What are the advantages and disadvantages of managed care organizations such as health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPOs)?
One advantage of managed care organizations is that the cost of insurance for the policyholder can be reduced. Limiting the number of physicians a patient can go to and limiting the hospitals that the patient can be admitted to account for this reduction. The managed care organization negotiates better pricing with select health care facilities and physicians. This better pricing is used to control premium prices. The disadvantage is that the limitations restrict the patient's choices. If the patient goes outside of the selected health care facilities or uses physicians other than the ones the managed care organization has contracts with, the patient will pay higher deductibles for care.
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