{"title":"Can hybrid Medicare plan solve utilization woes?","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reducing inpatient hospitalizations as a way to control senior members' costs causes outpatient utilization to rise. The answer may lie in creating a hybrid Medicare plan that combines managed care with medical savings accounts. Learn more about the kinds of plans that may exist in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":80144,"journal":{"name":"Public sector contracting report : the monthly guide to Medicare and Medicaid managed care","volume":"4 9","pages":"135-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Public sector contracting report : the monthly guide to Medicare and Medicaid managed care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Reducing inpatient hospitalizations as a way to control senior members' costs causes outpatient utilization to rise. The answer may lie in creating a hybrid Medicare plan that combines managed care with medical savings accounts. Learn more about the kinds of plans that may exist in the future.