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Dissertation Information for Dennis George Preisler

NAME:
- Dennis George Preisler

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- History

SCHOOL:
- Arizona State University (USA) (1998)

ADVISORS:
- Noel J. Stowe

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Robert A. Trennert Jr.
- Bradford Luckingham

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: A history of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System policy: AHCCCS as a Medicaid alternative, 1981 to 1987

Abstract: This dissertation is a study of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), focusing on its creation and the significant changes made to the program's structure during implementation and the first seven years of operations. It provides a look at how and why AHCCCS was created and what changes were made by policy makers as a result of program evaluation. The concentration is on the interaction between the various decision-making entities involved in administering AHCCCS. The study illustrates what historical analysis can contribute to an understanding of the AHCCCS program; explore the changes in AHCCCS that have relevance for the future of the program; and formulate the critical issues with which AHCCCS leadership needs to concern itself.

As a unique, experimental, government funded health care program, AHCCCS has a distinctive set of characteristics making it a good subject for study. The program has a definite beginning, was continuously evaluated, and during its first decade, underwent significant change.

As an alternative to the Medicaid health care programs found in the other forty-nine states, AHCCCS is unique in the way it is structured. When legislated the AHCCCS program had three unique features. The first was the contracted program administrator function. The second was the contracted health care provider system. The third was the funding formula. None of these features had been tried in a similar situation before Arizona policy makers decided to combine all three innovative concepts.


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