HMO executives claim fat paychecks

Article Abstract:

High executive salaries at health maintenance organizations may be partly responsible for why health insurance premiums remain so high in an era of aggressive cost-cutting in the healthcare industry. A Crystal Report newsletter study found that seven of the CEOs at the 12 publically owned managed care providers were compensated more than $1 million each in 1994. Healthsource CEO Norman C. Payson is reportedly the highest paid, with $14.28 million in compensation during the year.

Compensation and benefits, Health services administrators

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HMOs see steady growth, some market shifts

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Enrollment in health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which is expected to double in the ten years ending Dec 31, 1997, will probably include 25% of Americans. In the year ended Jul 1, 1994, membership grew 11.5% and included 47.3 million persons. Some states, especially Minnesota and the Northeast, reported a loss of members. Plans with open-end options experienced more growth than those offering less selection.

Statistics

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Can managed care offer effective smoking cessation?

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will grant up to $5.36 million to health maintenance organizations to evaluate smoking cessation programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison's Michael C. Fiore noted the paradox of insurance plans providing coverage for smoking-related diseases, while not covering smoking-cessation programs. About half of health insurance plans do not cover smoking cessation.

Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, Antismoking Programs, Educational, religious, etc. trusts, Educational, Religious, Charitable Trusts, Grantmaking Foundations, Research, Finance, Smoking cessation programs, Smoking cessation, Managed care plans (Medical care), Charitable trusts, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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