Tufts Managed Care Institute - Mission and History

Mission

Tufts Managed Care Institute's (TMCI) mission is to provide physicians and other health care professionals with knowledge, skills and tools to adjust to the changing practice environment. Our goal is to enable them to practice comfortably and effectively in a high quality, cost-effective managed health care system. We achieve this by offering:

Care management educational solutions customized for health care organizations looking to increase their knowledge and improve the performance of their work force
Open-enrollment programs
Online curriculum and CD-ROMs on care management topics

Brief History

Founded in 1995 in Boston, Tufts Managed Care Institute is an independent, not-for-profit educational organization established as a collaborative venture of Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and Tufts Health Plan (THP). We are the first partnership between a medical school and network model health maintenance organization.

Tufts University School Of Medicine (TUSM), founded in 1893, is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The school has graduated more than 8,000 physicians and has a distinguished tradition of excellence in research and patient care, and in providing graduates with a solid foundation in both the basic and clinical sciences. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the school offers students clinical experiences in more than 30 affiliated institutions, ranging from inner-city, tertiary-level hospitals to rural and ambulatory care settings. The school offers a number of combined-degree programs, some in collaboration with other local universities, including MD/MPH, MD/PhD, MD/MBA in Health Management, and MS in Health Communications.

(THP)

Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Tufts Health Plan is a leading managed care company in New England with multiple product lines. These include a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), a Point of Service Plan (POS), a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO),Tufts Health Plan Medicare Preferred, the Medicare Advantage plan offering comprehensive benefits, and a third-party administrator (TPA). Tufts Health Plan was founded in 1979 by Morton Madoff, MD, dean emeritus of TUSM, in affiliation with six Tufts teaching hospitals and their medical staffs. Tufts Health Plans' mission is to set the standard for outstanding quality health care, service, and value.