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Managed Care - May 2013

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:27:28 -0400

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- Managed Care - May 2013
- Editor’s Memo
- Table of Contents
- Viewpoint
- Outlook
- Medication Management
- News & Commentary
- Snapshot
- ACOs Take Off, and Health Plans Don’t Mind
- Formulary Files
- Q&A: Herb Fritch, Cigna’s Medicare Chief
- Surgery, Catheter Ablation, or Pharmacologics?
- Alternative Quality Contract Seen as Effective
- Marc S. Williams, MD
- David B. Nash, MD, MBA
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index

Managed Care - April 2013

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:50:31 -0400

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- Managed Care - April 2013
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Time for a Heart-to-Heart
- Q&A With Suzanne F. Delbanco, PhD
- Little Bundles, Big Decisions
- How to Plan Biotech Development
- PIPELINE: Trials Wrap on Interferon-Free Regimen
- TRENDS: Molecular Diagnostics Still Underutilized
- Evidence Review
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Outlook

Managed Care - March 2013

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:20:52 -0400

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- Managed Care - March 2013
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Riding a Tiger Called Orphan Drugs
- It Calls Itself an ACO, but ...
- Consumer-Directed Health Plans on the Rise
- 5 Product Engineering Tools You Might Use
- Telemedicine’s Skeptics
- A Framework for Specialty Drug Management
- Comparing Breast Surgery Costs and Return Visits
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - February 2013

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:35:16 -0500

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- Managed Care - February 2013
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Snapshot
- A Learning System to Drive Out Waste
- Aiming at a Moving Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- PIPELINE: Another Cancer Vaccine, Another Retreat
- TRENDS: 2012 Drug Approvals Won’t Be Easy on Budgets
- Managed Care in Hammurabi’s Day
- Coverage With Evidence Development
- Data Wave to Improve Predictive Modeling
- Highmark PCMH Just a Step to Bigger Things
- Managing in the Midst of Rapid Change
- Book Review
- Evidence Review
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Outlook

Managed Care - January 2013

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:55:35 -0500

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- Managed Care - January 2013
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Snapshot
- An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth What Again?
- Cover Medical Marijuana? Hah!
- Out of the Mouths of Experts
- Medicare Advantage Loses Some Mojo
- Q&A With Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
- You Say Tomato, I Say....
- Why Medication Adherence Matters
- Value of Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - December 2012

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:50:27 -0500

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- Managed Care - December 2012
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- Outlook
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Snapshot
- Nonadherence a Problem With Cancer Pills
- Mental Health Parity
- Prior Authorization for Safety, Not Just Economy
- PCORI Wants Health Plans to Help Out
- Cancer Center Turns Thumbs Down on Zaltrap
- Formulary Files
- Evidence Review
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch

Managed Care - November 2012

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:27:00 -0500

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- Managed Care - November 2012
- Editor’s Memo
- Table of Contents
- Letters
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Snapshot
- The Case for Hospital at Home
- Where Can Hospital at Home Succeed?
- How to Take Advantage of the Patent Cliff
- Q&A With François de Brantes
- Osteoporosis Therapies Can Pay Off
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Formulary Files

Managed Care - October 2012

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:36:07 -0400

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- Managed Care - October 2012
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Evidence Review
- Compensation Monitor
- Bundled Payment Takes on Fee for Service
- Data Forecast: Cloudy
- Medicaid Expansion’s Silverless Lining
- 3 Principles for Improving Health Care Delivery
- Cost-Eff ective Relief for Restless Legs Syndrome
- Plan Watch
- Outlook

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Managed Care - September 2012

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:23:30 -0400

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- Managed Care - September 2012
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Formulary Files
- Burnout, Medical Director Style
- Setback in the War on Cancer
- Anti-Obesity Drug Efficacy Hard To Swallow
- Oral Antibiotics Managed Well as Pharm Benefit
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - August 2012

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:41:21 -0400

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- Managed Care - August 2012
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Evidence Review
- Compensation Monitor
- Private Exchanges: Practice Makes Perfect
- Hospitals and Providers Ganging Up on Plans?
- Q&A: Kaiser Permanente’s Sharon Levine, MD
- God Save the Health Care System!
- Future Points to Greater PBM/Plan Cooperation
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - July 2012

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:37:33 -0400

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- Managed Care - July 2012
- Table of Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Letters
- Viewpoint
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- The New Closed Formularies
- ‘Why Nobody Believes the Numbers’
- Q&A With Paul E. Terry, PhD
- Home Infusion’s Present and Promise
- Fixed-Dose Combo Therapies Show Promise
- Plan Watch
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - June 2012

