Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care March 2008 John Carroll	Aetna and Hannaford Make a Singapore Connection Some insurers are taking tentative steps toward developing global provider networks for corporate clients looking to reduce costs by having medical procedures performed in less expensive countries.
Managed Care March 2008 John Carroll	Should Plans Pay Physicians To Switch Patients to Generics? The AMA calls it a kickback, but the industry sees it as just good practice to give doctors an incentive to get patients on equivalent generics
Managed Care March 2008	Proposed 2009 HEDIS Measures Address Immunization, Obesity Rates The National Committee for Quality Assurance wants to expand what the committee's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures look at in 2009.
Managed Care March 2008	Drug Caps Lower Spending, but .... These policies tend to make consumers shoulder some of the cost of prescriptions and the cost could be a barrier to medication adherence.
Managed Care March 2008	New Drug Abuse Codes Adopted The American Medical Association says that new CPT codes it developed should make it easier for health plans to determine whether doctors have screened for drug abuse.
Managed Care March 2008	PDP Drug Restrictions Block Comparison Shopping A review of 169 commonly used drugs covered by Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) reveals that only 4 of the 10 largest plans by enrollment have all of those 169 drugs on formulary.
Managed Care March 2008 Frank Diamond	Humana's Multi-Year Pacts Could Be Attractive to Customers Health plan offers different cost guarantees in its No Worry and SmartResults consumer-directed programs
The Motley Fool April 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	WellPoint Won't Pay The insurance giant refuses to pay for doctors' mistakes.
Financial Advisor April 2008 Mary Rowland	The Right Blend Financial planners should be very interested in what is going on in the life insurance industry, and how it might impact their own fiduciary responsibility if they are just handing off clients to a life insurance agent.
Fast Company April 2008 Paul Hochman	Burn This Insurance giant FM Global doesn't have a single actuary, but when it comes to setting roofs on fire and blowing things up, it has plenty of experts.
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