Improving the Medicare Market

Stanley B. Jones and Marion Ein Lewin, Editors; Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Assuring Public Accountability and Information for Informed Purchasing by and on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries, Institute of Medicine

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Overview; 4 2 Symposium Summary; 5 3 Findings and Reccomendations; 6 References; 7 References Consulted; 8 A Additional Commentary Regarding Choice Facilitating Organizations; 9 B Invitational Symposium Agenda; 10 C Symposium Participants; 11 D Commissioned Papers; 12 E The Structure and Accountability for Medicare Health Plans: Government, the Market, and Professionalism; 13 F Best Practices for Structuring and Facilitating Consumer Choice of Health Plans; 14 G Medicare Managed Care: Issues for Vulnerable Populations; 15 H Reaching and Educating Medicare Benificiaries About Choice; 16 I What Information Do Consumers Want and Need: What Do We Know About How They Judge Quality and Accountability?; 17 J Medicare Managed Care: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Satisfaction; 18 K Medicare Managed Care: Current Requirements and Practices to Ensure Accountability; 19 L What Should Be the Basic Ground Rules for Plans Being Able to Participate in the Medicare Managed Care Market? Case Study: The California Public Employees' Retirement System; 20 Index