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Managed Care Outlook

Basic Health Plan draws lives to managed care

May 1, 2012

Basic Health Program could broaden available coverage options for the poor.

Automation, collaboration deliver savings

March 1, 2012

A new urgency for collaboration is breathing new life into old concepts.

MLR rule symbolic at best

January 1, 2012

The market can self-correct, and MLR rules will soon be recognized only as administrative hoops that plans must jump through.

Wellness programs integral to cost savings

December 1, 2011

To fight the rising cost of healthcare, some companies are cutting back but, it doesn't help employees become healthier.

Hospitals struggle to measure efficiencies

November 1, 2011

Hospitals are frustrated with proposed policy changes that would alter payment systems.

Insurers must up their game to reach a new generation

October 1, 2011

The author considers his 21-year-old daughter's needs when discussing health plan desires for Gen Y

Identify future profit pools to improve performance

September 1, 2011

Today, healthcare executives are contemplating what they must do to generate sustainable, profitable growth in the new healthcare environment.

Transition toward plain language

August 1, 2011

A report shows that two out of five adult Americans have difficulty understanding the basic health information and services needed to make decisions.

Integrated systems set for new delivery models

July 1, 2011

The design of the healthcare system left us with a loose confederation of silos, in which insurers try to lower medical loss ratios, physicians try to improve patient throughput.

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