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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456084903321

Titolo

Improving the medicare market [[electronic resource] ] : adding choice and protections / / Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Assuring Public Accountability and Information for Informed Purchasing by and on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries; Stanley B. Jones and Marion Ein Lewin, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996

ISBN

0-309-52084-3

0-585-02452-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesStanley B

LewinMarion Ein

Disciplina

362.1/0425

Soggetti

Medicare

Older people - Medical care - United States - Finance

Managed care plans (Medical care) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Overview""; ""2 Symposium Summary""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""References Consulted*""; ""A Additional Commentary Regarding Choice Facilitating Organizations""; ""B Invitational Symposium Agenda""; ""C Symposium Participants""; ""D Commissioned Papers""; ""E The Structure and Accountability for Medicare Health Plans: Government, the Market, and Professionalism""; ""F Best Practices for Structuring and Facilitating Consumer Choice of Health Plans""

""G Medicare Managed Care: Issues for Vulnerable Populations""""H Reaching and Educating Medicare Beneficiaries About Choice""; ""I What Information Do Consumers Want and Need: What Do We Know About How They Judge Quality and Accountability?""; ""J Medicare Managed Care: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Satisfaction""; ""K Medicare Managed Care: Current Requirements and Practices to Ensure



Accountability""; ""L What Should Be the Basic Ground Rules for Plans Being Able to Participate in the Medicare Managed Care Market? Case Study: The California Public Employees� Retirement System""

""Index""