a $100 million bet that electronic patient records, and widespread access to them through the Internet, are not far away for most practices. |
Fast Company April 2006 |
"MD" Doesn't Mean "Mostly Digital" How technologically backward are U.S. doctors? Here are some statistics. |
Managed Care September 2000 |
Countdown Begins for Compliance With HIPAA Electronic Standards If you thought a lot of time and money was spent on Y2K readiness, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Complying with the new rules for electronic transaction standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is expected to exceed Y2K in terms of dollars and work hours... |
Managed Care December 2000 Michael S. Victoroff |
A Modest, Not Satirical, Proposal For Assisted-Suicide Decisions I would like to offer an alternate model that would dramatically refocus a critical aspect of the ethical controversy. I would ask advocates of assisted suicide, "Why must this involve physicians? Why not have judges do it?" |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2013 Ben Comer |
Share of Screen: Prioritizing Electronic Health Records Are electronic health records a viable channel for engagement? |