See Also: care, managed(medicine)
Managed care(health)
managed care(medicine)
managed care programs(medicine)
centenary(dictionary)
centenary(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
managed(dictionary)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Managed Economy(money)

managed care programs (medicine) and centenary (oh)


managed care programs (medicine)


managed care programs
Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary Health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific Services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient Admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with Health care providers; and the intensive Management of high-cost Health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as Health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations.


centenary (oh)



especially BrE also cenĄ¤tenĄ¤niĄ¤al /sen5teniEl/ especially AmE [C]
the day or year exactly 100 years after a particular event
centenary of
::a concert to mark the centenary of the composer's birth