Amendments to HMO Act 
.... In 1983, for example, 59 percent of all
HMOs' obtained
federal qualification. .... Not many new
HMOs in the 1980s sought
federal qualification. ....
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Contractual Relationships between HMOs & Physicians
.... The first
HMOs were partially financed by
federal and state governments as a result of an initiative of the Nixon administration which conceived of them as a ....
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Concerns in HMO Industry
.... These profits give the HMO power in state and
federal government. It appears that regulatory mechanisms for
HMOs are necessary to put the focus back on health ....
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HMO MANAGEMENT & ISSUES
.... These profits give the HMO power in state and
federal government. It appears that regulatory mechanisms for
HMOs are necessary to put the focus back on health ....
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Government's Role in Health Care & Poverty
.... Since the 1970s, the managed care movement (in the form of health maintenance organizations or
HMOs) has been encouraged by
federal and state legislation to ....
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Financial Performance of Acute Care Hospitals
....
HMOs are themselves health care providers. .... Government agencies include the
federal and state organizations which fund health care for the indigent, such as ....
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US and Canada's Health Care Systems
.... However, to discourage unnecessary doctors' visits,
HMOs have begun to charge co-payments .... the age of 65 may seek coverage through the
federal programs Medicare ....
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Malpractice & Liability
.... paid care.(179) A major boost came with the passage of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973,(180) under which
HMOs meeting
federal standards could ....
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Career Opportunity in Optometry in Florida
.... poverty level (to 35 percent) and to four times the
federal poverty level .... 1997 was 53.9 percent, indicating that the area has a strong propensity toward
HMOs. ....
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MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS
.... by requiring higher copayments for nonproviders and
HMOs will meet organizational demands for growth. It is also predicted that
federal government will assist ....
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Health Care Models
.... Organizations (
HMOs) are among the many health care providers in the US Ownership of the health care system is "mainly in private hands," but
federal, state ....
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Confidentiality of Health Care Information
.... to have had strong and consistent policies at both the
federal and state .... with the rise of large corporate health maintenance organizations (
HMOs) and digital ....
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Managed Care
.... Medicare is a
federal health insurance program for those over 65 years of age and .... often allow walk-ins or evening and Saturday appointments while
HMOs and POS ....
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Deficit Reduction
.... Medicare-Medicaid into a health care management program, like
HMOs, to contain .... Balancing the
federal budget is going to require sacrifices of each and every ....
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Issues Confronting HMO Management
.... must be addressed in a way that satisfies both the United States
Federal Trade Commission .... Almost all
HMOs collect fees from one of these health care payers. ....
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Physician Assisted Suicide as Manslaughter This question concerns ...
.... Membership in
HMOs and PPOs are typically less expensive than traditional insurance .... In the early 1960s, the
federal government devised Medicaid and Medicare to ....
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Family Centered Service
.... New Jersey FamilyCare is a
federal and state funded health insurance program that covers most health .... The program provides low or no-cost coverage through
HMOs. ....
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Financial Analysis on Hospital Productivity
.... reducing costs are these: * Hospitals are faced with increased regulations from both the
Federal Government and .... With the emergence of PPOs and
HMOs, there is ....
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Medicaid Policy
.... have been formulated in the past, but the
federal government refuses to .... by giving priority to private systems such as health-maintenance organizations (
HMOs). ....
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Need for Streamlining Medicaid Policy
.... have been formulated in the past, but the
federal government refuses to .... by giving priority to private systems such as health-maintenance organizations (
HMOs). ....
(2232
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Current Medicaid Policy Reform
.... have been formulated in the past, but the
federal government refuses to .... by giving priority to private systems such as health-maintenance organizations (
HMOs). ....
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US Government Sponsored Health Care
.... Estimating the annual cost to the
federal govern ment to be about $25 billion .... care plan, which was countered by private-sector insurers and
HMOs that opposed ....
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Inequity in US Health Delivery System
.... One of the drawbacks of
HMOs is that patients have various limits on .... The principal payers (
federal and state governments, employers, and households) are not in ....
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AETNA HEALTHCARE INC
.... Texas found in favor of Aetna's contention that the
federal Employee Retirement .... of the ERISA, shielded managed care organizations (such as
HMOs and other ....
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America's Health Care System
.... managed care programs, also known as health maintenance organizations (
HMOs). .... The principal payers (
federal and state governments, employers, and households ....
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
.... Most of the
federal tort reform proposals of the past few years are first .... for the failure of arbitration in medical malpractice Some of the large
HMOs such as ....
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Health Care Alternatives in the US
.... citizens are satisfied with the level of care, the
federal government is .... Even though health-care costs increased dramatically in the 1980s,
HMOs have succeeded ....
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Health Economics in the US and Canada
.... gradually over the last three decades, with the linchpin of the
federal system being .... The problem under managed care systems, such as Canada's and
HMOs in the ....
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MANAGED CARE IN MENTAL HEALTH
.... When
HMOs do not operate their own hospitals, they arrange for and pay .... with respect to provider reimbursement, were introduced by the
federal government along ....
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Capping Medical-malpractice Awards
.... that
HMOs that refuse to cover necessary medical care cannot be sued for malpractice damages and that any cause of action must be pursued in
federal court only ....
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