Valerie Tate Jopeck and Marion Ein Lewin, Editors, 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, Institute of Medicine

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• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 HCFA's Plan of Action; 4 3 HCFA as a Successful Consumer Service Agency; 5 4 How to Reach Beneficiaries: Lessons from Private Industry; 6 5 Role of Third Parties in the Information Infrastructure; 7 6 Best Practices and Models for an Open-Season Enrollment Process; 8 7 Special Needs Populations: Helping Those Most in Need of Assistance; 9 8 Implementation Issues; 10 9 Letter Report to the Administration of the Health Care Financing Administration on Developing an Information Infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice Program; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 13 Appendix B: Workshop Participants

Valerie Tate Jopeck and Marion Ein Lewin, Editors, 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, Institute of Medicine

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• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 HCFA's Plan of Action; 4 3 HCFA as a Successful Consumer Service Agency; 5 4 How to Reach Beneficiaries: Lessons from Private Industry; 6 5 Role of Third Parties in the Information Infrastructure; 7 6 Best Practices and Models for an Open-Season Enrollment Process; 8 7 Special Needs Populations: Helping Those Most in Need of Assistance; 9 8 Implementation Issues; 10 9 Letter Report to the Administration of the Health Care Financing Administration on Developing an Information Infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice Program; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 13 Appendix B: Workshop Participants