Topic: Medicare HMOS
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How do HMOs work with Medicare?
The Medicare Advantage program offers beneficiaries HMO choices that are marketed and administered by private insurers as an alternative to original fee-for-service Medicare. Beneficiaries enrolled in these HMOs (health maintenance organiza... Read More »
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What act requirred the implementation of medicare HMOs?
the balance budget act in 1997 Read More »
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Who switches from Medigap to Medicare HMOs?
To determine the factors affecting whether Medigap owners switch to Medicare managed care plans. DATA SOURCES: The primary data were the 1993-1996 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Cost and Use Files. These were supplemented by dat... Read More »
Source: http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12035994
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We compare the characteristics of enrollees in for-profit and nonprofit Medicare health plans using nationwide data from the 1996 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. We find few differences in overall health status, limitations in activiti...
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Source: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/1/210
An estimated five million Medicare beneficiaries received outpatient prescription drug benefits through Medicare + Choice in 1999. However, little is known about how these benefits are managed or about their effects on costs and quality of ...
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Source: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/2/42
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The federal government enters into contracts with HMOs, requiring them to provide all Medicare-covered services. You are guaranteed not to lose any Medicare benefits when you join an HMO and that you will receive all basic health care servi...
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Source: http://www.consumer-action.org/english/articles/its_your_choice_a...
The federal government (HCFA) and state licensing departments (usually the department of health or insurance) monitor both quality and cost effectiveness. They also monitor performance through patient satisfaction surveys, information from ...
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HealthFlex will not be applying for a subsidy from CMS related to participants enrolled in HealthFlex's Medicare HMOs. The General Board has delegated nearly all administrative and fiduciary functions related to the Medicare HMOs to the ins...
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Source: http://www.gbophb.org/health_welfare/MedicarePartD.asp
The Physician Payment Review Commission's 1997 Annual Report to Congress is now available (202-653-7220) or for more information: It provides an in-depth analysis of Medicare and Medicaid spending and related policy issues. The following is...
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Source: http://www.rwhc.com/eoh97/ed_6_97.html
