title: Finance issue brief: continuity of care.
abstract: When a health care provider disenrolls or is terminated by a managed care plan, how long can that provider's patients continue to receive covered treatment for a life-threatening condition, pregnancy, disability or other circumstance that requires continuous medical care? Lawmakers in twenty-seven states have answered that question.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stauffer
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States