Testimony for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Health Subcommittee.

Testimony for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Health Subcommittee.

Understanding how Medicare+Choice (M+C) plans manage their drug benefits may generate important lessons for Medicare. This report, based on interviews with both national and regional managed care firms, provides an in-depth look at how plans have managed their M+C outpatient pharmacy benefits in...

Despite the growth of managed care in the United States, there is little information about the arrangements managed-care plans make with physicians.

In the 1990s, insurance companies and employers began to rely on managed care to control costs, and state governments followed suit by adopting managed care in Medicaid programs. To deal with the challenges associated with developing effective state Medicaid managed care programs, the Robert...

Understanding how Medicare+Choice (M+C) plans manage their drug benefits may generate important lessons for Medicare. This report, based on interviews with both national and regional managed care firms, provides an in-depth look at how plans have managed their M+C outpatient pharmacy benefits in...