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Managed care
A health care practice intended to streamline services and provide high quality, cost-effective care.
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multispecialty group
Health care; Managed care
A group of doctors who represent various medical specialties and who work together in a group practice.
mandated enrollment
Health care; Managed care
A group of patients required to enter a certain managed medical care program.
group practice
Health care; Managed care
A group of persons licensed to practice medicine in the state, that as their principal professional activity, and as a group responsibility, engage or undertake to engage in the coordinated practice ...
primary care network (PCN)
Health care; Managed care
A group of primary care physicians who share the risk of providing care to members of a given health plan.
academic medical center
Health care; Managed care
A group of related institutions including a teaching hospital or hospitals, a medical school and its affiliated faculty practice plan, and other health professional schools.
health insurance purchasing cooperative (HIPC)
Health care; Managed care
A group of several employers pooled together to increase their bargaining power and thereby ensuring the most cost effective insurance rates. A local board created under managed competition to enroll ...
adult day care
Health care; Managed care
A group program for functionally impaired adults, designed to meet health, social, and functional needs in a setting away from the adult’s home.
