title: HMOs and insurers.
abstract: Managed care is a term that is unfamiliar to and misunderstood by many Americans. Nevertheless, as health care purchasers in the public and private sectors seek to buy affordable, quality health care, they are turning in greater numbers to various managed care plans. HMOs and insurers are adopting innovative methods with which to improve care of patients and streamline administration.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piturro
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D005607:Fraud / Q000517:prevention & control; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000639:trends*; D007256:Information Systems; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000639:trends*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011641:Public Relations; D014481:United States