Organizational Statements, Revising the Risk Adjustment Methodology for Medicare+Choice

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

External Links to:

• AARP
• American Academy of Actuaries
• American Association of Health Plans
• American Medical Association
• Capitated Payment Coalition for the Frail Elderly
  • Elderplan
  • Elder Health
  • Fairview Partners
  • Massachusetts Department of Medical Assistance
  • Senior Care Action Network Health Plan
  • Sierra Health Services
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    
• Coaltion for Medicare Choices
• Healthcare Leadership Council
• Health Policy Alternatives
• Kaiser Family Foundation
• Minnesota Senior Health Options
• National Chronic Care Consortium
• National Council of Senior Citizens
• National Council on Aging
• United Health Care
• Urban Institute
• Women's League
  

Internal Archive for Health Policy Alternatives, downloaded on 2/12/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the American Association of Health Plans, downloaded on 2/12/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for United Health Care, downloaded on 2/13/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Coalition for Medicare Choices, downloaded on 2/13/01:

• Lawmakers introduce bills to address underfunding of the Medicare+Choice Program (http://www.medicarechoices.org/cmc-august-1.html)

Internal Archive for the Healthcare Leadership Council, downloaded on 2/13/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Medical Association, downloaded on 2/13/01:

• Seniors will Pay More for Less; Who's to Blame? (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/gvl11011.htm)
• AMA Statement to the Practicing Physicians Advisory Board, March 27, 2000 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/basic/article/203-605-1.html)

Internal Archive for the American Medical Association, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• More HMO's Pull Out of Medicare: Who's at Fault? (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/gvl10719.htm)
• Report of the Council on Medical Service (http://www.ama-assn.org/meetings/public/interim99/downloads/cmsrep.pdf)

Internal Archive for AARP, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• Payments to Medicare+Choice Organizations (http://research.aarp.org/health/dd47_choice.html)

Internal Archive for Kaiser Family Foundation, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model (http://www.kff.org/content/archive/1461/fehbp_r.pdf)

Internal Archive for American Academy of Actuaries, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• Actuarial Review of the Health Status Risk Adjustor Methodology (http://www.actuary.org/pub/actuary.org/health99/hcfariskadj.pdf)

Internal Archive for the Capitated Payment Coalition for the Frail Elderly, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for Elderplan, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for Elder Health, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for Fairview Partners, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Massachusetts Department of Medical Assistance, downloaded on 2/15/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for Minnesota Senior Health Options, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• Minnesota Department of Human Services Model Contract for Medical Services (http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/HlthCare/PDF/2000ModelContract.pdf)
• MSHO Aging Initiative (http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/Agingint/Services/mshosumm.htm)

Internal Archive for the National Chronic Care Consortium, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• NCCC Integrated CareLink (http://www.nccconline.org/products/carelinksample.htm)

Internal Archive for the Senior Care Action Network Health Plan, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for Sierra Health Services, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for University of Maryland, Baltimore County, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the National Council of Senior Citizens, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Women's League, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the National Council on the Aging, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive of the Urban Institute, downloaded on 2/16/01:

• Medicaid Managed Care Payment Methods and Capitation Rates: Results of a National Survey (http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/occa26.html)