It was once a shining star of the managed-care industry. From Wordnik.com. [The Backlash Against Hmos] Reference
A heavy load of managed-care patients can mean less income. From Wordnik.com. [Doctors Under The Knife] Reference
The other two managed-care companies to disclose numbers so far. From Wordnik.com. [WellPoint Net Rises; Other Health Insurers Boost Forecasts] Reference
As medical providers, Medicare managed-care plans work just fine. From Wordnik.com. [The Drug Bill's Hidden Costs] Reference
Now, more than 80 percent of workers belong to managed-care plans. From Wordnik.com. [The Backlash Against Hmos] Reference
To save money, the budget would liberalize Medicare's managed-care rules. From Wordnik.com. [Facing Up To Reality] Reference
But some therapists say they actually welcome the managed-care revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Managing The Mind] Reference
As a rule, younger doctors are far less resistant to the managed-care future. From Wordnik.com. [Doctors Under The Knife] Reference
You paid a low premium -- or no premium -- to belong to a managed-care company. From Wordnik.com. [Surviving The Medicare Mess] Reference
But I don't think I'm unusual in my frustration with today's managed-care plans. From Wordnik.com. [When Managed Care Means Mediocre Care] Reference
Commercial managed-care admissions fell 7.2% and outpatient visits edged down 0.8%. From Wordnik.com. [Tenet Swings to Profit] Reference
He noted that other hospital operators don't disclose managed-care admissions figures. From Wordnik.com. [Tenet Profit Falls 51% After '09 Gain] Reference
The shift to a managed-care model can be unsettling for physicians and patients alike. From Wordnik.com. [Doctors Under The Knife] Reference
Of the big managed-care companies to report so far, only Humana felt the impact of the law. From Wordnik.com. [WellPoint Net Rises; Other Health Insurers Boost Forecasts] Reference
But managed-care firms insist that there are quantifiable treatments for most psychiatric illnesses. From Wordnik.com. [Managing The Mind] Reference
Imagine trying to get detailed data from 200 managed-care companies -- talk about an instant headache. From Wordnik.com. [How Good Is Your Health Care?] Reference
Managing Mental HealthTwo thirds of insured Americans have mental-health coverage through managed-care firms. From Wordnik.com. [Follow The Money] Reference
Members pay what they would for a standard, managed-care plan, and they get the same access to MDs and hospitals. From Wordnik.com. [Going Mainstream] Reference
The board of WellPoint, the nation's largest managed-care company by commercial membership, doesn't like the idea. From Wordnik.com. [Major Holder Seeks a Say] Reference
The managed-care company's first-quarter profit jumped 36% from a year ago, and membership rose from the end of 2009. From Wordnik.com. [BofA, 3M, P] Reference
They also question how administrators of managed-care plans can know more of what's best for their health than we do. From Wordnik.com. [Major Medical Malcontents] Reference
The country's largest not-for-profit managed-care provider says it will stop prescribing Bextra, at least temporarily. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2005] Reference
But how can we do that when it is also my job to tell managed-care companies about certain aspects of those discussions?. From Wordnik.com. [When Confidentiality Is Compromised] Reference
The only odd part of his presentation was that he was a self-pay patient in the brave new world of managed-care headaches. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
If the managed-care firms don't like the answers, they may refuse to send therapists more patients, Ling and others charge. From Wordnik.com. [Managing The Mind] Reference
These days her managed-care company would never have approved such a luxurious investment of psychotherapeutic intervention. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
Using a simple mathematical model you can see that cost-driven medicine (managed-care) is incompatible with quality of care. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Lee Miller: HealthCare Focus: Quality versus Cost] Reference
The proposed Patients 'Bill of Rights is a good example, with its insistence on a right to sue one's managed-care organization. From Wordnik.com. [Mediation Before Malpractice Suits?] Reference
Last month the New York Post ran a week's worth of stories on "managed-care casualties," including one about a newborn's death. From Wordnik.com. [Beware Your Hmo] Reference
Consider the six-year-old accreditation program for managed-care plans run by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). From Wordnik.com. [Is Your Hmo Ok--Or Not?] Reference
But the benefits have flowed disproportionately to those who have access to big managed-care networks, and not to those who do not. From Wordnik.com. [Presidents Remarks To Association For A Better New York] Reference
They scrambled last week to stage their own photo ops with doctors and nurses -- and introduced their own managed-care legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Hmos Under The Knife] Reference
Instead, they'd choose among private managed-care plans, with Louisiana paying a fixed per-patient amount, adjusted for health risks. From Wordnik.com. [Jindal's Medicine] Reference
Seniors could opt instead to receive vouchers and use them to buy managed-care plans; any savings would be split with the government. From Wordnik.com. [The New Fine Print] Reference
The managed-care doctors all recommend various forms of fusion, the outside doctors are adamant on a surgery that is less debilitating. From Wordnik.com. [When Managed Care Means Mediocre Care] Reference
By 2017, 27.5% of eligible Medicare enrollees are expected to enroll in managed-care plans, compared with 16.4% in 2006, the study said. From Wordnik.com. [Medicare Spending to Surge] Reference
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