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

Examples of managed care in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Health care giant Centene agreed to pay the state $67 million last fall to settle an issue over Medicaid managed care billing. —Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025

Like Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care plans began to appear in the 1990s. —Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025

Will the Trump administration push more beneficiaries into Medicare Advantage managed care plans? —Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

The company managed care for approximately 1.1 million patients as of December 31, 2024, through its network of risk-bearing organizations and affiliated physician groups. —Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for managed care

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Medical Definition

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