Medical Practice

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Managed Care January 2005 Maureen Glabman	Health Plans Strain To Contain Rapidly Rising Cost of Imaging PET, CT, MRI -- these and other imaging technologies are valuable but costly. Aetna, Cigna, and a few other plans lead in clamping down on unnecessary use.
Managed Care January 2005 Sharon Baker	Breast Cancer Screening: Some Plans Do Better Than Others Some of the nation's best health plans are coming up with creative ways to encourage women to get mammograms.
Managed Care January 2005 Alice G. Gosfield	P4P: Transitional at Best Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs promise a fair shake for provider and insurance plan, but a former chairman of the National Committee for Quality Assurance sees many design flaws to overcome.
Managed Care January 2005 John A. Marcille	You Don't Need X-Ray Vision To Spot a Job Well Done If the White House indeed takes on tort reform this year, it will be interesting to see if any meaningful legislation results and what effect it might have on health care.
Managed Care January 2005 John Carroll	Government's EMR Project Yet To Net Seed Money The $50 million needed for regional collaborations was not part of the federal government's budget. Not the end of the world, but not good either.
Managed Care January 2005	Cost of Coverage Forces Search For 'Alternatives' Among those turning to herbal remedies because of the cost of conventional medicine, 54% did so without either telling a conventional medical professional or disclosing use of complementary and alternative medicine during a medical visit.
Managed Care January 2005	Private Practice Physicians Find Dual Role Challenging When it comes to balancing the role of business owner and practicing physician, many private practice doctors are having a tough time of it.
Managed Care January 2005	Formulary Variability Challenges Physicians A recent study indicates that more than 60% of drugs were preferred on two to four of the six California formularies evaluated.
Managed Care January 2005 Thomas Morrow	A New Approach for MS Natalizumab has received FDA approval. But as with all approved treatments, questions remain about efficacy and clinical importance compared to existing therapies.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Arlene Weintraub	A Remedy For Malpractice Malaise Hospitals are offering free coverage to recruit doctors from private practice
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