The effects of sponsorship on PPO performance.
In trying to build a "better health care mousetrap," hospitals, physicians, insurers, employers and other are sponsoring PPOs. Two Mercer-Meidinger-Hansen consultants who specialize in evaluating managed care plans discuss what prompts various sponsors to establish a PPO and how purchasers can discern the effects of these motivations on the plan's objectives, operational components and outcomes.
D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010067:Ownership / Q000191:economics*; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review