Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Medicare HMO Risk-contractor Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Medicare and Health Care Chartbook
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Improving the Medicare Market
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175364
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Medicare beneficiaries are rapidly moving into managed care, as attempts to restrain the growth of this costly entitlement program progress. However, advocates for patients question whether the necessary information and structures are in place to enable Medicare consumers to select wisely among private-sector managed care options. Improving the Medicare Market examines how to give Medicare beneficiaries the same choice of health plan options enjoyed in the private sectorâ€"yet protect them as consumers and patients. This book recommends approaches to ensuring accountability and informed purchasing for Medicare beneficiaries in an environment of broader choice and managed careâ€"how the government should evaluate and approve plans, what role the traditional Medicare program should play, how to help to elderly understand their options, and many other practical matters. The committee discusses the information requirements of Medicare beneficiaries and explores in detail how best to respond to their special needs. And it examines the procedures that should be developed to provide the necessary protections for the elderly in a managed care system.
The Medicare Handbook
Author: Medicare HMO's
Author: Jonathan RatnerPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788147625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Medicare costs have grown rapidly during the 1990s, & are estimated to increase an average of 8.4% a year through FY 2002. To slow this growth rate, proposals have been made to encourage beneficiaries to join managed care plans. This report examines the inconsistency between the expectation that HMOs would save Medicare money & research findings that HMOs increase the program's costs. It identifies conditions under which Medicare's method can yield payment rates that are too high & suggests improvement directed at problems fostering excess payments. Charts & tables.
Medicare HMOs
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Profiles of
Author: Maintaining Medicare HMO'S
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on AgingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Medicare HMO Payment Policies
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Author: