Medicare and Managed Care
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The University of Oregon determined the key types of knowledge necessary if Medicare beneficiaries are to make informed choices among expanded health plan options.
Managed Care Organizations
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Minnesota HMO Matches Healthy Plan Members with Medicare Recipients Needing Help
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Medica Health Plan created the Volunteer Investment Program to match healthy plan member volunteers with Medicare members who required companionship, help with chores, grocery shopping and other special services.
Study Finds Patients Whose Medicare HMOs Close Face Higher Insurance Costs
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs examined how Medicare beneficiaries fared after their health maintenance organizations (HMOs) closed, forcing them to seek new insurance coverage.
Consumers Union Offers 2000 Guide to Medigap Plans, Medicare HMOs, Nursing Homes
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Consumers Union of the United States created the 568-page Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors, which was published by Three Rivers Press in 2000.
Simplifying Medicare Managed Care Offerings Proves to be Tall Order
August 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed recommendations on how to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have adequate information and protections when they consider enrolling in managed care plans.
Mae, Temporarily Too Weak After Surgery to Keep House or Eat Properly
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Before having heart surgery at the age of 78, Mae was content to live alone in an apartment, managing her diabetes, and doing all of her own cooking, cleaning and driving.
John Gets Back to His Life
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
John had chronic physical health problems and mental health issues so bad that he could barely get dressed.
Manual's Alzheimer's
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Taking care of Manual, an 84-year-old senior with Alzheimer's disease, was more than his daughter Mary Jo and her mom, Maria, could handle. Reluctantly, they placed Manual in a nursing home.
Story of an Elder Couple, Both Disabled
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
For Richard and Bev, married 57 years, the task of raising hundreds of foster children over a lifetime was easy compared to dealing with the health problems they faced as they grew older.
New York HMO Recruits 445 Volunteers for Service Credit Banking Program
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Oxford Health Plans, Inc., created its service credit banking program, called Partners In Caring, to assist Medicare members with nonmedical needs by recruiting and training community volunteers.