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6. People living with H1V and their advocates, must push <strong>Medicaid</strong> programs to more effectivdly moni-
tor and evaluate managed care plans. This inrdudes using outcome measure; related to HIV care and
working to establish feedback loops to enable managed care providers to learn about and correct
problems in the delivery of health care.
7. People living with HIV must be active in setting priorities for the design of managed health care
systems.
8. People living with HIV should strive to work with state <strong>Medicaid</strong> programs and managed care plans
to eate incentives that reward the beneficiary, the provider and the managed care plan for improved
health.
9. People living with Hfv and their advocates, must advocate for managed care programs that provide
hig. quality care uniform ly, despite barriers to accessing care such as languatgr. guogsraphy and
disability status.
This report describes how to translate these principles into meaningful action on behalfofpeople living
with HV. It also provides factual information about-<strong>Medicaid</strong> and managed HM care, as well as a glos-
sauy of terms and a resource listing of organizations conducting policy or advocacy work related to Med-
icaid managed care for people living with HI.
Individual copies of this report may by obtained free of charge by calling the Kaiser Family Foundation
Publication Request Une at (800)656-4KFF. Additionally, the report may be downloaded from NAPWAs
Web Site at http//www thectureorg Questions about the contents of this report may be directed to Jeff
Crowlcy at NAPWA, (202)898-0414.
A. Astlon PlWn Isr P-01. UAIns wIth HIV