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:15:29 -0400

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- Managed Care - June 2012
- Table of Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Snapshot
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Nurture the Engaged Consumer
- Patients Baffled & Bruised by New UCR Rules
- Think Twice Before Ordering Test, Doctor
- Q&A: Highmark’s Donald R. Fischer, MD, MBA
- Growing Acceptance of Oncology Pathways
- Plans Pay for Uninformed Prescribing
- Evidence Review
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine

Managed Care - May 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:54:14 -0400

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- Managed Care - May 2012
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Peaceful Coexistence
- Make Costly Pharma Coupons Go Away
- 4 Ways to Control Specialty Pharmacy Costs
- Big Health Plans Increase Overseas Business
- ACOs Will Pull Through
- Pregnancy Nausea Treatment Too Costly
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - April 2012

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:23:22 -0400

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- Managed Care - April 2012
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Viewpoint
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Evidence Review
- Compensation Monitor
- Redrawing the Health Industry’s Future
- Virtual Networks Will Be Created
- Medicaid Plans Need Sharper Focus
- Don’t Count on ACOs, PCMHs
- Innovation Will Help Insurers Survive
- Competition Will Be Stiff
- Q&A With James C. Robinson, PhD, MBA
- What’s a Few More Months of Life Worth?
- Test for Obstructive Sleep Apnea at Home
- Formulary Files
- Snapshot
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - March 2012

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:04:42 -0400

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- Managed Care - March 2012
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Turning Carrots Into Gold
- Model Medical Home or Weak Foundation?
- Purchasers Shaky on Specialty Pharmacy
- Integrative Medicine Persuades Some Employers
- Cincinnati VBID Program Lowers Patients’ Costs
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - February 2012

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:40:27 -0500

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- Managed Care - February 2012
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Evidence Review
- Compensation Monitor
- Second Time Around for Narrow Networks
- Introducing the Medical Directors Forum
- Companion Tests Challenge Evaluation Process
- Q&A With Paul H. Keckley, PhD
- Coverage of Biologics Not Always Clear Cut
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - January 2012

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:53:05 -0500

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- Managed Care - January 2012
- Editor’s Memo
- Our 20th Anniversary
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Life in the Fast Lane
- Found: The Engaged Consumer
- Q&A With F. Randy Vogenberg, PhD, RPh
- Emergency! Emergency! Costs soar!
- Benefits of Escitalopram vs. Citalopram
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - December 2011

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:47:52 -0500

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- Managed Care - December 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Viewpoint
- Evidence Review
- News & Commentary
- Legislation & Regulation
- Compensation Monitor
- Reduce Clinical Variation
- Q&A: Lee N. Newcomer, MD, MBA
- Protease Inhibitors Work Well for HCV, but …
- PROMETHEUS Unbundled
- Change Behavior, Increase Adherence
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - November 2011

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:14:49 -0500

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- Managed Care - November 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Future Loaded With Essential Benefits
- PSA Fails the Test
- Service to LGBT Community Improves
- Q&A: NCQA’s VP for Performance Measurement
- Measure Managed Care Programs More Effectively
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - October 2011

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:32:15 -0400

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- Managed Care - October 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Viewpoint
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Evidence Review
- Compensation Monitor
- Watch Your Step: 5 Challenges to VBID
- Q&A: Helen Darling Gives Employers’ Side
- Who Ya Gonna Call? The Medical Director!
- Clamping Down on Physician Self-Referral
- Specialist Pharmacists Save Bundles
- Medical Homes Bolster ACO Construction
- Tool to Detect Fragile X Syndrome Underused
- Formulary Files
- Legislation & Regulation
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - September 2011

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:59:39 -0400

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- Managed Care - September 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Writing on the Wall: Pay for Outcomes
- Last Word on Cancer Drug Coverage?
- Q&A: David Nace, MD, Bets on Medical Home
- Follow the Evidence on Heart Failure
- Hope for Managing Hereditary Angioedema
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - August 2011

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:46:42 -0400

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- Managed Care - August 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Viewpoint
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Out of Network and Overbilling Like Crazy
- DSM-5 Will Arrive With Coverage Conflicts
- Fallout From Express Scripts-Medco Merger
- Nurse Leaders Thrive at Health Plans
- Comparing COPD Therapies
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - July 2011

