N 502 Module 5 Discussion What obligation, if any, does an employer, and/or MCO have to educate subscribers in how to interpret performance data?
N 502 Module 5 Discussion What obligation, if any, does an employer, and/or MCO have to educate subscribers in how to interpret performance data?
N 502 Module 5 Discussion What obligation, if any, does an employer, and/or MCO have to educate subscribers in how to interpret performance data?
N 502 Health Care Systems
Module 5 Discussion
Many consumer and health care advocacy initiatives are converging toward a mandate to provide public access to many types of information about managed care organization (MCO) performance, costs, and quality. In fact, employers in the many parts of the country who are the major purchasers of health insurance are now requiring MCOs to make “health plan performance data” available to subscribers to facilitate their choice of plans.
Discuss and provide the rationale for your opinion on providing data in areas such as patient outcomes, compliance with national standards for preventive and chronic care, and comparative costs to the public.
What obligation, if any, does an employer, and/or MCO have to educate subscribers in how to interpret performance data? At whose expense should such education be provided?
What are the possible benefits or disadvantages to making such performance data available to the public?
OR
Select ONE of the topics below and describe how it has affected the costs of health care in the US?
The health insurance industry
Advances in medical care technology
Changes in U.S. demographics
Government support for health care
Consumer expectations
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