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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778665703321

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

0-309-17536-4

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

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.

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