History of Managed Care

Use the Timeline for a chronological summary of milestones in the history of managed care. The following library of selected papers provide historical perspectives on relevant topics to the history of managed care:

On the Meaning of a Rational Health System: The American Health System—Past, Current, and Future
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D. 
http://conferences.mc.duke.edu/privatesector/dpsc2001/da.htm  

Health insurance in the 1990s.
by Gilfillan, Sally W
http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/old/13808651.htm

A Brief History of Managed Care
Tufts Managed Care Institute
http://www.thci.org/downloads/BriefHist.pdf 

History of Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
http://newsmedia.kaiserpermanente.org/kpweb/historykp/entrypage.do 

Our History
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
http://www.bcbstx.com/about/history.htm 

Blues History
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association 
http://www.bcbs.com/news/facts_bluehistory.html 

Key Milestones in CMS Programs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/about/history/milestones.asp 

Making Sense of Managed Care Regulations in California; History of the Knox Keene Act
California Health Care Foundation
http://www.chcf.org/documents/insurance/MakingSenseManagedCareRegulation.pdf

The Managed Care Backlash: Did Consumers Vote with Their Feet?
Rand Corporation Fact Sheet
http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB9121/