Patient Advocate Foundation Posts A Managed Care Answer Guide

Circle Connections: New Products & Services Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) has published an online Managed Care Answer Guide. The guide includes sections as follows: Description of Managed Care; Managed Care Organizations; Common Definitions for Types of Managed Care; Managed Care Payment Methods; Specific Features of Health Maintenance Organizations; HMO Organization Models; and Glossary of Managed Care Definitions. The glossary of managed care definitions alone includes over 150 terms – from "accreditation" to "withhold." The guide and glossary can be accessed at the PAF website at: www.patientadvocate.org/ . Contact information: Alan J. Balch, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF . . .