managed care
noun
: a system of health care (as by an HMO or PPO) that controls costs by placing limits on physicians' fees and by restricting the patient's choice of physicians
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Biotechnology and managed care companies ranked 2nd and 3rd on shareholder payouts, the study said.
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
With Medicaid managed care plans dispensing the state’s dollars, though, few families are approved for round-the-clock nursing care, children’s advocates say.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Medicare Advantage Instead, much of the debate next year could focus on Medicare Advantage managed care plans, mostly run by private insurance companies.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Backlash While the costs and benefits of MA are mixed, prior authorizations for care and limited access to in-network providers have generated a strong public backlash against private health insurance of all kinds, especially managed care.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
With Medicaid managed care plans dispensing the state’s dollars, though, few families are approved for round-the-clock nursing care, children’s advocates say.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Medicare Advantage Instead, much of the debate next year could focus on Medicare Advantage managed care plans, mostly run by private insurance companies.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Backlash While the costs and benefits of MA are mixed, prior authorizations for care and limited access to in-network providers have generated a strong public backlash against private health insurance of all kinds, especially managed care.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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managed care
noun
man·aged care
ˌman-ijd- 
: a system of providing health care (as by an HMO or a PPO) that is designed to control costs through managed programs in which the physician accepts constraints on the amount charged for medical care and the patient is limited in the choice of a physician
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