Surveys help find out what HMO patients think of care
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HMOs that work to control cost and foster a healthier, less expensive membership are planning to identify the patientsE views about them through surveys. Surveys provide an advantage of knowing and addressing the patientsE concerns before any grades can be passed on to the HMO.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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Money woes solved with cash-only practice
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Dr. Todd Coulter, an internist from Ocean Springs sees patients only on cash-basis, something what others are afraid to do. He reveals the management of the transition and the changed it got in his practice.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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