Patti Elwood Jr., chief architect of the act and coiner of the term "
health maintenance organization," recalled in a historical perspective of Kaiser Permanente's beginnings how he immediately hoarded a plane to Kaiser's Oakland headquarters when the U.S.
One employee-benefits consulting firm forecasts that the rates charged by
health maintenance organizations will rise more than 20% next year.
Preliminary results from a
health maintenance organization survey show rates will continue at a double-digit increase into 2003, with an average increase of 17% across the United States.
Established in 1999, the Office of the Managed Care Ombudsman helps Virginia consumers understand their rights and the processes available when dealing with managed care health insurance plans, (MCHIPs) such as
health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations.
The Rio Grande Valley became one of the last regions to operate under Medicaid
health maintenance organizations last year.
Health Policy Center) analyzes how the health care economic troubles developed historically and how health care economics impact physician care, prescription drugs, nursing homes, hospitals,
health maintenance organizations, public programs, and American society itself.
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Health maintenance organizations (kupat holim clinics) will start paying directly for ambulance rides to the hospital starting next February.
Managed care plans such as
health maintenance organizations (HMOs) differ from traditional health insurance in that they restrict health care provider choices.
(host of cable Television show Today's Health) is an extremely practical primer to the financial lingo of healthcare plans,
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Medicare and Medicaid, coverage for those in the military, COBRA, and much more.
Meanwhile, he continues to wage legal battles against asbestos firms, predatory lenders and
health maintenance organizations. However, Scruggs does have his detractors, who believe he is only interested in the money these kinds of court battles can generate for himself and his firm.