MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES UNDER MANAGED CARE

This overview discusses the importance of monitoring and evaluating th e delivery of services under managed care, particularly with respect t o assessing access and quality in managed care. It also lists recent H ealth Care Financing Administration (HCFA) initiatives in this area, a nd presents an introduction to the articles published in this issue of the Review. The topics addressed by these articles range from assessi ng and monitoring access and quality provided by traditional types of managed care organizations (MCOs) serving Medicare and Medicaid benefi ciaries to issues that must be considered in developing and monitoring new delivery system models.