The transformation of PPOs under health care reform: strategies for survival.
Preferred provider organizations have effectively blended the supply-side utilization control strategy and the demand-side cost-sharing strategy and have become the most prevalent form of managed care in the United States. Preferred provider organizations have successfully controlled health care costs for many employers; nonetheless, the very existence of many PPOs is threatened by the Clinton Administration's health care reform proposal. This article examines alternative strategies that might be employed by PPOs to survive the challenges posed by health care reform.
US HealthPlan, Columbus, OH 43214.
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D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States