Managed Care Delivery Systems
Introduction: According to Terence Shea in an article published by HR Magazine (2005), in the last fifty years, employers' health cost have soared as coverage has expanded and medical care has been revolutionized. Since the early 1980s, there have been a number of governmental and corporate attempts to slow this dramatic rise in health care expenditures. Most health plans in the U.S. today involve some form of managed care. Nearly 90 percent of Americans with health insurance are covered by HMOs and other managed-care plans. The reason for the shift from the traditional to managed care plans was to hold down healthcare costs. As HMOs grew physicians in private or small group practices have become less common (Shea, 2005).
1. According to an essay published online by the California Medical Association, an Individual Practice Association (IPA) is a type of Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). The IPA contracts with individual......
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