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The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. ... National Directory of Managed Care Organizations;

The director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) must certify these organizations. ... (Please see OAR 436-015-0005 definitions for health care provider, group of medical

Managed care organizations (MCO) ... What is a managed care organization? ... Coverage and enrollment data in managed care organizations

The term managed care is used to describe a variety of techniques intended to reduce the cost of providing health benefits and improve the quality of care ("managed care techniques") for organizations that use those techniques or provide them as services to other organizations...

Among managed care organizations, Kaiser HMO model is the best, UC Berkeley researcher finds; 20 Dec 2000 ... Berkeley - Not all managed care plans are created equal, according to a consumer

STUDY DESIGN: A 2001 telephone survey of Medicaid managed care plans in 11 states that together account for about half of the national Medicaid managed care enrollment.

OBJECTIVE: This study examined characteristics of contracts between managed care organizations (MCOs) and managed behavioral health organizations (MBHOs) in terms of delegation of functions, financial ...

Competition has existed at the provider level in the pre-managed care era and continues among physicians, physician groups and hospitals today.

Questions posed include the following: How does increased managed care penetration affect health care delivery systems? What are the effects of competition among managed care organizations?