Is success spelled g-a-t-e-k-e-e-p-e-r?
The President's health care reform proposal will require a point-of-service (POS) mandate for any managed care organization seeking to serve as an accountable health plan. However, POS plans have not been proven to contain costs, and may in fact, contribute to continuing health care cost escalation. A study was performed by a managed care organization to evaluate whether the use of gatekeepers in POS plans is associated with lower health plan costs.
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