Moving back into HMOs. With the Anthem-Wellpoint merger looming ahead, one Wisconsin health system is buying back its HMO.
While other health systems have been steadily getting rid of the HMOs they launched in the 1980s and '90s, UW Health is buying one back. "We decided it was better for us to own the HMO independently than to have it operate within the WellPoint-Anthem framework," says Jane Barnett, left.
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