Word: planning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...similarities between the Community Health Plan and conventional insurance end at that simplistic level. The plan does retain the insurance ethic of prepayment for guaranteed benefits. But the new system the plan has devised for dispensing the benefits adds up to a totally different approach to mass medical care...
...Health Plan's theory of "prepayment." Standard insurance systems eventually pay some medical costs--but only after the patient has paid by himself and applied for reimbursement. Once the Health Plan patient has paid his entry fee, he can get almost any medical service free at the health center...
...Plan's emphasis on preventive medicine. Patients covered under the plan wouldn't just be invited to come in for yearly check-ups. The plan requires them to go through a series of initial tests and to follow up with also hire a staff of recruiters who will spend their time rounding up patients for preventive treatments...
...plan's increased use of non-hospital medical care. The real burden of medical expenses falls on hospitalized patients. The Health Plan will try to do as much out-patient and ambulatory treatment as it can to dodge the high hospital rates...
...plan's reliance on group treatment instead of the traditional family-doctor technique. A core of specialists will man the center and treat Health Plan patients...