managed care
noun
: a system of health care (as by an HMO or PPO) that controls costs by placing limits on physicians' fees and by restricting the patient's choice of physicians
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In the second quarter, Burry built sizable bets on payment processing company Shift4 Payments and managed care firm Molina Healthcare and real estate company Hudson Pacific Properties .
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Yun Li, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
The new rule brings sweeping changes to a bevy of Medicaid programs throughout the country, including fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems.
—Timmy Broderick, STAT, 3 May 2024
Medicare Advantage managed care policies generally cost less.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Hackel said the county also has managed care for inmates at the county jail and youths at the Juvenile Justice Center.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024
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Yun Li, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
The new rule brings sweeping changes to a bevy of Medicaid programs throughout the country, including fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems.
—Timmy Broderick, STAT, 3 May 2024
Medicare Advantage managed care policies generally cost less.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Hackel said the county also has managed care for inmates at the county jail and youths at the Juvenile Justice Center.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024
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managed care
noun
man·aged care
ˌman-ijd- 
: a system of providing health care (as by an HMO or a PPO) that is designed to control costs through managed programs in which the physician accepts constraints on the amount charged for medical care and the patient is limited in the choice of a physician
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