How to evaluate and implement new technologies in an era of managed care and cost containment.

Value based insurance design: maintaining a focus on health in an era of cost containment.

HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS ERISA Litigation and Physician Autonomy

THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECUrity Act (ERISA) looms like a colossus over the managed care environment. Originally enacted to regulate employer-sponsored pension plans, the statute also covers health care benefits established by self-insured employers (with few exceptions, such as for governmental employees). According to recent Department of Labor estimates, ERISA applies to appro...

کنکاشی در شناسایی بسترهای اجرایی آفرینش مناظر شهری در طرح جامع صفوی

The urban development of the city of Isfahan during the Safavid period was based on a preconceived plan and was brought to an end in a limited time. The Safavids were able to create valuable urban landscapes in the old city of Isfahan, and in this way, could assert a significant influence on the urbanism of the onward periods. In facing such master plans, as the results of an era which is consi...

Optimization of grid independent diesel-based hybrid system for power generation using improved particle swarm optimization algorithm

The power supply of remote sites and applications at minimal cost and with low emissions is an important issue when discussing future energy concepts. This paper presents modeling and optimization of a photovoltaic (PV)/wind/diesel system with batteries storage for electrification to an off-grid remote area located in Rafsanjan, Iran. For this location, different hybrid systems are studied and ...

Between the Scylla and Charybdis: physicians and the clash of liability standards and cost cutting goals within accountable care organizations.

This article seeks to examine the conflict between non-cost-conscious medical malpractice liability standards and health care cost cutting measures within the context of Accountable Care Organizations ("ACOs") under the new health care reform law. This article begins by providing an overview of the high level of health care spending within the United States health care system in order to provid...