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:15:35 -0400

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- Managed Care - July 2011
- Contents
- Editor's Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Providers Grow More Powerful
- Q&A: Regina E. Herzlinger, PhD
- If Patients Aren’t Accountable, Reform Fizzles
- Implanted Defibrillators – Conflicting Evidence
- Put Members on Those Review Panels
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - June 2011

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:30:09 -0400

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- Managed Care - June 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- ACOs Up Against Provider Stonewalling
- Insurers Offer Recipe for CER
- Q&A With Medical Director Michael Kanter, MD
- Hidden Economics of Battling Obesity
- COPD’s Management Challenges
- Comparing Approaches to Oral Diabetes Drugs
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook
- Ad Index

Managed Care - May 2011

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:03:50 -0400

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- Managed Care - May 2011
- Table of Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Quality Pays — Correct?
- Serious About Safety
- Cheap Old Drugs Sell for Astounding Prices
- Measuring Disease Management Outcomes
- Improve Adherence to Biologics
- Discard Date for Insulin Matters Much
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - April 2011

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:25:39 -0400

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- Managed Care - April 2011
- Outlook
- Contents
- Letters
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Snapshot
- Toward a More Successful Hand-Off
- Geisinger Nurses Improve Transitions
- A Conversation With Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
- Which Biologic to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis?
- Retail Clinics’ Role Still Debated
- Maternity Program Improves Birth Outcomes
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index

Managed Care - March 2011

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:28:11 -0400

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- Managed Care - March 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Plan Watch
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- These Plans Improved Care; So Can Yours
- Knee Bone’s Connected to Bundled Payment?
- Aged, Blind, Disabled, and Costly
- What’s That TRICARE Plan’s Secret?
- Home as Hospital
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index

Managed Care - February 2011

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:17:53 -0500

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- Managed Care - February 2011
- Outlook
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Physician Consolidation Might Help Plans
- Talking with Rand’s Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH
- Making Pharmacy Value-Based
- CER Will Benefit Managed Care
- Warfarin to the Wayside?
- Cystic Fibrosis Costs Examined
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index

Managed Care - January 2011

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:50:06 -0500

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- Managed Care - January 2011
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- UnitedHealthcare’s Bold Cancer Initiative
- Q&A With the Blues’ Allan M. Korn, MD
- Health Information Exchanges On Way
- Can Patients Do It Themselves?
- Barred From Exchanges, Vision Plans Fight Back
- Managing Fibromyalgia No Easy Task
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - December 2010

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:55:43 -0500

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- Managed Care - December 2010
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Managing Specialty Pharmacy
- Comes the Mobile Health Revolution
- Twitter and Facebook Are Calling
- Can ER Overutilization Be Reduced?
- 5010, ICD-10 Deadlines: 1 Plan’s Approach
- Cardio Drug Fulfillment In the Doughnut Hole
- Cardiovascular Prescription & Doughnut Hole
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - November 2010

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:41:25 -0500

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- Managed Care - November 2010
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Letters
- Legislation & Regulation
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- There’s Gold in Them Thar Networks!
- You’re Paying Too Much for Generics
- Q&A With Aetna’s Randall S. Krakauer, MD
- Chart Right Course for Stroke Patients
- Keeping Pace With New Cancer Diagnostics
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - October 2010

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:33:05 -0400

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- Managed Care - October 2010
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- Editor’s Memo
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- ACOs Face Big Challenges
- Specialty Pharmacy Undergoes Closer Scrutiny
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Real, but ...
- Q&A: A Conversation With Jeff Goldsmith, PhD
- Medco Tests Social Network Waters
- Medicare Advantage Funds Tied to Rankings
- Collect Data to Tackle ER Overuse
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - September 2010

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:29:56 -0400

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- Managed Care - September 2010
- Table of Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Defined Contribution for Health Insurance?
- What’s a Brand? What’s a Generic?
- $10B to Test Payment Models
- Problems With Provenge
- High Cost of High-Risk Coverage
- Q&A: Use of Social Media Pays Off
- Help Hispanics Get Preventive Care
- IT Integration Necessary for Holistic Care
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - August 2010

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:14:14 -0400

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- Managed Care - August 2010
- Managed Care Outlook
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Experience With Patient-Centered Medical Home
- New Drug Flow Eases
- How Insurers Will Weather Climate Change
- Going Far — But Not Too Far — for Care
- Berwick in Our Pages
- Q&A: Conversation With Leonard Fleck, PhD
- Cost Sharing and 2nd-Gen Antipsychotics
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch

