Article: TASK FORCE TACKLES HMO, OTHER HEALTH ISSUES OF SENIORS.(NEWS)

Article: Pennsylvania Retirees Search for Coverage as Medicare ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Medicare does not fully reimburse. Medicare HMOs -- managed-care plans run by private ... Medicare beneficiaries, are enrolled in Medicare HMOs. Now retirees are trying to figure ... groups here. All told, withdrawals of Medicare HMOs from markets around the country have ...

Article: Value of Medicare HMOs varies widely across state, ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Not all Medicare HMOs _ the popular insurance options ... consumer organization has ranked Medicare HMOs in American cities in previous ... the first to rank a state's Medicare HMOs down to the county level, she ...

Article: Medicare HMOs still a viable alternative.
Business Insurance;  July 31, 2000 ;     700+ words ...I read a lot about Medicare HMOs pulling out of markets around ... retiree health care plan and join Medicare HMOs? This question comes from a senior ... providing retirees incentives to join Medicare HMOs depends largely on where those ...

Article: Medicare HMOs help employers, retirees. (health ...
Business Insurance;  December 15, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... and more companies are finding an ally in Medicare HMOs for group retirees. Medicare HMOs save companies money by dramatically reducing ... answer. A sensible solution That was before Medicare HMOs came along. While Medicare covers some ...

Article: Medicare HMOs Are Riskier Than Advertised.(Brief ...
Family Practice News;  June 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Risk contracting with Medicare HMOs is fast becoming much riskier ... increasingly older, sicker patients in Medicare HMOs to the inclusion of pharmacy risk ... IPA that has risk contracts with Medicare HMOs. Many medical group leaders say ...

Article: Twin Cities seniors facing change as more clinics ending ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... forcing them out of the market. Some Medicare HMOs are withdrawing from the market. Blue ... available to members in some of the largest Medicare HMOs that will remain. Park Nicollet Clinic ... both the Medica and HealthPartners Medicare HMOs. Other clinics also are leaving Medicare ...

Article: GAO: high turnover at Medicare HMOs.
Modern Healthcare;  May 11, 1998 ;     700+ words ...One out of every five Medicare HMOs had disenrollment rates above ... Office, also said that newer Medicare HMOs experienced higher rates of disenrollment ... organizations. The report defined newer Medicare HMOs as those with less than two years ...