Managed care's last frontier.
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Biomedical subjects
M Grobman
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"Enhanced competition model" proposed in Twin Cities would bypass HMOs and link employers directly with integrated systems.
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Competitive Medical Plans↗
UR only as good as what you save.
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Self-funded benefits plans enjoy freedom and flexibility.
Freedom from state mandates and premium taxes have long persuaded companies to self-fund their benefits plans. Then they discover an additional benefit to self-funding--flexibility.
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Cholecystopleural fistula with cholelithiasis presenting as a right pleural effusion.
At autopsy, multiple gallstones were recovered from the right pleural space of an elderly patient who presented with a massive right pleural effusion and septic shock. The mechanisms of gallstone migration and fistula formation between the gallbladder and right pleural space are described. Despite atypical presentations, gallbladder disease remains an important differential consideration of right pleural effusion in the elderly.
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Vision adds value.
Both HMOs and vision service providers say vision will continue to gain popularity as an ancillary benefit. And some believe that carve-out eyecare plans that combine exams, corrective lenses, and medical benefits also will grow.
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