Word: hmos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...HMOS TAKE THEIR CUE FROM industry and replace those annoying doctors with robots? Then their nonmedical bureaucrats can make the diagnosis and decide on the treatment. And the HMOs could get on with their primary purpose--making money. MARCIA EVE KELLEY Richmond, Virginia
YEARS OF HEALTH-SERVICES RESEARCH indicate that the quality of care in HMOs is as good as--and in many cases better than--the care delivered in old-style, fee-for-service settings. Moreover, satisfaction surveys reveal that the 100 million Americans enrolled in HMOs, preferred-provider organizations and other managed-care plans are pleased with the treatment they receive. Through the years, these plans have developed integrated, coordinated care systems that ensure continuity and seamlessness for patients. These systems allow physicians to study the health of their patient population over time so that they can work together to improve...
...HMOS WORK MARVELOUSLY UNTIL A PERson becomes sick. At that point, the HMO physicians are transformed from health-care providers into health-care deniers. I suspect that the percentage of patients who express satisfaction with an HMO is the same as the percentage who have not been sick or injured. JEREMY VOAS Phoenix, Arizona...
Experts remember Ebert as a pioneer in the establishment of HMOs as the most cost-effective means of providing health care...
...ever a program was born because of the inspirational leadership of one man, this was it," Dr. Joseph Dorsey, corporate medical director of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, told the Boston Globe. "Now there are HMOs growing all over the place. But when Bob Ebert got the Harvard Plan started, it was a big deal. Most of the medical community did not think it was a good idea...