Cost/Quality Credentialing; Medicare Lobbying

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• Aetna to rank specialists by cost, quality
  Aetna’s move comes at a time when its competitors also are experimenting with tiered networks as a way to cut employer costs and offer members more information about physicians and the cost of medical care.
  (tags: health_cost quality)
• At Last, a Way To Compare Medical Costs
  Others note that while the prices of most itemized medical services don’t vary tremendously from doctor to doctor, the overall cost of treating a patient can — which is why Aetna’s price disclosures are only a first step in bolstering health-care consume
  (tags: health_cost quality)
• Medicare Law Prompts a Rush for Lobbyists
  Almost every week the federal government issues new rules or guidelines to carry out the 2003 law, which provides a drug benefit starting in January. To keep track of the new rules and to decipher their meaning is a full-time job for hundreds of lawyers a
  (tags: medicare health_cost)