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Overview of HMOs

In five pages heath maintenance organizations are the focus of this overview that defines them, discusses their purpose, and means...

Is Health Care Improved by HMOs?

In five pages this paper examines if HMO actually improves health care and by what means it endeavors to do so. Eight sources are...

HMOs and Health Care in the United States

In eight pages this paper discusses America's managed health care delivery systems in an overview of HMOs and their negative perce...

Mission and Application of the NCQA

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the National Committee for Quality Assurance and its mission which is to assess A...

Cost Cutting and HMOs

In nine pages this paper discusses HMOs' cost cutting approaches and how they may ultimately cost more than they save. Six source...

Answers to Health Questions

In five pages this paper examines seven topics pertaining to the health care industry in terms of potential questions that might r...

History and Future of HMOs

also had increased dramatically: by 1994, that percentage of GNP had increased to 15 percent and had topped the $1 trillion mark ...

Restrictions of HMOs

In six pages this paper examines the restrictions HMOs place regarding receiving medical care and examines emancipation and abolit...

New York's HMOs and Managed Health Care

In fourteen pages this paper presents an overview of managed health care and then focuses upon legal, staffing, and financial cons...

Managed Health Care and HMOs

In ten pages this paper discusses the evolution of the health care industry in an overview of cost containment and HMO and managed...

Oxford, HMOs and the Health Care Industry

types of bonuses that doctors can be paid for cutting costs (Eastman & Eastman, 1997). While they have a point, if regulators will...

HMO Industry Place of Kaiser Permanente

In nine pages Kaiser Permanente is examined in an overview of its history and position in the HMO industry. Seven sources are cit...

Future Leadership in Health Care

In ten pages this paper examines health care changes and future leadership implications with topics including globalization and HM...

HMOs Evaluation

In five pages this paper considers an evaluation of HMOs and how integrated systems and hospitals can go about becoming more aggre...

Historical Consideration of Health Management Organizations

In eight pages this paper considers HMOs in terms of their health care system significance and reasons behind their development. ...

Managed Health Care and Ethics

In twelve pages this paper defines HMOs, considers how treatments are funded, decision making, and examines various ethical issues...

Managing Managed Health Care

In a paper consisting of ten pages managed health care system's many challenges are discussed with HMOs specifically addressed in ...

Comprehensive Overview of America's Health Care System

family became very sick, required surgery, or even broke a bone. Medial bills of this sort have wiped people out and put them in b...

Managed Care's Pros and Cons

In eleven pages this paper discuses PPOs and HMOs in an evaluation of these managed care system's pros and cons. Twelve sources a...

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...

Issue of Controlling Drug Prices in Healthcare

In eleven pages drug price control as it relates to healthcare and specifically HMOs are examined in terms of the impact of health...

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...

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...

HMOs and Metaparadigms of Nursing

the situation in which the health care is offered, that is, a clinic, a hospital or a physicians office. "Health" refers to a st...

Preventive Strategies, Cost Containment, and Managed Care

stability, while the goal of tertiary prevention "is to help the patient return to wellness following treatment" (Torakis and Smig...

Uninsured and HMOs

citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years, the general system also has been char...

Global Economy and Health Care

is the best product, [healthcare providers] will just use a cheaper product, and then if it doesnt work, theyll go to your product...

HMO Incentives for Doctors

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

Healthcare Definitions and the Retail Drug Sector

such the journey to one of these stores will often be more convenient. Value is also added with the use of own brands, differentia...