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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Medicare Advantage managed care plans, which currently insure more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries, may provide very limited long-term care-like services. Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Currently, only Medicaid and certain Medicare managed care programs provide long-term care benefits. Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Various forms of Medicare managed care may pay for long-term care, however. Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 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 . Yun Li, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for managed care 

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of managed care was in 1982

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“Managed care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/managed%20care. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

managed care

noun
man·​aged care ˌman-ijd- How to pronounce managed care (audio)
: 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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