Article: New Data on Imitrex(R) Indicates Reduction in Migraine-Related Medical Claims In Managed Care Organization.

Article: Managed care for the elderly: A threat or a promise?
Generations;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......stand to gain-and lose-the most from managed care. In the 1990s, the nation's medical...their healthcare through some form of "managed care"that is, through a health plan that...than younger Americans participate in managed care, even here the numbers have grown dramatically...

Article: Psychodynamics and managed care: The art of the impossible?
American Journal of Psychotherapy;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......psychodynamic psychotherapy under managed care is virtually impossible. Notwithstanding...the many adversities posed by managed care, there are ways to productively...psychodynamic psychotherapy under managed care using theory, practice applications...

Article: Federal, state or other: public wants regulation of managed care despite cost: survey.
Business Insurance;  November 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Public apprehension over whether managed care will deliver care when it's most needed...of support for federal regulation of managed care plans, according to a survey released...National Survey of Americans' Views on Managed Care found that only 19% of the respondents...

Article: Managed care has not had an adverse effect on drug makers.(Industry Overview)
Chain Drug Review;  August 26, 1996 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK - Managed care has drastically altered the economics...Gianforcaro, IMS' marketing director for managed care services. Third-party sources now...scripts. But what is surprising is that managed care's focus on cost containment has not...

Article: Managed Care Industry Faces Public Image Problem.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ...CHICAGO--Jul. 30--The managed care industry faces a conundrum: People say they dislike managed care even as they join health maintenance organizations...I wish I didn't have to use the words 'managed care,' said Dr. John Ludden of Harvard Pilgrim...

Article: Evaluating managed care effectiveness: A societal perspective
North American Actuarial Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......employment-based health care benefits, managed care has become the predominant framework...design. Plan options that emphasize managed care have been added to Medicare and Medicaid programs, making managed care the primary model for health financing...

Article: Consumer-oriented managed care: Oxymoron or new direction?
Frontiers of Health Services Management;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Introduction The article "Managed Care: The Next Generation" provides a fresh perspective on managed care, a field that started as a "calling...public need perspective on the concept of managed care and its potential in meeting demands...

Article: Managed Care Surveys: Something to Talk About.
Newsletter-People's Medical Society;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......than 60 million people have enrolled in managed care plans, and more than 10, million people...continue to sign up each year. Why? Because managed care organizations claim to control the rising...and -- right or wrong -- they blame managed care. Patient satisfaction surveys are the...

Article: MediMedia Managed Care Appoints Dana K. Regan Director, Account Management.
PR Newswire;  July 9, 1999 ;     506 words ......PRNewswire/ -- Dana Regan has joined MediMedia Managed Care, LLC, one of the country's leading managed care marketing and communications firms, as...and marketing -- all with a focus on managed care. Among the first in the industry to identify...

Article: Who's regulating managed care?
Newsletter-People's Medical Society;  June 1, 1998 ;     556 words ...Laws targeting managed care companies have proliferated in recent...have singled out and taken aim at managed care. There is no doubt that the industry...more consumers have entered the managed care system and faced denials of or limitations...

Article: Florida Study Cites WC Managed Care Impact.
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  November 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Implementation of managed care in workers' compensation may yield some savings...workers receive medical treatment through managed care as of Jan. 1 1997. At the time, the move to managed care was touted by many as a means to lower medical...

Article: Myths about managed care
Generations;  July 1, 1998 ;     480 words ...Myth: Managed care saves Medicare lots of' Reality: Under current payment arrangements, managed care costs rather than saves Medicare money. Medicare pays managed care plans a capitation, or per enrollee payment, set to equal 95 percent of a similar...

Article: Insurers push for wider WC managed care use. (workers' compensation)
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  March 18, 1996 ;     447 words ......Association is working to defeat anti-managed care initiatives and enact additional managed care authority for workers' compensation if...one AIA official said here. The idea of managed care is widely accepted in our society and...

Article: Insurers push for wider WC managed care use.(Workers' compensation)
National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  March 25, 1996 ;     447 words ......Association is working to defeat anti-managed care initiatives and enact additional managed care authority for workers' compensation if...one AIA official said here. The idea of managed care is widely accepted in our society and...