The challenge of regulating managed care / edited by John E. Billi and Gail B. Agrawal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Billi, John E.

Agrawal, Gail B. (Gail Bopp), 1951-

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Michigan forum on health policy.

Michigan forum on health policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Managed care plans (Medical care).

Health maintenance organizations--United States.

Health maintenance organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A rare insight into the views of major stakeholders in the debate about oversight of the managed-care industry.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Part 1. Understanding the Big Picture""; ""1. Managing the Managers: An Introduction to the Challenge of Overseeing Managed Care / Gail B. Agrawal""; ""2. A National Overview / George Anders""; ""3. The Stages of Managed-Care Regulation: Developing Better Rules / Alice A. Noble and Troyen A. Brennan""; ""Part 2. Views from the Trenches: Patients and Providers""; ""4. A Physician�s View from the Trenches / Clifton R. Cleaveland""; ""5. A Consumer Advocate�s View from the Trenches / Cathy L. Hurwit""

""6. Oversight of Managed Care: An Academic Health Center Perspective / John E. Billi and Jeanne M. Kin""""Part 3. Purchasers and Market Oversight""; ""7. Markets for Medicine? / Keith J. Crocker and John R. Moran""; ""8. General Motors as Purchaser / Bruce E. Bradley, James C. Cubbin, James F. Ball, and Deborah Salerno""; ""9. Medicaid: The Prudent Purchaser / Bruce Bullen""; ""10. NCQA: Using Market Pressure to Promote Quality in Managed Care / Margaret E. O'Kane""; ""11. The American Association of Health Plans: Representing the Industry / American Association of Health Plans""

""Part 4. The Role of Regulation and Litigation""""12. The Role of State Insurance Regulators / Frances Wallace""; ""13. The Role of Private Litigation in Monitoring Managed Care / Peter D. Jacobson""; ""Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms""; ""Appendix B: Managed Care On-line Resources""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612591426

9781282591424

1282591428

9780472023721

0472023721

OCLC:

816386230