Managed Care - July 2010

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:18:48 -0400

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- Managed Care - July 2010
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Outlook
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- What if Employers Stopped Buying Health Care?
- Specialists Hang Out Primary Care Sign
- Q&A With Larry Boress, Business Group Leader
- Coping With the Rising Costs of Vaccination
- Reform Law Not Hard Enough on Fraud
- Economic Value of 2 Antihypertensives in 1 Pill
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch

Managed Care - June 2010

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:58:10 -0400

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- Managed Care - June 2010
- Contents
- Editor’s Memo
- Compensation Monitor
- Letters
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- For the Greater Good (and the Bottom Line)
- More Medicaid Members, With Different Needs
- Better Outcomes Left on the Pharmacy Counter
- Insurance Pools, Exchanges, and You
- Q&A With David B. Nash, MD, MBA
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Outlook

Managed Care - May 2010

Thu, 13 May 2010 14:27:34 -0400

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- Managed Care - May 2010
- Outlook
- Ad Index
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Health Care Reform Offers Opportunities
- Track Implantable Medical Devices
- Don’t Overpay for Outpatient Procedures
- Plans Like Board Certification’s New Look
- Talking with Cigna CMO Jeffrey Kang, MD, MPH
- Too Much Ado About Swine Flu
- Evidence-Based Medicine for Residents
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine

Managed Care - April 2010

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:02:53 -0400

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- Managed Care - April 2010
- Outlook
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Viewpoint
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Can Medicare Advantage Survive Reform?
- Q&A With Steffie J. Woolhandler, MD, MPH
- P&T Committees Too Often Left in the Dark
- Med School Grads Lack Business Know-How
- Medicare Zeros In on Doc Payments
- Risk Adjustment — With Emphasis on ‘Risk’
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine

Managed Care - March 2010

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:58:07 -0500

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- Managed Care - March 2010
- Editor’s Memo
- Table of Contents
- Medication Management
- News & Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- DM: What Works and Why
- Individual Mandate Draws States’ Fire
- Health Information Exchanges Develop Slowly
- Small Hospitals Fight to Survive
- Manage Opioid Side Effects for Optimum Care
- Snapshot
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - February 2010

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:06:35 -0500

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- Managed Care - February 2010
- Outlook
- Editor’s Memo
- Table of Contents
- News & Commentary
- Snapshot
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- What ‘Meaningful Use’ Will Do for Plans
- HIT Expands – But Not as Fast as We’d Like!
- Formulary Advantage Goes to Insurers, PBMs
- Employers Want Health Management
- Conversing With AHRQ’s P. Jon White, MD
- One Way to Reduce NICU Costs
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine

Managed Care - January 2010

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:59:08 -0500

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- Managed Care - January 2010
- Outlook
- Editor’s Memo
- Letters
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Cybervisits: Real Medicine or Hologram?
- Keep NICU Costs Under Control
- Cadillac Plans — A Flawed Concept?
- States, Plans Look Closely at Hospitals
- The Case for Inpatient Stroke Rehab
- Episode-of-Care Payment Boosts Quality
- The Clinical Downside of High Deductibles
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch

Managed Care - December 2009

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:08:10 -0500

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- Managed Care - December 2009
- Outlook
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- The Burden of Overutilization
- When Should Plans Cover New Therapies?
- Q&A: A Conversation With Brent C. James, MD
- Community Pharmacies Try to Stay Relevant
- Claims Data Describe Osteoarthritis Costs
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine

Managed Care - November 2009

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:38:44 -0500

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- Managed Care - November 2009
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation and Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Everyone’s Talking ‘Medical Home’
- Are Coming Fat-Fighter Drugs Worth Covering?
- Q&A: Ethics in a Time of Reform
- Top 25 Comparative Effectiveness Topics
- Social Workers to Hospital’s Rescue
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - October 2009

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:41:34 -0400

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- Managed Care - October 2009
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Viewpoint
- News & Commentary
- Legislation & Regulation
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- PBM Industry Writes a New Script
- Q&A: Richard ‘Buz’ Cooper, MD
- Master the ABC’s of Health Literacy
- Social Media’s Connections Reach Further
- Biomarkers and Hypertension
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook
- Special Supplement: RSV Risk: Understanding RSV-Related Hospitalization Of High-Risk Infants

Managed Care - September 2009

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:44:35 -0400

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- Managed Care - September 2009
- Outlook
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Capitation Gets Another Look
- Familiar Story: Attack on Prior Authorization
- Q&A With Mark Merritt
- Game Plan for ICD-10
- Insurers Prepare for H1N1 Flu
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index

