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The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93-222 codified as 42 U.S.C. §300e) is a United States statute enacted on December 29, 1973. The Health Maintenance Organization Act, informally known as the federal HMO Act, is a federal law that provides for a trial federal program to promote and encourage the development of health maintenance organizations (HMOs).
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 ...
The growth of managed care in the U.S. was spurred by the enactment of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973. While managed care techniques were pioneered by health maintenance organizations, they are now used by a variety of private health benefit programs. Managed care is now nearly ubiquitous in the U.S., but has attracted ...
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973; Healthcare Quality Improvement Act; Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994; Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act; Hill–Burton Act; HIV Organ Policy ...
The government is only now starting to collect basic data to gauge the quality of care, more than 30 years after the benefit was introduced. New measures, ushered in under the Affordable Care Act, require hospice operators to submit data that measure seven different conditions for hospice patients, such as pain or shortness of breath.
The incident began Saturday around 4:30 p.m. local time when a police officer detected an unmanned aircraft system operating "dangerously close" to Logan International Airport, the statement said.
The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 required employers with 25 or more employees to offer federally certified HMO options. [112] Unlike traditional indemnity insurance, an HMO covers only care rendered by those doctors and other professionals who have agreed to treat patients in accordance with the HMO's guidelines and restrictions ...
Dr. Jeremy London, a cardiovascular surgeon based in Savannah, Georgia, shares the important pros and cons of drinking red wine when it comes to heart health.