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Managed Healthcare Executive, Jul 1, 2009
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Executive Profile
Paperless Oncology
By Julie Miller
The Cancer Treatment Centers of America adds all-digital care delivery to its list of differentiating, marketable features
Research Briefs
Research Briefs: July 2009
Digest of the latest reports and research
Technology
Network docs must hear your message above the noise
By Jamie J. Gooch
Good old focus groups and face-to-face meetings with docs are best, but they are open to newsletters and social media for interacting with plans.
For Your Benefit
After reforms, patients will come out of the woodwork
By Julie Miller
If Massachusetts is any indication, get ready for long wait times, doctors refusing new patients, high costs of unmanaged conditions and the blindsiding of America
Hospitals & Providers
Gender-based premiums eyed in individual market
By Mari Edlin
Advocates argue against gender rating while industry offers mixed ideas on how to underwrite women in the individual market.
Drug Class Overview
Inhaled corticosteroids are first line control for asthma
By Elaine Zablocki
Inhaled corticosteroids best for asthma control, while SABAs are best for immediate relief of acute symptoms
Pharmacy Best Practices
Thriving MTM programs target outreach, coordinate care
By Mari Edlin
MTM changes for Part D include more lenient eligibility requirements and targeted medication reviews to assess utilization patterns
Health Management
MS presents cost-containment struggle for health plans
By Shelly Reese
While drug therapies offer hope, they come with a an increasing price tag, rising 16.5% annually over the past five years. Most agree management is needed.
News Analysis
Use everyday technology to nudge members toward good health
By Tracey Walker
Evaluate technology devices that your members use to determine the best ways to reach them with health outreach, enrollment, hot transfer and care coordination
Medicare payment system faces overhaul
By Jill Wechsler
Private insurers might need to offer parallel incentives for the accountable care organization model to have critical mass in paying for quality
State Report
State Report: Indiana
Commonwealth Fund State Performance Ranking (2007): 38
Politics and Policy
New taxes pay for reform
By Jill Wechsler
Sin taxes and taxes on benefits could raise a portion of the $1 trillion we need
Letter of the Law
False Claims Act expanded under FERA
By John Eriksen
Significant changes extend liability and add a new definition of the word 'obligation' for reverse false claims.
Managed Care Outlook
No free lunch in Singapore
By Mari Edlin
This island state covers all and still only spends 3.7% of GDP on healthcare. Personal responsibility and friendly competition keep the market on track.
Exclusives
Enhance Drug Safety with DNA-Based Diagnostics
By Gualberto Ruano, MD, PhD
It is expected that among the first applications of genomic technologies to minimize ADRs and enhance drug compliance will be in drug classes that represent some of the most widely prescribed treatments.
EMRs prompt electronic discovery in litigation
By Katherine Gordon Maynard
Lawyers are not expected to be technology experts, but they must be able to understand where relevant data exists and what steps must be taken to satisfy preservation and discovery obligations
Build hospitals for less
By Christine Malcolm
Get new hospitals to market faster while saving money using a hospital template that replicates an approved design many times.
Special Report
The Age of Alzheimer's
By David Bennett
The rise in Alzheimer's patients means more costs associated with this mysterious, prevalent disease.
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