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Annotation: This report on a demonstration project to address racial and ethnic disparities in the context of Medicaid managed care focuses on the question of whether managed care plans can obtain data on race and ethnicity of enrollees from state Medicaid programs and use that data to identify and reduce or eliminate disparities in quality of care. The report also addresses the question of how state Medicaid agencies could act as coordinators of health plans' efforts to address disparities and how disparities initiatives could be organized within the larger context of quality management programs and the Medicaid managed care program in general. The report, which includes an executive summary, provides background; discusses the primary question, the methodology, and the findings; offers conclusions and next steps; and provides a summary of individual plan projects, a list of project participants, and references. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report.

Contact: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 415 F, Washington, DC 20201, Web Site: http://aspe.hhs.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Ethnic factors, Initiatives, Medicaid managed care, Racial factors, Research, State agencies, Statistical data, Total quality management

Annotation: This application addresses the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles to the formulation of a process to define a new philosophy of health care delivery to the nation's children. Its focus is on federal programs for children with special health care needs, operated by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, where the needs were initially most acute and the concept was originally applied. It discusses leadership issues, information and analysis, strategic quality planning, human resource development and management, management of process quality, quality and operational results, and customer focus and satisfaction. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Children, Children with special health care needs, Federal programs, Health care delivery, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Total quality management

Annotation: This plan provides the focus and strategy for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) leadership in working toward HRSA's goals and objectives between 1992 and the year 2000. The sections address access to primary care and preventive health services, primary care health professions, public health practice, mothers and children, minority health, HIV and AIDS, special populations, international health, clinical quality assurance, equal employment opportunity, total quality management, information resources management, and communications. A list of related acronyms is provided.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (888) 275-4772 Secondary Telephone: (877) 464-4772 Fax: (301) 443-1246 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov Available in libraries.

Keywords: AIDS, Acronyms, Children, Communication, Equal opportunities, Goals, HIV, Health Resources and Services Administration, Information services, International health, Minority health, Mothers, Planning, Preventive health services, Primary care, Public health services, Quality assurance, Special health care needs, Total Quality Management