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For Your Benefit

Industry buzz identifies collective responsibility

May 1, 2012

Your members might be skipping out on their responsibilities.

Medical home's promise difficult to determine

April 1, 2012

Once considered a great way to expand care, the medical home could use a dose of reality.

Working poor find costs unaffordable

March 1, 2012

Affordable healthcare might be out of the reach of the nation's working poor.

Live media coverage of Supreme Court hearing unlikely

February 1, 2012

Supreme Court unlikely to allow live C-SPAN coverage of the five and half hour healthcare reform hearing, unfortunately.

Insurers seek measures to manage MLRs

January 1, 2012

In healthcare's dire situation, cutting back benefits and services is simply not an option, and managed care organizations are expected to rein in costs some other way.

Positive outlook for managed care stocks in 2012

December 1, 2011

Lower utilization and steady service costs bode well for managed care overall.

Five-star quality scoring becoming gold standard

November 1, 2011

The 2012 Medicare Advantage average overall plan rating is 3.44 stars, up from 3.18 stars last year.

Capitalize on the chance to create superior ACOs

October 1, 2011

The accountable care organization trend will be led by the commercial market with CMS scampering behind

Past experience will make FTC wary of Medco deal

September 1, 2011

When the Federal Trade Commission evaluates Express Scripts' intended acquisition of Medco, it might take a more meticulous look at the PBM market than it has in the past.

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