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Managed Healthcare Executive
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May 1, 2008
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- Miller, Julie
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Copyright informationCopyright Advanstar Communications, Inc. May 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Network Health has been tracking the number of disenrolled members who churn bakc into public plans
Higher-than-expected enrollment has challenged the budget and the administration of public health coverage in Massachusetts ever since its universal health plan took effect in April 2006. Christina Severin, executive director of Network Health in Medford, Mass., a private plan that covers subsidized Commonwealth Care members as well as MassHealth Medicaid members, believes programs will continue to struggle until one particular problem is solved: enrollment churning.
Churning-the cycle of enrollment, loss of coverage and subsequent re-enrollment of the same members year after year-causes ...