Developing the information infrastructure for medicare beneficiaries
Subtitle: summary of a workshop
By: Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Furthering the Knowledge Base to Ensure Public Accountability and Information for Informed Purchasing by and on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries, Office of Health Policy Programs and Fellowships, Institute of Medicine ; Valerie Tate Jopeck and Marion Ein Lewin, editors.
Contributors: Jopeck, Valerie Tate.; Lewin, Marion Ein.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Choice and Managed Care.
Series: The compass series; Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Medicare+Choice Program (U.S.); United States. Health Care Financing Administration -- Rules and practice.; Medicare -- Information services.; Communication in consumer education -- United States.; Managed care plans (Medical care) -- United States.; Medicare.
Other titles: Developing an information infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice Program
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52).
Also issued via the Internet.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: HCFA's plan of action; value: HCFA as a successful consumer service agency; value: How to reach beneficiaries: lessons from private industry; value: Role of third parties in the information infrastructure; value: Best practices and models for an open-season enrollment process; value: Special needs populations: helping those most in need of assistance; value: Implementation issues; value: Letter report to the administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration on developing an information infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice Program.