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AIS's Health Business
Daily
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March
25, 2008
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"As
long as [Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan] remains
the insurer of last resort and gets all the benefits
that accrue with that, this is unacceptable. We all
share the objective of leveling the playing field.
Their solution is one that benefits Blue Cross Blue
Shield at the expense of other carriers in the industry.
This is self-serving legislation."
-- Richard Murdock, executive director of the Michigan
Assn. of Health Plans, commenting on four bills passed
by the state House to The AIS Report on Blue Cross
and Blue Shield plans.
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72%
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…of
Mississippi employers with fewer than 50 employees
don't offer health coverage to their employees, according
to the Center for Mississippi Health Policy.
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Innovative Provider Payment Strategy
or Capitation All Over Again?
An audioconference - April 3, 2008
Learn new provider-payment strategies health plans are
experimenting with to replace the traditional fee-for-service
model — from Robert Mandel, M.D., vice president
of health care services at BCBSMA, and François
de Brantes, CEO for Bridges To Excellence. Click
here. |
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People
On the Move |
The
Maryland Hospital Assn. named Carmela Coyle president
and CEO, effective July 1. Coyle will succeed Cal
Pierson, who in November said he was retiring after
16 years. Coyle is senior vice president for policy
at the American Hospital Assn.…Amerinet,
a health care group purchasing organization, promoted
Robert Hardy to vice president of executive solutions
and Christina Smith to senior director for the
Amerinet Clinical Advantage program. Hardy was
senior director of corporate business development for
Amerinet, and Smith was an Amerinet clinical strategist. |
AIS's Pharmacy Benefit Survey
Results
Now available quarterly as Excel spreadsheets! These
survey results track growth and consolidation in the
industry, and trends in costs, utilization and benefit
design. Click
here. |
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Medicare
Part D: A Comprehensive Analysis of CMS Rules
Includes detailed chapters on sponsors, eligibility and
enrollment, formularies, and CMS enforcement.
Click
here.
ONCOLOGY
DRUG MANAGEMENT: A WHITE PAPER ON MARKETPLACE CHALLENGES,
OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES
Find out how to design a cost-effective oncology drug program.
Click
here.
Health
Plan Pay-for-Performance Programs: The Next Generation
P4P program trends and case studies.
Click
here.
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