Medicaid Managed Care - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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During the past year, expert work groups for the first four priorities were convened, each
for a day and a half meeting. Work group members included federal and state Title V officials.
federal and state <strong>Medicaid</strong> agency staff, managed care plan representatives, pediatric providers,
representatives from family organizations, and health services researchers.
This report is a summary of the proceedings from the first four meetings and for each it
includes a problem statement, examples of current research and innovative approaches, and
recommended activities. Also included is a listing of the expert work group members and
bibliographic references. The report. was prepared by the Maternal and Child Health Policy
Research Center with the assistance of the Georgetown University Child Development Center.
Copies of this report are also available through the MCH NetLink-at the following address:
http://www.ichp.ufl.edu/MCHBMCH-NetLink.
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau will be considering these findings and
recommendations along with others to develop new research and demonstration grant guidelines.
technical assistance materials, and policy statements. In the coming year, MCHB plans to
continue work on developing operational approaches for identifying children with special health
care needs for managed care purposes. We will continue to keep you informed of this and other
work on managed care.
Merle McPherson, M.D.
Director
Division of Services for Children with <strong>Special</strong> Health <strong>Care</strong>
Needs
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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