Why haven't for-profit managed care organizations begun to move into rural areas to increase the number of persons served?
a. High start-up and administrative costs are needed.
b. Large number of elderly are on Medicare or Medicaid, which results in low reimbursement.
c. Managed care is coming but hasn't yet had time to go beyond major population centers.
d. Managed care organizations are waiting until federal reimbursements for underserved rural health areas become higher.
e. Population is too small and too spread out.
f. Rural health areas are too geographically unattractive and lack any recreational possibilities for managers to want to work there.
Answer:
a. High start-up and administrative costs are needed.
b. Large number of elderly are on Medicare or Medicaid, which results in low reimbursement.
e. Population is too small and too spread out.
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