03706nam 2200697Ia 450 991097097860332120251017110118.00-309-18450-91-280-21021-497866102102130-309-59294-10-585-19723-7(CKB)110986584752576(SSID)ssj0000137842(PQKBManifestationID)11159669(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000137842(PQKBWorkID)10096487(PQKB)10904918(Au-PeEL)EBL3376418(CaPaEBR)ebr10055646(OCoLC)923263674(MiAaPQ)EBC3376418(DNLM)959726(BIP)53858989(BIP)5984783(EXLCZ)9911098658475257620000318d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDeveloping the information infrastructure for medicare beneficiaries summary of a workshop /Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Furthering the Knowledge Base to Ensure Public Accountability and Information for Informed Purchasing by and on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries, Office of Health Policy Programs and Fellowships, Institute of Medicine ; Valerie Tate Jopeck and Marion Ein Lewin, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press1999x, 65 pThe compass seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-309-06388-4 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- HCFA's plan of action -- HCFA as a successful consumer service agency -- How to reach beneficiaries: lessons from private industry -- Role of third parties in the information infrastructure -- Best practices and models for an open-season enrollment process -- Special needs populations: helping those most in need of assistance -- Implementation issues -- Letter report to the administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration on developing an information infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice Program.On March 4 and 5, 1998, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Choice and Managed Care held a 2-day workshop entitled Developing the Information Infrastructure for Medicare Beneficiaries. This workshop was a follow-up to the IOM report entitled Improving the Medicare Market: Adding Choice and Protections. The workshop focused on the Medicare provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which mandate that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) develop a "nationally coordinated education and publicity campaign" in 1998 and move Medicare beneficiaries to an open-season enrollment process by the year 2002.Compass series (Washington, D.C.)Developing an information infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice ProgramMedicareInformation servicesCommunication in consumer educationUnited StatesManaged care plans (Medical care)United StatesMedicareInformation services.Communication in consumer educationManaged care plans (Medical care)368.4/26/00973Jopeck Valerie Tate1851696Lewin Marion Ein1803920Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Committee on Choice and Managed Care.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970978603321Developing the information infrastructure for medicare beneficiaries4445926UNINA