Health Plan & Provider Report Index Summary

RACIAL OR ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION

– Businesses/HHS alliance, disparities reduction, In Brief, 201
– Nonmedical improvement strategies, commission created to study, 266

RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

– Medigap, class action alleging insurer told agents to deny supplemental coverage for ill seniors dismissed in part (W.D. Ky.), 477
– Prescription drug prices

– – Conn., attorney general charges McKesson of conspiring with First Databank to inflate drug costs (D. Mass.), 620
– – Groups oppose AWP class action settlement with list publisher First Databank, 40; proposed settlement approval denied (D. Mass.), 128; damages suit certified over objections by FirstDatabank and distributor McKesson, 358; amended settlement filed, 658
– – San Francisco sues distributor McKesson (D. Mass.), 590

– Provider reimbursement, class action conspiracy claims against 20 BCBS plans dismissed (S.D. Fla.), 658

RADIOLOGY SERVICES

– Advanced imaging, plans scrutinizing use, study, 240
– Antitrust, excluded providers' monopolization claim properly dismissed (9th Cir.), 588

RATES

See PREMIUMS AND RATES

RECORDS AND RECORDKEEPING

– Personal electronic health records

See ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

REHABILITATION SERVICES

– Part B, whistleblower's FCA claims proceed against carrier (S.D. Miss.), 213

REIMBURSEMENT

– Medicaid

See specific states

– Pay-for-performance programs

See PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS

– Prompt payment

See PROMPT PAYMENT

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

– Ky. Medicaid reforms, savings unclear due to inconsistent reporting, audit, 11
– Medicare drug coverage guidance for 2009 benefit year, CMS draft call letter delays deadline for plan reporting on e-prescribing, 343
– Part D technical specifications, In Brief, 646
– Wash. hospitals, adverse events bill approved, 234; new law, 372

REPORTS AND STUDIES

– Ed. Note: For information on publications, reports, studies, and surveys, see specific subject headings.

RESEARCH

– Comparative effectiveness

See QUALITY OF CARE

– Electronic health records, potential negative impact of private sector data banks on biomedical studies, article, 448

RETAIL HEALTH CLINICS

See LIMITED SERVICE CLINICS (LSCs)

RETIREE BENEFITS

– Ed. Note: This heading covers health insurance unless otherwise indicated.
– ADEA

– – Coordinating Medicare benefits, federal statute not violated (U.S., rev den), 354
– – EEOC issues rule on Medicare-eligible recipients, 8

– Attorneys' fees, no award for employer-sponsored plan that is secondarily liable for medical expenses (E.D. Mich.), 712
– CalPERS, Part D drug subsidy funds distributed to cities, 471
– FEHBP, OPM seeks better hearing benefits and Medicare wraparound option, 370
– Part D subsidy program

– – Attestation guidance, In Brief, 646
– – Qualifications guidance, In Brief, 646

– State and local government, defined contribution plans explored, 585
– Unions, critics say UAW plan will fail absent health care cost cuts, 64
– Voluntary employees' beneficiary associations, trust funds described, study, 152

RHODE ISLAND

– Hospitals, insurers would pay uncollected copayments and deductibles under house-passed bill, 401

RICO

See RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT