Community Health Centers: Challenges in Transitioning to Prepaid Managed Care
HEHS-95-138
Published: May 04, 1995. Publicly Released: May 04, 1995.
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GAO reviewed the effects of managed health care on community health centers, focusing on: (1) whether centers participating in prepaid managed care have been able to provide medical services without jeopardizing their financial position; (2) lessons learned from centers' experiences in prepaid managed care; and (3) whether the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) prepares community health centers to operate under prepaid managed care systems.
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Community health servicesDisadvantaged personsEconomic stabilizationHealth care cost controlHealth care servicesHealth centersManaged health careMedicaidMedical economic analysisCapitation (medical care)