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Managed Care
December 2004
John Carroll |
One Winner Could Take TennCare Bid Gov. Phil Bredesen and patient advocates have been wrangling over either rationing care for all or simply dismantling TennCare and returning to a traditional, Medicaid-only approach.   |
Salon.com
October 21, 1999
Dena Bunis |
Uninsured children A new report says there are still too many kids without health coverage. |
Managed Care
April 2002 |
More Than Just 'Chipping' Away at Problem of Uninsured Children CHIP (the Children's Health Insurance Program) continues to grow by leaps and bounds. About 4.6 million children in the U.S. received coverage through CHIP in fiscal year 2001. That's an increase of 38 percent from fiscal year 2000... |
Managed Care
February 2007 |
Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage Rates Falling A new report says that that 61 percent of non-elderly Americans had employer-sponsored insurance in 2004, compared to 66 percent in 2000. |
Managed Care
February 2008
John Carroll |
Move to Mandatory Coverage Wouldn't Ensure Universality Compared to the existing state of affairs, there's a lot to like in mandatory coverage, but the Massachusetts experiment is a lesson to not expect miracles. |
Managed Care
April 2005
John Carroll |
Can Managed Care Programs Rein in Medicaid's Runaway Budgets? Cadillac or Yugo care for the poor? Fee-for-service or managed care? The states have a lot on their minds as the Medicaid monster grows and grows. |
Managed Care
January 2001 |
Private Proposals Aim To Reduce Lack of Coverage Two new proposals to solve the conundrum of Americans without health coverage would build on the country's existing health system... |
Managed Care
December 2001 |
Tie to Employers Stresses Fragility Of Health Coverage About two thirds of Americans receive health insurance through their employers or families, and many gain or lose coverage when they marry, divorce, or move to new jobs... |
Managed Care
April 2007 |
Comparing Congressional Health Care Proposals A review of health care reform bills proposed by Congress shows that many of them would cover more uninsured Americans than the current administration proposal. |
Managed Care
November 2001
Michael D. Dalzell |
The Uninsured: How Health Plans Can Do Well By Doing Good While health plans battle for market share, 38 million Americans are uninsured. At least some could be signed up, but pursuing them is not without risk... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Major Health Care Reform Under President Bush Remains Elusive Three of the chief health-care challenges facing the United States are: finding a way to provide coverage for the millions of uninsured, reforming Medicare, and setting up a prescription-drug plan for the elderly. The White House is likely to make headway on only the third of these in the next two years. |
Managed Care
May 2005 |
Covering the Uninsured Seen as Legislative Priority Opinion leaders say Congress should also act to improve quality and safety, and ensure Medicare solvency. |
Managed Care
August 2000
Carey Lee Straetz |
Managing Medicaid Rolls Often State-by-State Affair Despite the strong economy, Medicaid enrollment may be slowly rising after a three-year decline. The challenges for serving this population are huge. |
Managed Care
February 2007 |
Managed Care Outlook Coverage for children leads policy debate. |
Managed Care
July 2004
Martin Sipkoff |
Managed Medicaid Business Might Be Worth the Difficulties Financial, regulatory, and access problems continue. Still, this remains a growth industry and some have found a way to profit. |
Managed Care
February 2006 |
Managed Care Offered to More Medicaid Enrollees A chart illustrates the percentage of medicaid enrollees in managed care, for the years 1996 to 2004. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
The New Face Of Medicaid Seniors and the disabled are pushing the program to the breaking point. |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
HMO, Medicaid formularies exhibit surprisingly small differences When you compare HMO and Medicaid formularies for coverage in major therapeutic areas, you find that the differences are relatively small, with Medicaid plans being somewhat less stringent. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2009
Sasse & Weems |
Health-Care Reform: The Rush to Pass a Bad Bill The proposed laws making their way through Congress fail to answer hard, real-life questions about cost and care |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Janet Arrowood |
The Medicare and Medicaid Minefield As the population ages and life expectancy rises, so does the likelihood that more people will be needing long-term care and your financial advisory clients should know the hard facts about paying for it, because the costs can be staggering. |
Registered Rep.
September 18, 2013
Kevin McKinley |
Having Money and Getting Medicaid Clients who want to have both their money and Medicaid may want to purchase a specific type of long-term care insurance known as a "partnership" policy, currently available to residents in 31 states. |
Managed Care
November 2001 |
For Now, at Least, Fewer People Lack Insurance The Census Bureau says the number of uninsured Americans dropped in 2000, for the second year in a row -- a trend many experts doubt will continue, thanks to a weakening economy... |
Managed Care
February 2007
John Carroll |
Push To Reform System Makes Strange Bedfellows Nearly everybody's calling on the government to make health care coverage affordable and universal. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2003 |
Newsletter House Bill May Reclaim Title VII Family Practice Training Funds... Health Care Spending in the United States Increased by 8.7 Percent in 2001... Two Surveys Demonstrate Negative Economic Impact of Medicaid Reductions... AHRQ Releases Fact Book on Women's Health Care in U.S. Hospitals... FDA Establishes Task Force on Consumer Nutrition Health Information... |
Managed Care
January 2001
Bob Carlson |
Ohio Struggles To Rescue Managed Medicaid Program Health plans and providers in Ohio's beleaguered Medicaid managed care program, OhioCare, welcomed its per-member, per-month payment increases of more than 25 percent over the last two years... |
Managed Care
September 2005
Martin Sipkoff |
The Private Sector Can, Should, and Will Help Solve the Problem of the Uninsured WellPoint Chairman Leonard Schaeffer and other health plan leaders believe they can help with the chronic societal issue of uninsured Americans. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011 |
Taking a Scalpel to Medicaid A look at eight key states whose governors want to cut costs for Medicaid. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
Radical Surgery For Medicaid? South Carolina Governor Sanford has a plan to slash costs - but a political battle looms. |
Reason
July 2002
Mike Lynch |
Data: Can't Give It Away An Urban Institute study released in March indicates that lack of access to taxpayer-funded health insurance isn't the problem. |
Managed Care
December 2001 |
CMS Medicaid Managed Care Proposal Under Close Scrutiny Bioterrorism. Medicaid managed care plans. No link between them? Guess again. It all has to do with how proposed Medicaid regulations would affect patients' rights and funding for Medicaid programs ranging from nursing home care to emergency rooms... |
Managed Care
August 2001
Bob Carlson |
States' Role as Policy Labs Tested as Resources Tighten State health-policy types point out that the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Patients' Bill of Rights and other federal initiatives came into existence only after states did the heavy lifting... |
