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PPOs v. HMOs

an employer. Under the HMO system the traditional fee-for-service setup of medicine in which a doctor is paid for each patient vis...

Health Maintenance Organizations' System Improvements

In three pages this paper examines how HMOs can be improved in order to ensure better care quality. Three sources are cited in th...

Relationship Between Patient and Doctor and Managed Care

In eight pages this paper examines the HMO model in a discussion of managed care and its impact upon the relationship between doct...

Health Care Industry Strategic Planning

In eleven pages this paper discusses strategic planning in the health care industry with HMOs and their impact, the relationship b...

Health Payment Systems and Economics

In eight pages the U.S. medical economy is examined within the context of HMOs and their impact. Seven sources are cited in the b...

DIABETES AND COST INCREASES

the rise, more people are needing the drug therapies to help with controlling the disease (Buono, 2008). Its estimated that diabet...

Comparison of Various Types of Healthcare Organizations

and will be made up of a number of different departments divided by areas of specialty, such as accident and emergency, maternity,...

Medical Economy of the United States and the Impact of HMOs

The individual physician, or group of contracted physicians are, therefore, considered liable for the incurred costs of medical tr...

American System of Health Care

In seven pages an examination of the U.S. health care system includes discussion of general health care issues of coverage, physic...

Managed Care Research and Ethical Issues

majority group in the United States. When considering other population groups, the disparities are even greater. The purpose her...

Organizational Structures and Health Care Management

structure that supports whatever methods need to be used in the process. Requiring that one vice president oversee nursing in two...

HMO Effectiveness Speaker Notes

are able to take advantage of preventive measures (i.e., flu shots, cholesterol screening, diabetes screening), then it is reasona...

Medical Consent and Dependents Over the Age of 18

have declined given their knowledge of the fact that the pain their daughter was experiencing was not that atypical and was obviou...

Failure of OmniCare

statement reported a negative worth of $8 million (Webster, 2002). For awhile, it appeared as though the Detroit Medical C...

Planning to Resolve the Crisis in Health Care

suggest that his promise which never materialized, is not completely out of the question ("Health insurance " 1997). In order to ...

HMOs and Price Reduction

In nine pages this paper discusses how HMO providers attempt to slash costs for health care goods and services. Six sources are c...

Controlling Costs and HMOs

a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...

Questions Regarding Issues in Managed Care

to the fact that it placed requirements on HMOs that were not in place on indemnity carriers, it actually served to reduce the abi...

Crisis in Health Care and the HMO Model

wider array of coverage options so that all patients would be treated well. In essence, while people cannot choose any doctor they...

Managed Care, HMOs & Evolution over Last Decade

the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

Performance of HMOs

GNP had increased to 15 percent and had topped the $1 trillion mark for a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the count...

HMOs and the Adoption of Information Systems

database administrator fulfills a role on the operational side of information systems integration. In order to effectively integra...

HMOs and Primary Care Physicians

In ten pages this paper discusses PCPs in terms of disadvantages associated with primary care physicians being used as gatekeepers...

PPOs, HMOs, and Their Differences

In eighteen pages this report contrasts the differences between Preferred Provider Organizations and Health Maintenance Organizati...

Analysis of HMOs Problems

In twelve pages this paper analyzes the problems associated with Health Maintenance Organizations in an exploration of their ineff...

Contract Payment Alternatives and HMOs

same basic framework. If specific fees are determined contractually and the HMO remains solvent, then there is little risk associ...

Parties Cannot Allege Malpractice if Insurance Refuses to Pay 'Justices Restrict Right to Sue HMO'

separate Texas lawsuits where insured parties had sued their HMO for failure to provide procedures or care recommended by their ph...

Regulation of HMOs

(Sullivan, 2000). His regular doctor did not send him to the hospital, he sent Joseph to a nursing home with instructions to call ...

Different Health Plan Types

12 pages and 12 sources used. This paper provides an overview of an emerging system in providing health benefits by employers. T...

MBA Admissions Essay Outlining Professional Goals

I would not simply complete college and marry; my goals for a career, for personal development and for the pursuit of an extended ...