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Managed Care Organizations Managed Care Plans
1,405 words... s insured through her employer which administered United Healthcare as the utilization reviewing agency. Mrs. Corcoran was deemed to have a high-risk pregnancy because of her history with pregnancy-related problems. Taking this into careful consideration, her doctors recommended hospitalization so that the fetus could be monitored as the due date approached, and another obstetrician (who was used for a second opinion) concurred (Pollack). Despite her doctors request, United Healthcare insist...
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Management Seminar On Managed Health Care And Technology
1,194 wordsOf the approximately 260 million people currently living in the United States of America, every one of them has a need for effective, affordable and accessible health care coverage and services. Within the past thirty to forty years, the scope and cost of health care coverage and services has drastically changed, Altering the manner in which health care was previously managed. There are several factors that have affected the cost of healthcare coverage over the past two to three decades. One of ...
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Managed Care In The Psychiatric Setting
1,646 wordsManaged Care in the Psychiatric Setting The healthcare has been of the greatest interest to governments around the world throughout the human history. The age dynamics, death expectations, and fertility rates are the facts that matter when the government ponders some social program. I should note here that if the US government managed to provide the health care to every US citizen, it would probably be re-elected billion times, because health issues, government support and aid can be used as a c...
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The Emergence Of Managed Health Care
1,747 wordsThe emergence of managed health care In this paper I want to investigate the emergence of managed health care and its influence on health care pros and cons. First of all I want to define what is the managed health care is. I think that it easier to discuss subject when we know what exactly we are going to discuss. Concepts of managed health care are used widely around the world, not only in US, in many places it can be seen as useful approaches to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of h...
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History Of Managed Care
653 wordsHistory of Managed Care Managed care organizations have been existing since the 1920 s. Important growth and national attention came during the mid 1970 s when Congress approved the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Act. This section of legislation made low cost loans accessible to organizations willing to create HMOs. The law also made available that an HMO could require an employer to offer its plan as an alternative to its traditional indemnity health insurance. It was through this time t...
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Managed Care Plans Fee For Service
1,410 wordsMany employees must designate a health plan through their employer. These days, as HMOs (health maintenance organizations) and managed care plans continue to proliferate, that means a choice between bad and worse. As employees line up in the lunch-room for a process called open enrollment, they may be surprised to learn that managed care rates have gone up? again. The mirage that managed care is cheaper care is finally fading. And, for the first time in years, employees may also have the promise...
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