Medical Dictionary
managed care
noun man·aged care \ˌman-ijd-\
Medical Definition of MANAGED CARE
: a system of providing health care (as by an HMO or a PPO) that is designed to control costs through managed programs in which the physician accepts constraints on the amount charged for medical care and the patient is limited in the choice of a physician
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