Author: Jere A. WysongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Managed care plans (Medical care)
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Introducing Medicaid Managed Care in Rural Communities
Author: Jere A. WysongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Managed care plans (Medical care)
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Rural Managed Care
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health maintenance organizations
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Access to Health Care Services in Rural Areas
Author: Sheldon WeisgrauPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788176846
Category : Managed care plans (Medical care)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Includes: impact of hospital closures; do transition grants help rural hospitals? rural hospital networks: implications for rural health reform; variations in rural hospital costs: effects of market concentration & location; why do so few HMOs offer Medicare risk plans in rural areas? patterns of HMO service areas in rural counties; effects & effectiveness of telemedicine; & access of rural AFDC Medicaid beneficiaries to mental health services. Illustrated.
Consumer Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care
Author: Roberta Riportella-MullerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City dwellers
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Effects of Market-driven Reform on Rural Health Care Delivery Systems
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rural health services
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Does Medicaid Managed Care Affect Rural Areas?
Author: Anupama PrabhuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Managed care plans (Medical care)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
America's Health Care Safety Net
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030906497X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
America's Health Care Safety Net explains how competition and cost issues in today's health care marketplace are posing major challenges to continued access to care for America's poor and uninsured. At a time when policymakers and providers are urgently seeking guidance, the committee recommends concrete strategies for maintaining the viability of the safety netâ€"with innovative approaches to building public attention, developing better tools for tracking the problem, and designing effective interventions. This book examines the health care safety net from the perspectives of key providers and the populations they serve, including: Components of the safety netâ€"public hospitals, community clinics, local health departments, and federal and state programs. Mounting pressures on the systemâ€"rising numbers of uninsured patients, decline in Medicaid eligibility due to welfare reform, increasing health care access barriers for minority and immigrant populations, and more. Specific consequences for providers and their patients from the competitive, managed care environmentâ€"detailing the evolution and impact of Medicaid managed care. Key issues highlighted in four populationsâ€"children with special needs, people with serious mental illness, people with HIV/AIDS, and the homeless.
Rural Medicaid Managed Care
Author: Sharon J. BrownPublisher:
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Category : Federal aid to rural health services
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Remaking Medicaid
Author: Stephen DavidsonPublisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Written for health care executives, physicians, nurses, policymakers, health services researchers, and scholars, Remaking Medicaid offers a vision of the future to which conscientious policymakers and provider organizations, working together, can aspire.
Author: Paul James