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Perhaps one of the largest boons for students has been the Harvard University Group Health Plan (HUGHP), HUGHP subscribers include faculty, staff and their families. This increases the patient population and allows UHS to include specialty services such as gynecology, surgery and orthopedics...
...HUGHP plan may also reduce student access to some of UHS's best physicians. Because students are not alone in the UHS community, many veteran doctors say they spend most of their time with older patients...
...fewer and fewer students the longer I'm here," says Dr. Mary Wolfman, a part-time primary care doctor and 19-year veteran of UHS. "It takes two or three months for a student to see me. I've been seeing the same HUGHP people and they stick around, so there's not the openings for the students...
...discourage redundant "double coverage," manage systems that allow unmonitored and sometimes duplicative referrals, and encourage providers to consider newer, less expensive treatments. The University is also fortunate enough to have an independent and largely self-contained Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) within its structure. The Harvard University Group Health Program (HUGHP) is managed, staffed, and utilized entirely by members of the Harvard community, provides excellent health care, and can be a workshop for innovation in programs aimed at affordability...
...indemnity plan. HMOs require that a patient receive treatment at a particular health center or within a specific group or "circle" of providers, except for emergency or specialized care which can not be provided in that way. Most of the options on the Harvard health care menu, including HUGHP and Harvard Community Health Plan, are HMOs...