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Medica creates mobile app for comparing healthcare costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medica releases iPhone app based on MainStreetMedica.com, which helps consumers compare costs of medical procedures. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 17, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

CVS Caremark researches pharmacy benefit plan designEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CVS Caremark research finds $0 copay for generic medications can increase dispensing. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 16, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

MGMA research reflects importance of transparent, standardized processesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) study highlights member satisfaction with major health plans. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 16, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

BCBS Massachusetts contributed $1.6 billion to state economyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An economic impact analysis found that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' (BCBSMA) contributed nearly $1.6 billion to the Commonwealth?s economy. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 16, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Rocky Mountain Health Plans to cover heavy babiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discovery of flaw in system leads Rocky Mountain Health Plans to change policy regarding coverage of heavy babies. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 16, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

We're All In This TogetherEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
UnitedHealth's Dr. Reed Tuckson believes managing the health of large populations and individuals calls for the best in every stakeholder (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 7, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Additional drug benefit possibleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Over the next 20 years, expect to see funky formularies and new drug benefit designs to manage costs (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 4, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Quality ModelsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sure, the integrated delivery model produces good outcomes and lower costs, but it's not applicable everywhere, in spite of what politicians think (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Q&A with Seattle Children's Hospital Director of Environmental ServicesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More healthcare facilities want to cut back on consumption to save money and save the environment (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Exchanges would need local participationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
State-level insurance exchanges are more likely to thrive in the market by taking advantage of integration (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Upper Midwest states report best performance measuresEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scorecard from the Commonwealth Fund notes stark gaps between best and worst performing states (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Employer plan costs up 10% in a struggling US economyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New survey shows financial pain for employers and employees with few good options to manage the trend (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Deeper data points revealed in health risk assessmentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More data is better when it comes to health measurement and inspiration for wellness programs (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Plans begin massive effort to reduce paperworkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Eight Ohio health plans are participating in a pilot to streamline administration with hopes that national efforts could come next (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Industry shoots holes in Senate reform legislationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Coverage percentages in the high 90s needed to reach critical mass and spread risk (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

We're All In This TogetherEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
UnitedHealth's Dr. Reed Tuckson believes managing the health of large populations and individuals calls for the best in every stakeholder (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

To speed up transactions, there's no time like real timeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physicians have historically been lacking in collecting on bad debt, and now the cost of tracking it down might not be worth it (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

NCQA tracks plateau in quality yet increased reporting of measuresEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Decades of quality improvement now giving way to a leveling off trend in many areas (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Encourage depression screening for all pregnant womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physicians must evaluate the use of antidepressant medications based on new guidelines from two gynecological organizations (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Green initiatives growing among healthcare facilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Reducing water and electricity use can produce immediate savings for hospitals while recycling efforts pay off in the longrun (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Final legislation tough to hammer outEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Congress is hard at work blending multiple bills while most believe reform will be enacted this year (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Political maneuvering misses the point on rising costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Few are paying attention to the cost curve and the potential for state to enact their own reform measures (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

State Report: MississippiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Commonwealth Fund State Performance Ranking (2009): 51 (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - November 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Family health premiums up 5%Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The big issues are still the rising cost of coverage and the impact that rising costs have on health plan membership (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 16, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Pfizer pay-out shows compliance is neededEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Pfizer's $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over off-label promotions, shows that the federal government is serious about compliance in the health industry (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Fewer hospital days for seniors in MAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in California spent 30% fewer days in the hospitals than patients with FFS Medicare (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Drug benefit chips away at costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nearly two-thirds of plan sponsors say the economy is causing a shift toward placing greater accountability on members to manage their own health so plan dollars are spent more wisely (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Healthcare spending consumes personal incomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Even if excess health spending?the gap between health spending and income growth?were cut in half, a very large share of income growth will be devoted to healthcare (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Family health premiums up 5%Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The big issues are still the rising cost of coverage and the impact that rising costs have on health plan membership (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Neuro conditions cited in H1N1 deathsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Almost two-thirds of the children who died with H1N1 had epilepsy, cerebral palsy or other neurodevelopmental conditions. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Helping People Help Themselves: Driving Participation In Health Improvement ProgramsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Programs designed to improve health and lower health care costs only work if people use them. In an effort to increase participation, Health Management Corporation (HMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., researched what drives health plan members to enroll and engage in programs to improve their health. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 2, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Disease Management: a Look Back & AheadEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Disease management (DM) in the US can trace its roots back to the mid-1980s with the early work of California health plans and has come a long way since then. However, it wasn't until the mid 1990s that disease management became part of mainstream thinking, after several private for-profit companies introduced outsourced disease-management programs to large commercial health insurance providers. The "process/evolution" of DM in the United States has been and continues to be the major difference between disease management in the US and the UK...and other countries. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

The Missing Link in Healthcare Reform Why Healthy Living & Prevention Aren't Part of the Plan...But Need To BeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At this moment in history, we have a real opportunity to re-invent and revolutionize our entire healthcare system. However, current proposals are nothing more than a band-aid, missing the chance for true healthcare system reform. The proposed "fix" does very little to keep healthcare sustainable 10, 20 or 30 years from now. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Best Practices in On-Site Wellness Series: Guidelines for Choosing a Health Screening and Flu Shot VendorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today, more companies are implementing wellness programs in order to improve the health and productivity of their employees, while at the same time reducing overall health care expenses. However, it is easy to think of health screenings as a commodity instead of what they truly are ? health care. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Whitepaper - Choosing A Flu Shot VendorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Whitepaper - Healthcare ReformEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Whitepaper - Disease Management: a Look Back & AheadEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Whitepaper - Helping People Help ThemselvesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Intense family programs address motivation to reduce risk associated with weightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One case of a mother and child shows promise in family-oriented weight management and risk reduction (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - October 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Intense family programs address motivation for weight lossEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One case of a mother and child shows promise in family-oriented weight management and risk reduction (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

State Report: TenneseeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Commonwealth Fund State Performance Ranking (2007): 40 (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Predicted pharmaceutical spending 2010Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
State of the Industry survey results (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Self-management techniques lacking among asthma patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Just 8% of asthma patients recieve proper education, and insurance status is not the ultimate factor (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Reasons why health plans are called 'dishonest'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
State of the Industry survey results (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Predicted progress of patient-centered medical homes through 2013Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
State of the Industry survey results (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Predicted progress of EMR adoption through 2013Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
State of the Industry survey results (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Claims data still a secret weapon in care, cost containmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Data mining and predictive modeling can get us over the electronic data hump until EMRs reach critical mass (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Factors having greatest impact on performance in the next three yearsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
State of the Industry survey results (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info

Predicted overall healthcare spending increase 2010Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
State of the Industry survey results (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - September 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: info