Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Billy Fisher	Still Fit at Cigna Earnings growth continues for the insurer, complemented by a big buyback in the third quarter.
Managed Care October 2007 John Carroll	Early Tiered Networks Encounter Many Obstacles From dodgy data to uncooperative doctors, difficulties confront health plans that are trying to stratify providers by cost and quality.
Managed Care October 2007	Lessons From the Front: A Conversation with William Winkenwerder Jr., MD, MBA The former assistant secretary of defense for health affairs says that much that he learned might be applicable to the commercial sector.
Managed Care October 2007 Lola Butcher	Can Insurer, Oncology Practice Really Work Together? Premera Blue Cross and a large Spokane oncology practice agree on treatment protocols and on the importance of cost control.
Managed Care October 2007 John Marcille	The More Things Change ... The More Things Change Managed care is an industry in flux.
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.
Managed Care October 2007	Family Physicians Give Payers Middling Grades Results of a survey conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians and Family Practice Management magazine indicate that health plans have issues to work on.
Managed Care October 2007	Data on Quality Lacking for Docs A new report says that insurers are better at providing quality information about hospitals than about physicians.
Managed Care October 2007	Second DMAA Report Issued The Disease Management Association of America has issued the second volume of the "Outcomes Guidelines Report."
Managed Care October 2007	CDHPs Aren't Catching On Despite the extensive attention paid to consumer-directed health plans, a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that these types of plan arrangements have made only small inroads in the employer market.
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