Managed care in Massachusetts.
Part of a special section on Medicaid and issues for health care reform. The conversion of a fee-for-service program into a managed-care system in Massachusetts is discussed. Medicaid cost increases in the state were driven by rising caseloads and double-digit inflation in medical costs compounded...
| Publicado en: | Public Welfare Vol. 53; pp. 6 - 10 |
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American Public Human Services Association
Spring 1995
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| Sumario: | Part of a special section on Medicaid and issues for health care reform. The conversion of a fee-for-service program into a managed-care system in Massachusetts is discussed. Medicaid cost increases in the state were driven by rising caseloads and double-digit inflation in medical costs compounded by an economic recession more severe than throughout the rest of the U.S., and a number of difficult questions had to be addressed before a managed-care program was designed and implemented. These difficulties are considered, and several lessons learned from the experience in Massachusetts are outlined. |
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