Managed Care - August 2009

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:10:30 -0400

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- Managed Care - August 2009
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Letters
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Spend Now, Save Later
- A Value-Based Formulary for Specialty Drugs
- Get a Handle on Imaging Costs
- Shore Up Specialty Drug Coverage Contracts
- Q&A: Elliot Fisher, MD, of the Dartmouth Atlas
- “God Bless and Keep the Czar...Far Away From Me"
- Regulators Eye Medicare Part D
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Outlook

Managed Care - July 2009

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:22:49 -0400

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- Managed Care - July 2009
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News & Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Plans Must Slow Hospital Readmissions
- Members Respond to Web Programs
- Don’t Be Caught Short by New Part D Regs
- Q&A: It All Comes Down to Cost
- Cost-Sharing Tied to Poor Outcomes
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - June 2009

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:59:41 -0400

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- Managed Care - June 2009
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- Snapshot
- News and Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Employers Don Doctors’ Gear
- Should Insurers Join the Online Discussion?
- More Alzheimer’s Drugs on the Way
- Medical Tourism Not Quite Catching On
- Measuring the Quality of Medical Homes
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Advertising Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - May 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 11:31:10 -0400

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- Managed Care - May 2009
- Outlook
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Wolves at Managed Care’s Door
- Explaining a Market Meltdown
- Challenging Times for Health Plans
- Q&A: Commonwealth Fund on Reform
- Federal Stimulus Helps Indirectly
- How To Evaluate Molecular Diagnostics
- Off-Label No Longer Out of Bounds
- The Diagnostic Benefit Manager Is In
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Advertising Index

Managed Care - April 2009

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:12:21 -0400

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- Managed Care - April 2009
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Embracing Comparative Effectiveness
- CPT Codes Derail Molecular Diagnostics
- Q&A: Making the Case for Connectedness
- Payment Reform Movement Afoot
- Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening
- Tomorrow's Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Outlook
- Clinical Briefs: Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors In the Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

Managed Care - March 2009

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:49:39 -0400

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- Managed Care - March 2009
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Attack of the Monster Claims
- Q&A with Dee W. Edington, PhD
- The Heart of the Matter
- Web Surf’s Up in Hawaii for Docs, Patients
- Improve Efficiency From the Inside Out
- Cigna’s CDHP Makes Waves
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - February 2009

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:58:27 -0500

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- Managed Care - February 2009
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- You’ve Been Subpoenaed
- Sign Up for the Genomics Revolution
- This Way to DM’s Future
- Enough Doctors, and the Right Sort
- Technology Helps Unite Networks, Plans
- Comparing HbA1c Control by Insulin Type
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Plan Watch
- Outlook

Managed Care - January 2009

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:19:48 -0500

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- Managed Care - January 2009
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Health Care's Disruptive Innovations
- Q&A With Clayton Christensen
- 'Disruption' May Be Plans' Best Bet
- Avoid the PBM Rebate Trap
- HealthPartners Puts Diabetes on Notice
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow's Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook
- Unmet Needs in the Management of Plaque Psoriasis
- Impact of RSV: Implications for Managed Care

Managed Care - December 2008

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:10:39 -0500

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- Managed Care - December 2008
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- ICD-10 Offers Huge Opportunity, Challenge
- Part D at a Crossroads
- Plans Can Weather the Financial Crisis
- DM vs. Medical Home?
- Tackle Prediabetes
- Reasonable Approach to Morning Sickness
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow's Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - November 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:31:30 -0500

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- Managed Care - November 2008
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- News and Commentary
- Legislation & Regulation
- Letters
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Do It Yourself for Less
- Biomarkers Promise, but Do They Deliver?
- Oncologists Complain About Drug Payment
- Consider Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring
- Q&A: Keep Industry in the Game
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Managed Care Considerations
- Contents
- Continuing Education Objectives
- RSV Disease in the Pediatric Population
- In the Trenches
- RSV Infection in the Adult Population
- Health Plan Medical Director
- Health Plan Pharmacy Director
- RSV Issues and Solutions
- Assessment/Evaluation/Certificate Request
- Post-Test

Managed Care - October 2008

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:42:31 -0400

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- Managed Care - October 2008
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Here Come the Regulations
- Obesity Program Good for Bottom Line
- New Blueprint for Utilization Management
- Mind the Expanding Medicare Gap
- Interventions Aimed at Insulin Resistance
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow's Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - September 2008

