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CBHD: Money and Health Care in the New Millennium - Scott B. Rae The discussion of money and health care has been dominated in recent years by the phenomenon of managed care, how it has replaced traditional fee-for-service medicine, and the debate over the costs and benefits of such a system. Many physicians who are now entering practice come in under a variety of managed care payment plans and know very little of standard fee-for-service medicine. This will be increasingly true for the next generation of health care professionals. At a fundamental level, the rise of managed care medicine, particularly for-profit managed care organizations, has raised a growing concern about the blend of business and medicine. Although there has been reluctant acceptance of managed care medicine by the general public, there is still widespread public skepticism about the ability of managed care organizations (MCO's) to serve the health interests of their customers when those interests conflict with the interests of their shareholders in maximizing their return on investment. Indeed, numerous bits of discouraging anecdotal evidence are now available which have added to the public skepticism about this new intersection of business and medicine. It is widely assumed in this discussion that there are two different sets of ethical standards which are in fundamental conflict. Full Article: http://www.cbhd.org/resources/healthcare/rae_2000-10-12.htm |
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2006 Ethics-Governance.com |
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