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UCR RATE LITIGATION: HEALTH PLAN STRATEGIES FOR MINIMIZING FINANCIAL AND LEGAL RISKS, a 90-minute audioconference on July 29, 2009. Find out what to do to minimize your risk of facing Ingenix-based UCR and prompt-pay lawsuits — from Edward Kaplan, senior vice president, national health practice leader in The Segal Company’s New York office, and Matthew C Katz, MS, executive vice president of the Connecticut State Medical Society. ($329)

MANAGED MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FACTBOOK: 2009, a valuable resource packed with rates, benefit designs, directories, trends and strategies on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program and managed Medicaid. Features new payment rates, and practical information on the Part D drug benefit, Special Needs Plans, MA private fee-for-service, and much more. Written and organized by AIS's experienced health reporting staff. ($418) CD version also available.

AIS’s DIRECTORY OF HEALTH PLANS 2009, the most comprehensive resource available on the U.S. health plan market — more than 500 pages of thoroughly researched and verified information. It contains the most up-to-date enrollment data and contact information for health plans and primary care preferred provider networks operating in the U.S. ($622) Database also available on CD.

KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS FOR LEADING HEALTH PLANS, a quarterly spreadsheet with up-to-date financial data points for 50 leading health plans. The Excel file compares nine indicators — premium revenue, hospital/medical costs, pharmacy costs, total medical costs, medical cost ratio, administrative costs, administrative expense ratio, net income (loss) and net margin. ($141 per quarter)

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MANAGING NEVER EVENTS AND HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED CONDITIONS provides guidance on patient safety and preventable adverse events to help you reduce risks, prevent lost reimbursement, increase quality of care and improve outcomes. Written by three top patient safety leaders — Robert F. Bunting, Jr., Jay Schukman, MD, and Wesley B. Wong, MD — this resource is the first of its kind to chronicle the efforts of the past decade to address the challenge of patient safety. Subscription includes a looseleaf guide, companion CD and one biannual update. ($287)

SPECIALTY PHARMACY: STAKEHOLDERS, STRATEGIES AND MARKETS 2009, a comprehensive picture of the specialty pharmacy marketplace. Includes hard data and statistics on the vendors serving this health care sector, the products involved, and the strategies employed by payers for managing and delivering these products to members. ($341) CD version also available.

THE NEXT GENERATION OF DISEASE MANAGEMENT: 2009 AND BEYOND, a thought-provoking book that provides expert insight into where the DM industry is headed. Ten leaders in the DM industry weigh in on pressing issues such as: the build-versus-buy debate; using predictive modeling; measuring results; integrating care coordination; leveraging technology; and much more. ($223)

AIS’s HIPAA COMPLIANCE CENTER, a highly practical Web and print service that will help your organization safeguard patient privacy and data security — and reduce your chances of fines and penalties, private lawsuits and public relations nightmares. Annual subscriptions include 12 issues of the industry-leading newsletter Report on Patient Privacy, and access to a regularly updated Web site — with 30 narrative sections written by experts (and packed with sample forms, policies, procedures and other practical tools you can adapt to your privacy and security compliance), a convenient listing of links to official documents pertaining to HIPAA privacy and security, and searchable archives of Report on Patient Privacy. ($429)

THE AGING OF AMERICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BUSINESS OF HEALTH CARE is packed with data, trends, projections and other research findings on how Baby Boomers are about to reshape U.S. health care ... with contributions from organizations like The Brookings Institution, First Consulting Group, The Commonwealth Fund, RAND Corp. and The Urban Institute; and government agencies like the Administration on Aging, CDC, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service, Institute of Medicine, Census Bureau, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Separate chapters focus on how Boomers will impact hospitals and other providers, health plans, long-term and home care services, age-related diseases, and much more. ($187)

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