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Suggested Chapter Readings

To supplement the material in Essentials of Managed Health Care, Fourth Edition, we have provided a list of additional readings for each chapter. Select the appropriate chapter from the drop down box below to view the reading selection(s).

Chapter 1: An Overview of Managed Health Care

"Managed Care Evolution — Where Did It Come from and Where Is It Going?" Health Care Manager, Vol. 18:2, (pp. 50-57)
"Understanding and Managing Integrated Delivery Networks," Health Care Manager, Vol. 18:4, (pp. 41-47)

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Chapter 2: Types of Managed Care Plans

"Managed Care Plans and the Organizational Arrangements with Group Practices" Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 19:4, 1996 (pp. 11-17)

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Chapter 3: Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems

"Integrated Delivery Systems: Non Fait Accompli" Managed Care Quarterly Vol. 7:1, 1999 (pp. 29-38)

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Chapter 4: Elements of the Management Control and Governance Structure

"Governance of Integrated Delivery Systems/Networks: A Stakeholder Approach" Health Care Management Review, Vol. 22:1, 1997 (pp. 7-20)

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Chapter 5: Examining Common Assertions About Managed Care

"Lessons Learned in Managed Care" Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 9:2, 1997 (pp. 58-63)

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Chapter 6: Primary Care in Managed Health Care Plans

"Primary Care Physicians’ Participation in Managed Care Networks" Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 22:2, 1999 (pp. 27-40)

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Chapter 7: Compensation of Primary Care Physicians in Managed Health Care

"Addressing Physician Compensation and Practice Productivity" Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 22:3, 1999 (pp. 47-57)
"Incentive-Based Physician Compensation Models" Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 22:3, 1999 (pp. 36-46)
"The Promise and Pitfalls of Explicitly Rewarding Physicians Based on patient Insurance" Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 23:1, 2000 (pp. 55-70)

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Chapter 8: Contracting and Reimbursement of Specialty Physicians

"Designing and Administering Physician Compensation Plans in Integrated Health Systems" Physician Compensation Arrangements: Management and Legal Trends, (pp. 41-60), Daniel K. Zismer, PhD
"Specialty Care Contracting" Managed Care Contracting: A Guide for Health Care Professionals (pp. 171-203), Wendy Knight

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Chapter 9: Negotiating and Contracting with Hospitals and Institutions

"Negotiating Skill for Health Care Professionals" The Health Care Supervisor, Vol. 14:3, 1996 (pp. 27-32)

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Chapter 10: Introduction to Medical Management

"The Paradox of Legitimacy: Physician Executives and the Practice of Medicine" Health Care Management Review, Vol. 24:4, 1999 (pp. 54-64)

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Chapter 11: Managing Basic Medical-Surgical Utilization

"Managed Care, Utilization Management, and Case Management in the Emergency Department" Topics in Emergency Medicine, Vol 18:4, 1996 (pp.50-57)

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Chapter 12: Clinical Services Requiring Authorization

"How HMOs Structure Primary Care Delivery" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 4:4, 1996 (pp.96-105)

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Chapter 13: Case Management and Managed Care

"Case Management as a Tool for Clinical Integration" Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, Vol. 4:1, 1998 (pp.9-15)

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Chapter 14: Fundamentals and Core Competencies of Disease Management

"Developing Effective Disease State Management Programs" Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 10:4, 1998 (pp. 11-19)
"Critical Pathways as an Essential Part of a Disease Management Program" Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Vol. 14:1, 1999 (pp.11-15)
"Organizing Health Care for People with Seizures and Epilepsy" Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 21:2, 1998 (pp.1-17)

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Chapter 15: Prescription Drug Benefits in Managed Care

"The Impact of Managed Care on Pharmacy Practice" Pharmacy Practice Management Quarterly, Vol. 19:4, 2000 (pp.99-116)

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Chapter 16: Managed Behavioral Health Care Services

"Fundamental Mechanisms of Managed Behavioral Health Care" Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 24:3, 1998 (pp. 1-15)
"Oversight of Managed Care for Behavioral Health Services" Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Vol. 4:1, 1998 (pp. 96-100)
"Survey Results on Behavioral Health Promotion in Managed Primary Health Care" Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Vol. 4:1, 1998 (pp.101-109)

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Chapter 17: Quality Management in Managed Care

"What is Quality, Who Wants It, and Why?" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 7:4, 1999 (pp. 40-46)
"Marketing Quality and Value to the Managed Care Market" Topics in Health Information Management, Vol. 19:2, 1998 (pp. 62-69)
"HMO Quality and Financial Performance: Is There a Connection?" Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 24:2, 1998 (pp. 65-77)

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Chapter 18: Using Data and Profiling in Medical Management

"Using Data in the Case Management Process" Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Special Issue no. 1, November 1999, pp. 86-97.

