{"title":"Health maintenance organizations.","authors":"D. Piktialis","doi":"10.1300/J031v01n03_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J031v01n03_10","url":null,"abstract":"Health maintenance organizations and similar pre-paid health plans are an alternative form of health care available to Medicare beneficiaries in some areas of the country. While proponents of HMOs have argued that these plans may be better suited than fee-for-service medicine to provide care to an older population, HMOs have played a relatively small role in health care of the elderly. This paper traces federal health policy relating to HMOs and Medicare and describes obstacles to HMO Medicare programs stemming from those policies. It then examines the Massachusetts experience in HMO program development as a case study of how state policy can play a critical role in implementation of policy objectives at a local level. The paper demonstrates how an active state policy involving the executive and legislative branches, elder advocacy groups, and the private sector created a public-private partnership to develop HMO programs for the Medicare population. When this paper was completed, however, Medicare HMO de...","PeriodicalId":79859,"journal":{"name":"Cost containment","volume":"5 16 1","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J031v01n03_10","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66179073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hard choices in health care: an essay on social ethics.","authors":"U E Reinhardt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79859,"journal":{"name":"Cost containment","volume":"8 4","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21147784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soliciting mega gifts from the wealthy.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79859,"journal":{"name":"Cost containment","volume":"8 3","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21143136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving your patient accounting RN to internal audit reduces lost charges.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79859,"journal":{"name":"Cost containment","volume":"8 2","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21147094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deciding among financing options.","authors":"J L Elrod","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79859,"journal":{"name":"Cost containment","volume":"7 23","pages":"4-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21141041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gearing up for corporate restructuring.","authors":"D J Patterson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79859,"journal":{"name":"Cost containment","volume":"7 20","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21168177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}