What is a managed care organization? Based on your reading, discuss how managed care organizations attempt to control costs. What are the benefits and disadvantages associated with these cost controlling measures?
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services whenever there is an ultimate need. Secondly, it discourages exaggeration of the health services provided by the health practitioners. It allows health providers not to undertake less elaborated care to the patients and prescribe less costly drugs (Shmueli, Stam, Wasem, & Trottmann, 2015). However, there are some disadvantages associated with managed care. First, it limits access to health services to subscribed clients. MCOs allows individuals to access services within the provider network. Therefore, services outside the network require an individual to incur an extra cost. Secondly, it contributes to the access of poor health services. The aim of MCOs is to reduce the cost sacrificing the quality of care provided to subscribed clients.
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