Managed Care Weekly Digest
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 16th, 2002
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Allergy Medicine - Prior Medicaid drug authorization endangers patients
Medical Errors - Computers beat handwritten prescriptions for accuracy
Cardiothoracic Surgery - Physician-led group tackles quality issues in coronary artery bypass grafting
Healthcare Access - Majority of physicians, patients disapprove of prior drug approval
Healthcare Benefits - New EBRI research: Erosion of health benefits seen as start of new trend
Appointments - Q Mark names Teri Mullaney as president and CEO
Appointments - Robert Fish named interim chairman of Genesis Health Ventures
Congestive Heart Failure - Disease management program significantly improves outcomes
End-of-Life Care - Hospitals move to trim some treatments for dying patients
Finance - Advocat reports a loss of $2.4 million, or $0.44 per share
Finance - Amedisys reports 24% revenue increase
Finance - Matria Healthcare reports third quarter earnings of 14 cents per share
Finance - MedCath Corp. reports strong fourth quarter performance
Finance - Omnicare reports third quarter 2002 results
Finance - Oxford Health Plans, Inc., announces third quarter 2002 results
HIPAA Compliance - Microsoft launches BizTalk accelerator for HIPAA 2.0
Healthcare Financing - Doctors, hospitals irked by insurers' profits
Information Technology - Medication errors reduced by 87% with new tool
Insurance - AIA comments on passage of Terrorism Insurance bill
Integrative Medicine - Abbott Northwestern Hospital establishes the George Center for Health and Healing
Musculoskeletal Pain - Arthritis, repetitive motion strain among reasons for lost productivity
Quality Assurance - Nonprofits beat for-profits in hemodialysis mortality rates
Quality Assurance - Patients recall surgical risks better when given written information
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