Diversification is not achieved through horizontal integration. Discuss
- Under a payment arrangement in which physicians are paid a fixed salary and performance-based bonuses, risk is shifted from the MCO to the physicians
- Under a payment arrangement in which physicians are paid a fixed salary and performance-based bonuses, risk is shifted from the MCO to the physicians
- The percentage of premium spent on administration, marketing, and profits is the medical loss ratio
- The HMO Act of 1973 had failed to achieve its objective of creating 1,700 HMOs
- All MCOs are now required to be accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
- Utilization is better controlled under a closed-panel plan than under an open-panel plan.
- Case management is mainly recommended for patients who need secondary and tertiary care more often than primary care.
- Disease management is highly individualized.
- One distinguishing feature of HMOs is that they use discounted fees as the primary method of paying providers.
- By law, an HMO is prohibited from having an exclusive contract with a group practice.
- In the IPA model, the IPA rather than the HMO contracts with the physicians.
- The majority of Medicaid beneficiaries are enrolled in managed care.
- In the 1990s, managed care was widely credited for enabling small employers to offer health insurance coverage to their employees.
- Research shows that quality of care has declined as managed care has continued to grow.
- The objective of horizontal integration is to control the geographic distribution of a service.
- Diversification is not achieved through horizontal integration.
- Under a payment arrangement in which physicians are paid a fixed salary and performance-based bonuses, risk is shifted from the MCO to the physicians
- Under a payment arrangement in which physicians are paid a fixed salary and performance-based bonuses, risk is shifted from the MCO to the physicians
- The percentage of premium spent on administration, marketing, and profits is the medical loss ratio
- The HMO Act of 1973 had failed to achieve its objective of creating 1,700 HMOs
- All MCOs are now required to be accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
- Utilization is better controlled under a closed-panel plan than under an open-panel plan.
- Case management is mainly recommended for patients who need secondary and tertiary care more often than primary care.
- Disease management is highly individualized.
- One distinguishing feature of HMOs is that they use discounted fees as the primary method of paying providers.
- By law, an HMO is prohibited from having an exclusive contract with a group practice.
- In the IPA model, the IPA rather than the HMO contracts with the physicians.
- The majority of Medicaid beneficiaries are enrolled in managed care.
- In the 1990s, managed care was widely credited for enabling small employers to offer health insurance coverage to their employees.
- Research shows that quality of care has declined as managed care has continued to grow.
- The objective of horizontal integration is to control the geographic distribution of a service.
- Diversification is not achieved through horizontal integration.