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Managed care

In the United States, managed care or managed healthcare is a group of activities intended to reduce the cost of providing health care and providing health insurance while improving the quality of that care. It has become the predominant system of delivering and receiving health care in the United States since its implementation in the early 1980s, and…

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Managed care

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples138
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
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Managed care

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related to Early origins · 27
Managed care → Anthem, Asia, Baylor Hospital, Before, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Blue Shield Plans, Communal, Edgar, Europe, For, Henry, HMO, In, Kaiser, Many, One, Physicians, Scandinavia, Sidney Garfield
related to history · 13
Managed care → American, American Medicine, Congress, Dr, Ellwood Jr, Health Maintenance Organization Act, Health Maintenance Organizations, HMOs, In, Paul, Paul Starr, Richard Nixon, The Social Transformation
related to 1990s growth and ubiquity · 12
Managed care → America's Health Insurance Plans, Americans, By, Despite, GDP, In, Managed Care Organizations, MCOs, Nevertheless, Sixth Edition, The, The National Directory
measured by · 11
Managed care → Accreditation, As, HEDIS, Information Set, Medicare, National Committee, NCQA, Performance, Quality Assurance, The Healthcare Effectiveness Data, The HMO Act
has impact · 10
Managed care → ACA, As, Equally, HMOs, In, Juran Institute, Medicare, Proponents, The, They
related to Private fee-for-service (PFFS) · 8
Managed care → Basic, Comprehensive Health Care Plan, Fee-for-service, Major Medical Insurance, Major Medical Protection, Policies, Such, There
related to 1980s expansion and subdued inflation · 7
Managed care → Because, However, In, Kaiser Family Foundation, Managed, The, These
related to Independent practice association (IPA) · 7
Managed care → An Independent Practice Association, HMO's, HMOs, IPAs, Most, Physicians, The
related to Utilization review · 6
Managed care → MCG, McKesson InterQual, Milliman Care Guidelines, Two, UM, Utilization
related to Opposition in Australia · 5
Managed care → Australian, Cigna, Health Funds, In June, US

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care health managed plans insurance healthcare providers costs provider states organizations plan hmo medical cost also maintenance physicians quality services

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Managed careis ause of a panel or network of healthcare providers to provide care to enrollees0.90text
life expectancyinstance ofwith some arguing it contributes to US underperformance on metrics0.80text
high total spendinginstance ofwith some arguing it contributes to US underperformance on metrics0.80text
northern Europeinstance offrom immigrants within the United States0.80text
Scandinaviainstance offrom immigrants within the United States0.80text
and Asiainstance offrom immigrants within the United States0.80text
contributed to the creation of early care models.Before healthcare plans emergedinstance offrom immigrants within the United States0.80text
patients would simply pay for services out of pocketinstance offrom immigrants within the United States0.80text
Anthem.1980s expansioninstance ofwhen they became nonprofits before being converted into for-profit corporations0.80text
subdued inflationManaged care plans are widely credited with subduing medical cost inflation in the late 1980s by reducing unnecessary hospitalizationsinstance ofwhen they became nonprofits before being converted into for-profit corporations0.80text
forcing providers to discount their ratesinstance ofwhen they became nonprofits before being converted into for-profit corporations0.80text
and causing the health care industry to become more efficientinstance ofwhen they became nonprofits before being converted into for-profit corporations0.80text

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