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DESCRIPTION: In The Managed Care Yearbook, Fifth Edition, you'll get all the critical facts, statistics, costs, analyses, comparisons, enrollment and premium trend studies that you need to make important decisions. The Managed Care Yearbook details what that nation's leading health plans are focusing on and what plans they are implementing. The Managed Care Yearbook also provides coverage on disease management programs. New features of this edition include chapters on Industry Consolidation, MCO-Provider Relations, Financial Trends, CAM: New Treatment Methods in Managed Care, Managed Care Pharmaceutical Issues, Physician-Patient Relations and an in-depth discussion on HIPAA and its impact on managed care. The Managed Care Yearbook, Fifth Edition also provides you with the news you need on developments in the industry, what partnerships have been formed, contracts that have been awarded, acquisitions, mergers, networks that have been created or developed, new market expansions and types of information systems that are available to help MCOs. Back to Order Form
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter One General Managed Care Trends Chapter Two Mergers and Acquisitions: An Industry Under Consolidation Chapter Three Eye on Managed Care Financial Trends Chapter Four Cost-Containment: Making the Most of Healthcare Dollars Chapter Five The Managed Care Backlash: An Industry Under Fire Chapter Six Member Retention: Strategies to Maintain Success Chapter Seven Best Practices: Serving the Managed Care Consumer Chapter Eight Making Managed Care Work Chapter Nine Examining Managed Care Benefits Chapter Ten Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New Treatment Methods in Managed Care Chapter Eleven Disease Management: Improving Lives, Reducing Costs Chapter Twelve Managed Care Pharmaceutical Issues Chapter Thirteen The Employer Side to Managed Care Chapter Fourteen Legislation and Regulation Affecting Managed Care Chapter Fifteen Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Chapter Sixteen Managed Care Organization-Provider Relations Chapter Seventeen Physician-Patient Relations Chapter Eighteen Accreditation: Measuring the Quality of Managed Care Chapter Nineteen Quality Assurance: Ensuring the Best Possible Care Chapter Twenty Technology Taking a Stronger Role in Managed Care Chapter Twenty-One Looking Ahead in Managed Care Chapter Twenty-Two Market News Appendix I: Sources Appendix II: Managed Care Resources Appendix III: Acronyms Appendix IV: Managed Care Glossary Appendix V: Index Back to Order Form