More and more states are turning to managed care to restructure their Medicaid programs and help control spending.

This vital resource provides valuable information on the experience to date, as well as on the tasks to be faced as the states and other stakeholders go forward. It provides guidance for meeting the challenges to be faced in the conversion to this new system: transforming a fee-for-service program to capitation, contracting, creating accountability among providers and organizations, implementing quality management, setting up information systems, and marketing to diverse patient populations.

Written by an exceptional panel of experts, the book offers in a single volume a comprehensive roundup of the most current research and the best thinking on the critical issues.

Should be on the desk of every Medicaid administrator, health policy maker and managed care provider.
--Donna Checkett, chief executive officer, Missouri Care Health Plan, former Missouri Medicaid Director, and former chair, National Association of State Medicaid Directors