A for-profit brokerage company that acts as an agent who negotiates for a contract regarding how and when the provision of health care services will be accomplished is called:
a. Medicare. c. integrated health care system.
b. health service organization. d. managed care.
D
The above definition of managed care is not particularly positive or altruistic, but it does provide the
basic tenets of the model. It is a business. It is for profit. It does negotiate contracts for care. The
rationing of the care provided is a side effect of this health care model.
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