managed care

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noun

a healthcare plan or system that seeks to control medical costs by contracting with a network of providers.

Origin of managed care

1985–90

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Related Words for managed care

Medicare, Medicaid

Examples from the Web for managed care

Contemporary Examples of managed care

Taxes on pharma and medical devices would remain, while managed-care and hospital companies would suffer big losses.
How the Supreme Court’s Health-Care Ruling Will Move the Markets
Alex Klein
June 21, 2012

managed care in Medicine

managed care

[măn′ĭjd]

n.

Any arrangement for health care in which an organization, such as an HMO, another type of doctor-hospital network, or an insurance company, acts as intermediate between the person seeking care and the physician.

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