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2. Managed services - Wikipedia

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   Managed services is the practice of outsourcing the responsibility for maintaining, and anticipating need for, a range of processes and functions, ostensibly for the purpose of improved operations and reduced budgetary expenditures through the reduction of directly-employed staff. [1] [2] [3] It is an alternative to the break/fix or on-demand ...

3. Managed care - Wikipedia

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   The term managed care or managed healthcare is used in the United States to describe a group of activities intended to reduce the cost of providing health care and providing American health insurance while improving the quality of that care ("managed care techniques"). It has become the predominant system of delivering and receiving American ...

4. Service provider - Wikipedia

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   Service provider. A service provider ( SP) is an organization that provides services, such as consulting, legal, real estate, communications, storage, and processing services, to other organizations. Although a service provider can be a sub-unit of the organization that it serves, it is usually a third-party or outsourced supplier.

5. Making Provider Choices in Managed Care - WebMD

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   The AMA also recommends selecting a PCP who shares your values about medical care, and interviewing the doctor before you make a final choice. Yet although advice like the AMA's is a common-sense ...

6. What Is an HMO? - WebMD

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   With an HMO, which is a type of managed care organization, you use a network of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers that your insurance company has pre-approved for services and ...

7. What Is Medicare Managed Care? - Healthline

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   Medicare managed care plans are often known as Medicare Part C or Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare care managed care plans are an optional coverage choice for people with Medicare. Managed care ...