Addressing the needs of chronically ill persons under Medicare.

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Health Tracking Health AffairsVol. 17, No. 2 Addressing The Needs Of Chronically Ill Persons Under MedicarePeter D. Fox, Lynn Etheredge, and Stanley B. Jones AffiliationsPeter Fox is an independent managed care consultant in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Lynn Etheredge and Stan Jones are independent consultants in health care policy in the Washington, D.C., area. Jones is director of the Health Insurance Reform Project at the George Washington University.PUBLISHED:March/April 1998No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.17.2.144AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View articleTOPICSMedicarePrimary careChronic diseaseCase managementMedicare savings programsHealth maintenance organizationsDisease managementPaymentHealth care providersFee-for-service Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article MetricsCitations: Crossref 9 History Published online 1 March 1998 InformationCopyright © by Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This paper reflects the discussion at a meeting that was held 17 October 1997 in Washington, D.C. The meeting was cosponsored by Health Affairs and the Health Insurance Reform Project at the George Washington University, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Participants, in addition to the authors, were Sherry Aliotta, SA Squared, Inc.; Nancy Barrand, RWJF; Richard Besdine, University of Connecticut Health Center; Kathleen Ann Buto, Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA); Jan Clarke, Humana Health Plans; Barbara Cooper, HCFA; Gerben DeJong, National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center; John Iglehart, Health Affairs ; Judith Miller Jones, National Health Policy Forum; Joel Kavet, United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds; Andrew Kramer, University of Colorado Health Science Center; Robert Master, Community Medical Alliance; Olivia Mastry, Medica Health Plans; Mary Mussman, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Sheldon Retchin, MCV Associated Physicians; David Reuben, University of California, Los Angeles; Judith Riggs, Alzheimer's Association; John Santa, HealthFirst Medical Group; June Simmons, Visiting Nurse Association Foundation; Helen Smits, HealthRight, Inc.; and Jan Stallmeyer, Principal Health Care of Kansas City. PDF downloadCited ByIntegrating Systematic Chronic Care for Diabetes into an Academic General Internal Medicine Resident-Faculty Practice28 August 2008 | Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 23, No. 11Are Managed Care Medicare Beneficiaries With Chronic Conditions Satisfied With Their Care?30 June 2016 | Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 18, No. 1Effect of a Consumer-Directed Voucher and a Disease-Management-Health-Promotion Nurse Intervention on Home Care UseThe Gerontologist, Vol. 45, No. 2Medicare in the 21st Century: Building a Better Chronic Care SystemSSRN Electronic JournalIdentification of Risk for High Hospital Use: Cost Comparisons of Four Strategies and Performance Across SubgroupsJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 51, No. 5Development of a Method to Identify Seniors at High Risk for High Hospital UtilizationMedical Care, Vol. 40, No. 9Chronic Illness And Plan Satisfaction Under Managed CareUnderstanding the experiences of persons with chronic illnesses offers a “useful window” for evaluating plans.Benjamin G. Druss, Mark Schlesinger, Tracey Thomas, and Harris Allen13 December 2018 | Health Affairs, Vol. 19, No. 1Purchasing Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits: A New ProposalIt is possible for Medicare to offer an affordable prescription drug benefit without resorting to national price controls.Lynn Etheredge13 December 2018 | Health Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 4New changes in medicare program create opportunities for case managersThe Case Manager, Vol. 9, No. 4