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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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Managed care

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.

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