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Session: Medicaid and Managed Care: Reaching and Serving Those In Need
3110.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Medicaid and Managed Care: Reaching and Serving Those In Need
This session will present: criteria in the development of quality measures for linguistic services; incentives for physicians to improve compliance with EPSDT and disease management programs; the barriers and opportunities to expand health insurance coverage; and local public health data to guide policy decisions in addressing specific areas of need.
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn how to: 1)List criteria in the development of quality measures for linguistic services; 2)Develop incentives for physicians to improve compliance with EPSDT and disease management programs; 3)understand the barriers and opportunities to expand helth insurance coverage; 4)Apply local public health data to guide policy decisions in addressing specific areas of need.
Moderator(s):Rashida R. Dorsey, MPH
10:30 AMIdentifying Communities at Risk  [ Recorded presentation ]
Fernando A. Guerra, MD, John Berlanga
10:45 AMPassport Health Plan: A unique partnership in public health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jacqueline Roberts Simmons, MD, MPH, CPE, Adewale Troutman, MD, MA, MPH
11:00 AMHealth delivery indicators project
James W. Walton, DO, Nora Gimpel, MD, Mark J. DeHaven, PhD
11:15 AMAssessing County Capacity to Meet the Needs of the Uninsured in California: 2004 Survey Results  [ Recorded presentation ]
Annette L. Gardner, PhD, MPH, James G. Kahn, MD, MPH
11:30 AMLessons learned: Linguistic services as a measure of quality in HMOs  [ Recorded presentation ]
Cori D. Reifman, MPH, Leobardo Estrada, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA