Role Of Medicaid Managed Care In Healthcare Delivery Innovations Article Review

For this assignment, I have chosen to review the information presented in the report titled, The Role of Medicaid Managed Care in Health Delivery System Innovation. Managed health plans can offer protection against financial and health risk. Patients who are enrolled into different health plan policies are motivated to seek managed care as it does not require ‘out of pocket payment’ and the payment is done by a third party. However, quite contrary to what is expected, many practitioners do not identify a managed system of care with the expected health care delivery reform. There is an excessive control of the existing managed care system, over the type and extent of care given to patient who are on Medicaid health plans. The practitioners identified a lack of a proper deliver system that makes the efforts of providing managed care to low-income adults from four communities of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oakland, California; Seattle, Washington; and Washington, D.C, difficult. Improving the delivery of care in these communities is very critical for the effective implementation of managed care.
As more and more people are enrolling into the managed care process, there is an additional burden to improve delivery and meet the healthcare needs. The main intention of introducing managed care was to save time, cost and human resources. These special goals are to addressed while improving managed care. This can be achieved only by identifying the challenges that impede the effective functioning of the system and by introducing appropriate changes. In order to promote patient centered care, it is necessary that patients are provided an opportunity to actively participate in the care process. Establishing a structure that is more collaborative and easier to manage, would help in effective delivery and the improvisation of the managed care process. Likewise, monitoring the parties involved in the managed care network, will help to identify areas that need improvisation.