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:43:59 -0400

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- Managed Care - September 2008
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Archimedes Lends Hippocrates a Hand
- Some Other Predictive Modeling Programs
- Messing With Medicare Advantage
- The Trouble With MAC
- MedPAC’s Suggestions Sound Familiar
- The Leader in Patient Satisfaction
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - August 2008

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:37:29 -0400

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- Managed Care - August 2008
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Health Care Foundations Tested
- Q&A: Just What Do Employers Want?
- Vaccinations Are Not Just Kid Stuff
- States Mandate Autism Services
- Maintaining Optimal Glycemic Control
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow's Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Outlook
- Ad Index

Managed Care - July 2008

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

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- Managed Care - July 2008
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Viewpoint
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Physicians Go to Work for Hospitals
- Improving Adherence to Biotech Drugs
- Insurers Tread Lightly as GINA Becomes Law
- How Long Is Too Long?
- Enrolling the Young Invincibles
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Outlook

Managed Care - June 2008

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:38:01 -0400

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- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Viewpoint
- Letters
- News and Commentary
- Legislation & Regulation
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Plans Chart Course in Rough Waters
- A Conversation With Barbara Starfield, MD
- Smoke Signals from Payers
- Slow Going for Clinical Decision Support
- Back Pain and Physical Therapy
- Formulary Files
- PlanWatch
- Outlook

Managed Care - May 2008

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:13:05 -0400

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- Managed Care - May 2008
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Viewpoint
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Explosive Numbers
- Big Changes for Medicare
- Q&A: Reed Tuckson
- The Versatile PBM
- Defending RomneyCare
- Formulary Files
- PlanWatch
- Tomorrow's Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - April 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:04:25 -0400

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- Managed Care - April 2008
- Editor's Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Compensation Monitor
- Mental Health Parity at Last?
- Forging a Better Cancer Policy
- Get Tough With Your PBM!
- Could a Wal-Mart PBM Succeed?
- Q&A: Bruce Bagley, MD, Urges Straight Talk
- Managed Medicaid: A Good Place to Be
- An Options Market for Health Care?
- Formulary Files
- Medication Management
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Outlook

Managed Care - March 2008

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:36:31 -0400

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- Managed Care - March 2008
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Legislation & Regulation
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- The Best Health Plan in America
- An Absorbing Epilepsy Drug Battle
- Outcomes Research Brings Plans Together
- Insurers Embrace Retail Clinics
- Global Provider Networks Beckon
- Great Expectations for Health 2.0
- Formulary Files
- Plan Watch
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook
- Mind Your Body: The Intersection of Physical and Behavioral Health
- Welcome
- Continuing Education Objectives and Accreditation Statements
- Introduction
- Good Medicine, Good Business, Great Leadership: The Trust Prescription for Health Care
- Integrative Approaches to Health Care
- Mood, Depression, and the Menopausal Transition
- Efficient and Effective Care of Depression in Medical Settings
- Depression in Primary Care: Quality Improvement and Economics
- Panel Discussion: Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health Care
- Post-Test
- Answer Sheet/Evaluation/Certificate Request
- Biologic Therapy Management: The Need for Value-Based Health Benefits Models
- Continuing Education Objectives
- Principles of Health Insurance
- Perspectives on the Value of Biologics
- Affordability and Access
- Efficiencies in Management and Administration of Biologics
- Answer Sheet
- Post-Test

Managed Care - February 2008

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:33:49 -0500

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- Managed Care - February 2008
- Editor’s Memo
- Publisher’s Memo
- Contents
- News and Commentary
- Legislation & Regulation
- Snapshot
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- Wellness: No Longer Just an Add-On
- You Will Live Healthily!
- Major Employers Lead the Way
- Taxing Journey
- Why Isn’t E-Prescribing Ready for Prime Time?
- Both Patients and Doctors Are Non-Adherent
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Plan Watch
- Ad Index
- Outlook

Managed Care - January 2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:27:16 -0500

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- Managed Care - January 2008
- Editor’s Memo
- Contents
- Viewpoint
- Snapshot
- News and Commentary
- Medication Management
- Compensation Monitor
- The Flat-Rate CABG
- 2008 Forecast: Challenging
- Paying for Performance in Retail Pharmacies
- Me-Too Drugs Are No Slam-Dunk
- Lax Physician Coding Hurts Plans
- Prescribing 17P in a Medicaid Population
- Formulary Files
- Tomorrow’s Medicine
- Ad Index
- Outlook