HMOs and Managed Care

This category is for sites concerning attitudes towards managed care.Managed care is a hybrid of the insurance and health care industries. In the United States, the most well known types are health maintenance organizations (HMO), preferred provider organizations (PPO), and point of service (POS). Pure health insurance is not managed care, and the phrase indemnity coverage is often used to distinguish it. Other nations which have some form of managed care organizations include India, South Africa, and the Philippines. In some of these nations, the phrase medical schemes is used when referring to the business and insurance aspects of managed care.

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The Kaiser Papers - An advocacy site opposed to several practices of Kaiser Permanente. It offers personal accounts, allegations, news, and links.
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DB's Medical Rants: Public Guidelines for Managed Care - A weblog topic page concerning Kaiser Permanente's announcement that it would publish on its website the guidelines developed and used by its doctors. Visitors are allowed to comment.
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African Health Synergies: Today's Doctor - Offers news and commentary concerning managed care in South Africa. Current and past articles are available online.
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Kaiser Papers Hawaii - A member site of the Kaiser Permanente Reform Committee (KPRC), a patient rights organization dedicated to providing support to the Kaiser patient community.
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Ellie's Angels - Advocacy page provides information on how the public might help stop people like killer nurse Charles Cullen from entering the health care industry.
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