Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works (Managed Health Care Handbook

by Peter R. Kongstvedt

The new Third Edition of Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works is a concise introduction to the foundations of the American managed health care system. Written in clear and accessible language, this handy guide offers an historical overview of managed care and then walks the reader through the organizational structures, concepts, and practices of the managed care industry. This thorough revision has been completely updated with all the newest data on this dynamic industry and features all new sections on: pay for performance, consumer directed health plans, new approaches to care management, as well as advances in information technology.

275 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Chase Monger · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is incredibly dry. While it is not necessarily a pleasurable read, the book does a great job of providing some foundational understanding of MCOs.

I would only recommend to those extremely interested in Managed Care Organizations.

[Bertrand A Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great primer

An honest book that does what it sets out to do-give an overview of the subject. Although texts such as this suffer from the ravages of time on relevance it is still preferable to the inefficiency of trying to educate yourself about these subjects on the internet.

[Jeffrey]

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[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

BAD.