An assessment of the impact of Medicaid managed care on WIC program coordination with primary care services / by Loren Bell [and three others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bell, Loren, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, issuing body.

Food Assistance & Nutrition Research (Program : U.S.), sponsoring body.

Health Systems Research, Inc.

Series:

Contractors and cooperators report ; no. 33.

Contractor and cooperator report / Economic Research Service ; no. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.).

Medicaid.

Medicaid--Data processing.

Managed care plans (Medical care)--United States--Management.

Managed care plans (Medical care).

Primary health care--United States.

Primary health care.

Managed care plans (Medical care)--Management.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 50 pages) : color illustrations.

Other Title:

Assessment of the impact of Medicaid managed care on Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program coordination with primary care services

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : USDA, Economic Research Service, 2007.

Notes:

"September 2007."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

"Coordination between the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Medicaid has been an important component to ensuring access to primary care services for WIC clients. This study examines how increased use of managed care in the Medicaid program has affected WIC program coordination efforts. According to the study sample, 72 percent of State Medicaid agencies report that Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) are required to inform their members about WIC. About 43 percent of State WIC agencies sampled in the study have formal agreement with a State Medicaid agency, generally revolving around data sharing, referrals, and provision of special metabolic infant formulas. The agreements often lack specific details on how services should be coordinated, however. Some local WIC agencies and MCOs have implemented innovative approaches to coordination. These approaches include Medicaid staff at WIC clinics to help clients with enrollment, sharing information to promote targeted outreach efforts, helping clients identify providers and resources, and MCOs paying transportation costs of WIC clients to attend WIC appointments." (p.1).

Includes bibliographical references (page 38).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USDA ERS, viewed June 6, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Assessment of the impact of Medicaid managed care on WIC program coordination with primary care services.

OCLC:

179780358