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September 14, 2009 | News Release
Study published by the New England Journal of Medicine shows strong physician support for mixed public-private proposal.
January 14, 2009 | Program Result
Minnesota's Department of Human Services planned, developed and implemented Minnesota Senior Health Options, a managed care program that blends funds from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
April 1, 2006 | Program Result
Medicare serves a particularly vulnerable subgroup of Americans. Many have physical and/or cognitive disorders others do not read English well.
May 1, 2006 | Program Result
For 10 years (1994–2004), the HMO Workgroup on Care Management published recommendations on, and highlighted opportunities and challenges in, care management practices for chronically ill older patients under capitated arrangements.
June 8, 2006 | Program Result
The Community Coalition for Long Term Care - a coalition of Monroe (N.Y.) county agencies, BlueCross/BlueShield, local health care providers and advocacy organizations - conducted a demonstration project to develop and implement Continuing Care Networks.
June 1, 2005 | Program Result
Staff from the National PACE Association conducted the PACE Expansion Initiative to promote, support and expedite the development of PACE - Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
August 1, 2005 | Program Result
In 1997, Congress approved the Medicare+Choice program, which sought to contain costs and expand seniors' health plan choices by increasing access to managed care plans.
October 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine tested whether growth in the market penetration of managed care organizations and the incentives they use to control costs have a spillover effect on the health care received by Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
April 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Medicare home health benefit changed dramatically between 1997 and 2001, leading to significant reductions in the number of people who used the benefit and the amount of services they received.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health studied Elder Health, a for-profit managed-care provider in Baltimore, Md., that serves individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (i.e., dually eligible).