A managed care curriculum implemented across four academic departments using mandated evaluation instruments

Insurance departments may regulate some managed care arrangements.

W ith the healthcare ministry moving toward managed care, hospitals are becoming increasingly involved in alternative arrangements with other hospitals, physicians, insurers, and employers looking for cost-efficient healthcare services. There are many alternative arrangements, integrated delivery networks ( IDNs) , integrated provider o rgan iza t ions ( I P O s ) , in tegra ted provider arrang...

Using Simulation across the Curriculum

Computer simulation has been well recognized as a valuable modeling tool in many disciplines, and many computer science educators already make use of simulations in various courses. To fully exploit its benefits, however, we believe that computer simulation should be integrated more broadly and intentionally across the curriculum rather than taught in an isolated, ad hoc fashion. In this paper ...

Medicare managed care plan performance: a comparison across hospitalization types.

OBJECTIVE The study evaluates the performance of Medicare managed care (Medicare Advantage [MA]) Plans in comparison to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) Plans in three states with historically high Medicare managed care penetration (New York, California, Florida), in terms of lowering the risks of preventable or ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) hospital admissions and providing increas...

Academic Medical Centers And Managed Care: Uneasy Partners

Academic medical centers and managed care: uneasy partners.