{"product_id":"tenncare-and-disproportionate-share-hospitals-chinyere-ogbonna-9780761836469","title":"TennCare and Disproportionate Share Hospitals","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe economic recession and the rising healthcare costs experienced by many states in the U.S. is leading us towards the enactment of legislation that will reform the way that healthcare is provided and paid for within the individual states. TennCare was developed in Tennessee as a bold healthcare reform strategy that would simultaneously contain rapidly rising Medicaid costs while expanding insurance for a large, uninsured Tennessee population. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe implementation of TennCare in January 1994 instituted the move of Tennessee's Medicaid patients into managed care health plans. This study describes the design, rationale, implementation strategy, and issues of the reform program, as well as offering in depth insight regarding the effects of the reform strategy on disproportionate share hospitals, i.e. hospitals that serve a large portion of Medicaid and uninsured patients. Data spanning ten years of pre- and post-Tenncare were analyzed to determine the effects of TennCare on the hospitals. Dr. Ogbonna provides a template for dealing with policy, managerial, and administrative issues of rising healthcare costs in Tennessee and the nation in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chinyere Ogbonna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761836462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761836469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.37h x 5.83w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 65","brand":"Chinyere Ogbonna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448925368575,"sku":"9780761836469","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be8e3781-4d8d-49bc-b380-ca3e867f40ba.jpg?v=1777261178","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tenncare-and-disproportionate-share-hospitals-chinyere-ogbonna-9780761836469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}