| Title |
Basic Health Plan Study: Part 1 |
| Online Availability |
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| Abstract |
The 2005-07 Operating Budget directs JLARC to conduct a two-part performance audit of the state’s Basic Health Plan (BHP), which provides health insurance coverage to low-income residents of Washington State. Part 1 of the study examined the extent to which the BHP’s policies and procedures promote or discourage the provision of appropriate, high-quality, cost-effective care for enrollees of the plan. The report recommends that the Health Care Authority, which administers the BHP, should: 1) develop goals and objectives for the BHP, focused on the statutory requirements to assure quality, use evidence-based treatment, and explore chronic disease management; 2) develop more specific guidelines and performance requirements for future contracts, including defining key terms and developing clinical health-related performance measures for the health plans; and 3) improve its system of monitoring health plans. |
| Author(s) |
Cynthia L. Forland, Ph.D., Analyst
Isabel Muñoz-Coloón, Analyst
Lisa Jeremiah, Analyst
Ruta Fanning, Project Manager |
| Print Availability |
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| Keywords |
Basic Health, Health Care Authority, |
| Category |
Social and Health Services |