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- Top 25 plans ranked by Medicare enrollment. // Managed Healthcare Executive;Jun2003, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p44
Lists the top 25 managed care plans ranked by Medicare enrollment as of January 1, 2002. PacifiCare of California; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.; Humana Medical Plan Inc.; Health Net of California; Oxford Health Plans of New York; SCAN; Group Health Cooperative.
- Milestones in Medicare Managed Care. Zarabozo, Carlos // Health Care Financing Review;Fall2000, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p61
Medicare managed care has a long history, dating back to the beginning of the Medicare program. The role and prominence of managed care in Medicare have both changed over the years; though plan participation has waxed and waned, enrollment has grown steadily. The greatest growth in Medicare...
- HMO providers mum on Medicare's future here. Webb, Marlon // San Diego Business Journal;06/28/99, Vol. 20 Issue 26, p6
Reports that some managed care providers in San Diego, California, are reluctant to disclose possible benefit changes or rising premiums to local Medicare enrollees. Law passed by Congress in 1997 that modifies Medicare coverage starting 2000; Need to settle conflicts between Medicare patients...
- HMO ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE. // hfm (Healthcare Financial Management);Jun2001, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p20
Reports on the drop in enrollment in United States health maintenance organizations (HMO) as of July 1, 2000. Number of HMO enrollees as of July 1999; Decline in the number of HMO offering Medicare; Growth rate of HMO Medicaid enrollment.
- CONSUMERS CONTINUE TO CHOOSE MEDICARE HMOS. // hfm (Healthcare Financial Management);Feb2003, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p24
Reports on the finding that consumers continue to choose managed care plans to receive Medicare benefits despite the decrease in coverage of senior citizens by Medicare health maintenance organizations.
- Flatlining. Glasser, Ronald J. // Washington Monthly;May2001, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p44
Criticizes managed care plans under health maintenance organizations (HMO) in the United States. Rationale for passing the HMO Act of 1973; Business advantages of establishing HMO; Method used by HMO to save money from medical care of beneficiaries; Comparison between Medicare and HMO operations...
- Measuring access to effective care among elderly medicare enrollees in managed and fee-for-service care: a retrospective cohort study. Barton, Mary B.; Dayhoff, Debra A.; Soumerai, Stephen B.; Rosenbach, Margo L.; Fletcher, Robert H. // BMC Health Services Research;2001, Vol. 1, p11
Background: Our aim was to compare access to effective care among elderly Medicare patients in a Staff Model and Group Model HMO and in Fee-for-Service (FFS) care. Methods: We used a retrospective cohort study design, using claims and automated medical record data to compare achievement on...
- MEDICARE CHECKUP. Reed, Vita // Orange County Business Journal;8/2/2004, Vol. 27 Issue 31, p23
Reports on health maintenance organizations' (HMO) interest in seniors' coverage in the United States. Aim of PacifiCare's Medicare HMO; Aetna Inc.'s reduction of its monthly premium and co-payments for routine preventive services; Medicare HMO market competition; Medicare HMO drug lists.
- Plans consider local Medicare PPOs. Walker, Tracey // Managed Healthcare Executive;May2004, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p14
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