The urgent care crunch: Medicaid managed care tackles emergency use - with mixed results
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The managed care concept is gaining currency in state Medicaid programs. Poor people have normally turned to emergency rooms for primary care, and managed care aims to educate people to use primary care practitioners for preventative care, keeping them healthy and less likely to need emergency rooms. Medicaid budgets have been growing exponentially, and administrators hope managed care will save them money. The percentage of Medicaid recipients covered by managed care programs has risen from 12% in 1992 to nearly 25% by early 1995.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1995
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Visions, values and courage
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Several national health care association executives met in Jan 1993 to discuss the future of US health care. They wanted to introduce health care reform that would focus on prevention, affordability and communication. Techniques that would assist in the implementation of these reforms would include alliances and partnerships. Better communication would need to take place among individuals within organizations.
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Year: 1995
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