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Insurers encouraging patients to question physicians about drugs and costs.

Publication: Managed Care Quarterly
Publication Date: 01-JUN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Insurers are encouraging patients to ask their physicians about a course of treatment, as opposed to simply mentioning cost. Despite the fact that patients are often reluctant to sound like "second-guessers" for fear of irritating their physicians, insurers are providing patients with the tools and the techniques that the insurers have developed to assist them raise issues on clinical options and costs. Lumenos, Inc., a...

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