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First published as Partners for the Dance by Health Administration Press, in 1995. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Many of today′s nonprofit health and human service organizations are developing coalitions, mergers, and other types of interorganizational alliances. These newly formed partnerships are created to gain a greater capacity within the organization and establish community-driven initiatives. While new strategies can enhance the scope and quality of organizations, they may also represent organizations own survival. Through well-developed examples, this book examines the formation and maintenance of strategic alliances. From the motives that lead organizations to form relationships, to practical tips on how to sustain, recreate, and end partnerships, this text is a useful reference for both beginners and seasoned practitioners.
This executive report takes you step-by-step through the process of developing integrated delivery systems. You'll learn eleven fundamental building blocks for integration and how to apply these methods to redesign and improve your existing processes and systems.
Written in an accessible, user-friendly, and practical style, this text provides a focused and highly engaging introduction to community health nursing. It focuses on health care for people in their homes and where they live with an overriding emphasis on care of the client in the community, and the business and politics of community health nursing. This book is accompanied by a robust Companion Website full of online activities to enhance the student learning experiences.
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the provisions of major health bills concerning the configuration of health care alliance boundaries, focusing on the: (1) features and procedures for establishing Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA); (2) experiences of two states that have established entities similar to alliances; and (3) potential effects of alliance boundaries on existing health markets, access to health care, and distribution of health care costs within a state. GAO found that: (1) the health reform bills vary on whether alliance boundaries can cross state lines, the minimum population size for an alliance area, and the number of alliances that can operate in each coverage area; (2) all the health reform bills permit health plans to operate across state lines or alliance boundaries; (3) if changes in MSA definitions require states to reconfigure their alliance boundaries, the implications for health plans and health delivery could be substantial; (4) each health care proposal requires states to keep MSA intact when defining alliance boundaries, primarily to prevent discrimination against disadvantaged or high-risk groups by health plans; (5) Florida and Washington have already worked to define alliance boundaries and their experience could be instructive regarding the size, number, and boundaries of alliances; (6) coordination could be most critical in areas where alliance boundaries separate existing health markets; (7) some alliances could represent a disproportionate share of a state's high-risk population and result in a limited choice of plans for consumers; and (8) while cost redistribution is inevitable under health care reform, alliance boundaries could result in some persons paying higher insurance premiums.
This text calls the Health Security Act a nightmare for consumers and taxpayers. It forecasts the effectiveness of regional health alliances and analyses the political forces at play.