{"title":"Work now for effective health care changes.","authors":"J W Duva","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although it seems increasingly unlikely that health care reform as proposed by the Administration will pass, some sort of reform is likely. Employers must not stand by silently as this critical debate unfolds.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"4-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005657","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":"Hospitals differ on expectations of reform. Interview by Debra Mamorsky.","authors":"R Anderson, R Banyard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health care reform will be played out in different ways at different institutions, predict two physicians who should know. One runs a large university hospital, the other heads up a small community institution, and their views are notable for their differences as well as for their agreements.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"18-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005658","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":"How courts view experimental treatments.","authors":"K L Gallinari","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The consequences of lawsuits brought by patients to obtain insurance coverage for autologous bone marrow treatment for breast cancer illustrate the problems that arise when health plans seek to exclude \"experimental\" treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"37-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005655","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":"An employer model for reform.","authors":"D H Kemnitz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A few years ago, a coalition of Twin Cities employers met to design a high-quality, affordable health care package for their employees. Today, they are promoting their model not only to their employees and their families but to their community and across the country as well.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"12-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005654","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":"Why centers of excellence are gaining momentum.","authors":"L C Meyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"52-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005670","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":"A successful strategy for handling substance abuse.","authors":"A Collins","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"57-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21043796","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":"What happens to retirees after health care reform?","authors":"H L Drake, R L Yurkowitz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The advent of health care reform may cause older workers, no longer fearful of losing health benefits, to leave their jobs. Employers that want to retain these valuable employees may ultimately need to upgrade pay and benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"44-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005666","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":"Reducing workers' compensation costs.","authors":"M J Killian","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Employers can reduce their workers' compensation costs by encouraging internal communication and education before and after injuries occur. Comprehensive workers' compensation programs can be developed by integrating the management of employee benefits and workers' compensation claims.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"26-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005662","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":"Teaching employees how to get the most from an HMO.","authors":"S A Rogers","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"48-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005664","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":"Cost-management solutions for health care.","authors":"K M Gulino","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Employers do not need the new math to compute that health care reform equals increased costs. Faced with this dilemma, they are exploring cost-management solutions to keep up with reform and at the same time keep down costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 5","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21005668","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}