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Chapter 19: Physician Behavior Change in Managed Health Care

"Has Managed Care Changed the Skills Required for Physicians to Practice Medicine?" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 7:4, 1999 (pp. 20-24)

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Chapter 20: Information Systems and EDI for MCOs

"The Evolution to Electronic Data Interchange: Are There Benefits at All Stages of Implementation?" Hospital Materiel Management Quarterly, Vol. 18:4, 1997 (pp. 79-83)

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Chapter 21: Claims and Benefits Administration

"An Examination of Employer-Provided Benefits in the Health Care Industry," Health Care Manager, Vol.8:4, (pp. 55-62)

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Chapter 22: Member Services and Consumer Affairs

"Testing Strategies for Building Member Loyalty in a Managed Care Organization Serving Medicare Beneficiaries" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 7:4, 1999 (pp. 15-19)

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Chapter 23: Sales and Marketing in Managed Health Care Plans: The Process of Distribution

"Becoming Customer-Driven: One Health System’s Story" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 6:3, 1998 (pp. 28-39)

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Chapter 24: The Employer’s View of Managed Health Care

"Employee Reactions to Managed Care" Health Care Management Review, Vol. 24:2, 1999 (pp. 57-70)
"Revisiting Employee Benefits Managers" Health Care Management Review, Vol. 24:4, 1999 (pp. 70-79)

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Chapter 25: The Impact of Consumerism on Managed Health Care

"Health Care Consumerism, the Information Explosion, and Branding: Why ‘Tis Better to be the Cowboy than the Cow" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 6:4, 1998 (pp. 33-43)
"MCOs — You’re Using the Wrong Benefits!" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 7:4, 1999 (pp. 34-39)

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Chapter 26: External Accreditation of Managed Care Plans

"Accreditation and Managed Care: Partnering for Success" Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Vol. 3:4, 1998 (pp. 74-79)
"Health Plan Accreditation: NCQA, JCAHO, or Both?" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 6:4, 1998 (pp. 52-61)

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Chapter 27: Common Operation Problems in Managed Health Care Plans

"Increasing the Level of Integration in Your Provider Organization" Managed Care Strategies: A Physician Practice Desk Reference (pp. 349-366), George B. Moseley, III

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Chapter 28: Operational Finance and Budgeting

"Managing Risk in Changing Health Care System" Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 22:3, 1996 (pp. 15-22)

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Chapter 29: Underwriting and Rating Functions Common to Most Markets

"Forecasting Health Expenditures: Short, Medium, and Long (Long) Term" Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 26:3, 2000 (pp. 56-72)

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Chapter 30: Medicare and Managed Care

"Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse" Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 10:6, 1998 (pp. 1-10)

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Chapter 31: Medicaid Managed Care

"Serving People with Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 7:2, 1999 (pp. 23-30)
"Medicaid and Managed Care: Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Low-Income Women" Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Vol. 4:6, 1998 (pp. 13-22)
"Implementing Medicaid Managed Care: The New York City Story" Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 26:1, 1999 (pp. 1-17)

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Chapter 32: Legal Issues in Provider Contracting

"Legal Issues in Managed Care Contracting: Home Health Care in the 1990s" Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 9:2, 1997 (pp. 22-28)

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Chapter 33: Legal Liability Related to Medical Management Activities

"Legal Issues for Case Managers: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You" Family & Community Health, Vol. 22:3, 1999 (pp. 78-91)
"Educating Physicians on How to Avoid Liability Related to Utilization Review by Third Party Payors" Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 9:6, 1997 (pp. 45-50)

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Chapter 34: HIPAA

"The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: Understanding the Anti-Kickback Laws" Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 25:2, 1998 (pp. 55-62)
"Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits in Carve-Out Plans and the Mental Health parity Act of 1996" Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 24(3), 1998 (pp. 82-92)
"Management Implications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act," Health Care Manager, Vol. 19:1, 2000 (pp. 44-49)

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Chapter 35: State Regulation of Managed Care

"Managed Care Regulations: Impact on Quality?" Quality Management in Health Care, Vol. 8:2, 2000 (pp. 21-39)

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Chapter 36: Managed Care’s Regulatory Evolution: Driving Change in the New Century

"Regulating Managed Care Plans: Is the Telecommunications Industry a Possible Model?" Managed Care Quarterly, Vol. 6:3, 1998 (pp. 7-16)

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