Managed Care in the Inner City: The Uncertain Promise for Providers, Plans, and Communities

DENNIS P. ANDRULIS is director of the Office of Urban Populationsat the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a contributing editor tothe American Journal of Medicine and a founding board member of theAmerican International Health Alliance, which creates health carepartnerships with U.S. and Central and Eastern European providersof health care. He has published extensively on a broad range ofhealth policy issues. Andrulis is former president and CEO of theNational Public Health and Hospital Institute. BETSY CARRIER isvice president for managed care at the National Association ofPublic Hospitals & Health Systems and has worked in health caremanagement for over 20 years. She has extensive experience indeveloping managed care plans and case management programs forindividuals covered by both Medicaid and commercial insurance.