Publication Date: September 1st, 1998
Publication Type(s): Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Topic(s): Medicare
Author(s): Casey, M.
This article identifies factors that influence health maintenance organizations’ (HMOs) decisions about offering a Medicare risk product in rural areas; describes HMOs’ recent experiences serving rural Medicare risk enrollees; and assesses the potential impact of Medicare program changes on the future willingness of HMOs to offer a Medicare risk product in rural areas.
Published in: Health Care Financing Review