Managed care for prisoners: new spin on 'gatekeepers'?

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The treatment of prisoners by managed care providers continues to increase. Such care providers provide a good solution to prisons and governments seeking to control costs and acquire better health care expertise for their prison populations. Already 300,000 inmates in the US are covered by such managed care firms, and this service garners over $500 million in annual revenue for these companies. Total annual government spending for these inmates reaches $3.5 billion and the amount should continue to increase as governments increase their crackdown on crime.

Correction & Rehabilitatn Facilities, Correctional Institutions, State & Local Corrections Prgms, Care and treatment, Usage, Prisoners, Corrections

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Mob moves in on managed care, prosecutors claim

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New Jersey authorities arrested Tri-Con Associates CEO Stefano Mazzola and 11 other reputed members of the Genovese crime family for infiltrating the discount brokerage firm to embezzle monies from contracts with managed care plans covering over 1 million people. Mazzola was charged with paying illegal commissions to middlemen who brought in new members to managed care plans in business with Tri-Con.

Security brokers and dealers, Securities Brokerage, Stock Brokerage, Cases, Stockbrokers, Health care industry, Mafia, Discount brokers, Embezzlement, Mazzola, Stefano, Tri-Con Associates

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Fairness, not force: doctors urged to guide managed care changes

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American Medical Assn (AMA) Pres Lonnie R. Bristow urged physicians attending the AMA's Interim Meeting to shape the managed care environment rather than to resist it. Delegates attending the meeting agreed to support laws that would help physicians successfully participate in a managed care system, such as those that they consider to offer fair terms for physician selection and termination.

Management, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, American Medical Association, Bristow, Lonnie R.

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