Biomedical subjects

D V Loveland

Publications and source records attributed to D V Loveland.

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Enhancing utilization review program results.

Utilization review programs are increasing in number and type, but their true contributions to payers' health care and cost management efforts vary tremendously, according to evaluations of over 100 private UR firms by National Medical Audit. Three senior executives of that firm discuss state-of-the-art criteria and methods for gauging the effectiveness of a UR program.

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The effects of sponsorship on PPO performance.

In trying to build a "better health care mousetrap," hospitals, physicians, insurers, employers and other are sponsoring PPOs. Two Mercer-Meidinger-Hansen consultants who specialize in evaluating managed care plans discuss what prompts various sponsors to establish a PPO and how purchasers can discern the effects of these motivations on the plan's objectives, operational components and outcomes.

Cost Control↗