title: Preferred provider organizations: issues for employers.
abstract: The preferred provider organization (PPO), an alternative delivery system currently embraced by the employer sector, has been growing at a phenomenal rate for the past few years. It is necessary to examine the issues an employer should consider when deciding whether to offer a PPO option, and to look at organizational issues such as PPO structure, quality, utilization review mechanisms, and benefits design.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States