{"title":"Health care cost increases begin to slow, but reasons are debatable.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79817,"journal":{"name":"Capitation management report","volume":"11 4","pages":"43-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24540988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
With pharmacy costs rising nationally 8% to 15% annually and the cost of injectables rising at an even higher 15% to 25% clip, HealthCare Partners is looking for ways to improve its injectables authorization process, develop a more effective evaluation method for its therapeutic guidelines, and better integrate its utilization management information system with billing.
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{"title":"Capitation holding steady among groups heavily invested in risk contracting.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79817,"journal":{"name":"Capitation management report","volume":"11 3","pages":"28-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24484773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medicare risk contractors get a boost from risk adjustment.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79817,"journal":{"name":"Capitation management report","volume":"11 3","pages":"25-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24484771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opinion mixed on effect of any willing provider decision.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79817,"journal":{"name":"Capitation management report","volume":"11 3","pages":"30-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24484775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A growing number of capitated groups are trying to increase revenue and patient satisfaction by reducing appointment backlogs through an approach called "open" or "advanced" access. See how at risk provider groups are reconfiguring their offices and boosting their performance.
{"title":"Same-day appointment movement hits California.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A growing number of capitated groups are trying to increase revenue and patient satisfaction by reducing appointment backlogs through an approach called \"open\" or \"advanced\" access. See how at risk provider groups are reconfiguring their offices and boosting their performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":79817,"journal":{"name":"Capitation management report","volume":"11 2","pages":"18-21, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24469155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Why do provider-sponsored health plans have 20% lower administrative expenses than Blue Cross commercial plans? Here's some detailed data that you can use to benchmark your own administrative costs.
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Messenger-model IPAs have a roadmap they can follow to determine whether they are sufficiently clinically integrated to avoid antitrust problems when they collectively negotiate non-risk contracts for participating physicians. Here's how.
{"title":"FTC, DOJ issue statements on clinical integration.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Messenger-model IPAs have a roadmap they can follow to determine whether they are sufficiently clinically integrated to avoid antitrust problems when they collectively negotiate non-risk contracts for participating physicians. Here's how.</p>","PeriodicalId":79817,"journal":{"name":"Capitation management report","volume":"11 1","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24444065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}