HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION (HMO) • An organization that provides health coverage with providers under contract • Differs from traditional health insurance by the contracts it has with its providers. These contracts allow for premiums to be lower: • Because the health providers has the advantage of having patients directed to them • But these contracts also add additional restrictions to the HMO members. • HMOs provide health care to their members through networks
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Running head: INFLUENCE OF HMO ’S HMO’s University of Phoenix Abstract The term Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) was developed in 1970 as part of the Nixon Administration to promote the growth of prepaid plans as a way to improve the nation’s health system. The Health Maintenance Organization has an appearance on the outside of being very appealing to those with little money to spend on insurance because it has a very low premium cost‚ but the truth be known that sometimes cheaper is
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schooling the successful completion of which leads to a high school diploma. A distinct feature of the American educational system is its decentralized organization. Elementary and secondary education is financially supported by three levels of government - local‚ state‚ and federal. Furthermore‚ it is divided into public and private institutions. The main disadvantage of the decentralization is the quality of education received by the students. On the other hand‚ a real plus to the idea is the fact that
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extension and delegation throughout all levels of management. There are advantages as well as disadvantages of both types of structures. A pure form of centralization is not practical except in small companies and pure form of decentralization almost never exists. However‚ the type of organizational structure would determine the degree of centralization or the degree of decentralization. As the organizations grow bigger by expansion‚ mergers or acquisitions‚ decentralization becomes both necessary
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3.2 DECENTRALISED PLANNING India is rightly regarded as the land of villages. In a country where 72.22% of the population (2001 Census) lives in 5‚80‚781 villages‚ the importance of rural local government popularly known as Panchayati Raj in India‚ is self-evident. Indeed‚ the idea of rural local government is part of a larger concern for social & economic amelioration of the people‚ a task to which the country is irrevocably committed. The Panchayats have been among the oldest political institutions
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name a few‚ deemed it necessary construct and instill a government that would protect the individual rights of American citizens while avoiding a tyrannical government from taking charge of the nation. The first attempt of government‚ lead to a decentralized government brought in place by the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation called for states being sovereign and independent because of the fear of a central government. The issue the opposition
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Practice context: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a company that provides health care services for a fee often monthly‚ bi-annually‚ or annually. It is also known as medical insurance‚ and acts as an intermediary between individuals‚ organizations‚ and health care professionals (including doctors‚ nurses‚ and hospitals). Health Maintenance Organizations is managed by medical doctors and nurses who work as case managers (HealthCare.gov‚ 2017). Case Management is a collective process that
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past up to now‚ the organization has changed a lot in order to make the jobs and employees to become more effective and efficient. Among these changes‚ we have noticed many organizations nowadays try to restructure their organization’s structure to move toward “virtuality”. According to the Modern Management book‚ virtual organizations refer to as network organizations or modular corporation (Samuel & S. Trevis‚ 2012). There are both pros and cons for having a virtual organization. To begin with the
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managing business operations. Organizations are usually responsible for creating their companies’ organizational structure‚ which is usually an extension of the owner’s or board’s personality‚ management style and characteristics. Two types of organizational structures are found in the business environment: centralized and decentralized. Each structure offers advantages and disadvantages for organizations. One company who wholeheartedly operates under a decentralized organizational structure is
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The importance of organizations in modern economy and development of new and large organization are facts that make the issues like efficiency and control on the centre of attention in different social sciences . Efficiency in organization is directly linked with its organizational system. This essay firstly will review the characteristics of bureaucracy in organization on base of classical theory. Secondly it will outline the advantages and disadvantages of bureaucracy by focus on Weber’s bureaucratic
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