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of the highly charged environment in which the future of our health care system continues to be debated, there is a … five important themes that emerged from a review of the recent literature on health system change concludes that an … inherent tension exists between the interest in rapidly driving down health care costs through organizational change and the …
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This paper examines how user interest in health services research is shaped by the following factors: the current … health care policy environment, the organizations and institutional mechanisms available to advance the movement of health … factors for health services research. It builds on earlier work defining pathways that support the translation of research …
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This issue brief for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives an overview of how the field of health care disparities … paper focuses specifically on health care disparities, while recognizing that these are obviously also intertwined with … broader efforts to reduce health disparities. …
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Mathematica health experts collaborated with staff at the Kaiser Commission for Medicaid and the Uninsured to author …
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With federal and state governments pursuing efforts to better coordinate care and reduce costs for people dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, this brief examines how insurers serving these markets view the opportunities and challenges. Based on interviews with senior executives at 13...
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Notes that Florida's Medicaid managed care program continues to face many of the same issues as it has historically: demands of litigation diverted agency resources and slowed progress in enhancing oversight and education. The joint use of HMOs and PCCM components, combined with other issues,...
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Examines M+C participation issues from the perspective of eight national firms that account for more than 70 percent of M+C enrollment nationwide. Notes that M+C products generally do not represent a major line of business for most firms, with the exception of Humana and PacifiCare, where M+C...
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Updates a 1996 case study of Medicaid managed care initiatives in Texas, finding that the state has made progress in rolling out its program, but the conversion has taken longer than expected. Furthermore, major issues have arisen in each county, partly because of the uniqueness of each local...
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