Increasingly concerned about the escalating costs of health-care insurance coverage, the
quality of health-care delivery, and the escalating costs of delivering clinical services …

Managed care, without a doubt, is the care of the future. It is widely believed some form of
managed care will be formulated further, and will dominate the care provided by US health …

Managed care is designed to cut health care costs. While quality assurance (or Total Quality
Management [TQM] and Continuous Quality Improvement [CQI] the newer concepts) is an …

The quality of medical care provided by managed-care plans is an increasingly complicated
and controversial topic. 1–7 Traditionally, the quality of care has been measured by …

Through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and contracting, proprietary managed care
organizations are steadily assuming health care responsibilities formerly delegated to …

Managed care is shaping the future of the health care system in the United States. It has
been defined in many different ways and can mean many things. In its broadest sense …

Most health managers already know that the consequences of inadequate health care
quality are costly—in many senses. Law suits, declining staff morale, a poor public image …

Managed care has become one of the leading developments in healthcare financial
management. However, there is confusion surround its meaning and origins. Simply stated …