Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options (Jossey-Bass Health Series) - Hardcover

"This is a very useful collection of essays by some of the nation'smost influential health policy experts. Topics covered: the theoryof regulation, the ways in which the HMO industry does and does notfit the standard model, and consumer and insurance industryperspectives on regulation and practical implementation issues."(Bryan E. Dowd, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Hospital & Health Networks, March 2000) "This collection of papers, from an extraordinary group of authors, makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing policy debate and willbe of interest to anyone concerned with the future of our healthcare system." (Charles A. Sanders, retired chairman and CEO, GlaxoInc., and former general director, Massachusetts GeneralHospital) "This balanced collection of cutting-edge papers reviewing thetheory and practice of health regulation is a must-read for thosewho regulate and for those regulated by this market-moving thedebate from whether to regulate to how to do this most difficulttask more effectively." (W. David Helms, CEO, Association forHealth Services Research and president, Alpha Center)

What should be government's role in a market-oriented health care system? What's the appropriate amount of regulation? Who should regulate-states, federal government, or market forces? What role do the courts play in this regulation? Are there existing models that might guide leaders in designing an effective regulatory structure? Welcome to the great managed care debate. In Regulating Managed Care, twenty-six of the nation's leading health policy experts give health care administrators, clinicians, and policy makers insight into the issues behind this critical exchange and provide leaders with a road map to assess the policy options available to protect the quality of our health care delivery system. "This collection of papers, from an extraordinary group of authors, makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing policy debate and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the future of our health care system."-Charles A. Sanders, retired chairman and CEO Glaxo Inc. and former general director, Massachusetts General Hospital