Summarize the features of a staff model HMO.

What will be an ideal response?


A staff model HMO operates and staffs the facility where members receive services. Physicians and other providers are paid a salary and may receive incentives such as profit sharing. Members are usually eligible for preventive care and patient education programs. Staff model HMOs usually have more overhead costs than other types of HMOs.

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a. Striated or skeletal b. Cardiac c. Smooth d. None of the above

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