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HHN (Hospitals & Health Networks) Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11; Pham HH, Ginsburg PB, Lake TK, Maxfield MM (January 2010). "Episode-based payments: charting a course for health care payment reform" (PDF). Washington, DC: National Institute for Health Care Reform. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-19
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that more mental health providers can enroll as Medicare providers, including marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors ...
The catch-22 associated with health insurance — even with subsidies — is that the low-cost plans that most people can afford come with outrageously high deductibles, leaving the policyholder ...
A PPO — or preferred provider organization — is a plan that allows you to choose from approved in-network providers and out-of-network providers, with services provided by those out-of-network ...
In the United States, a health maintenance organization (HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee. [1] It is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance , self-funded health care benefit plans, individuals, and other entities, acting as a liaison with health care ...
In U.S. health insurance, a preferred provider organization (PPO), sometimes referred to as a participating provider organization or preferred provider option, is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have agreed with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide health care at ...
Many managed care programs are based on a panel or network of contracted health care providers. Such programs typically include: A set of selected providers that furnish a comprehensive array of health care services to enrollees; Explicit standards for selecting providers; Formal utilization review and quality improvement programs;
The drawbacks — and criticisms — of Medicare Advantage. Since private plans for Medicare were introduced in the 1980s, there have been challenges with program funding and beneficiary choice ...