MANAGED CARE Ethical concerns, issues and challenges MANAGED CAREThe History of managed care The managed care is identified to be within the health maintenance organization. There are techniques which involve within the range of personal health profit program. This technique play a role like to cut back the price of providing health advantages and improve the standard of care Certainly, the managed care is therefore omnipresent within United States thus tend to attract an overall goal tackling dominant medical prices. Due to standards regarding U.S healthcare delivery, managed care sharply involved in critics regarding impact of the physicians-patient relationship. * ETHICAL CONCERNSManaged care ethics The ethical issues in managed care are similar to physical health whereby the structural differences complicate an ethical analysis. This explores that the managed health care could limit access. This trend involves managed mental health care which is based on assertion in empirical evidence. This enhances access to care and to patients preferably to obtain services in timely and appropriate manner. This is because the evolution of managed care has posed ethical problems for the physicians, patients and administrations. * ETHICAL CONCERNSIssues and challenges Managed care organization is responsible for managing care of the population through health care system which monitors and coordinates care through entire range of service, emphasizes prevention and health education, encourages provision of care preferably in most of the setting and promotes cost-effective use of services through aligning incentives. * ISSUE CONCERNS AND CHALLENGESManaged care ethicsIssues regarding medical ethics The managed care involves social context of ethical decision making through different stakes of traditional medical ethics. Ethically, the managed care realizes separation of ethical concerns from the political and social environment. The ethical panes indicate that the ethical obligation of managed care tends to explore care and physicians as well as obligation of patient to honor the social contract. Therefore, parents have an obligation not to lie so as to get what they should have in their perfection. * OVERVIEW OF MANAGED CAREAn overview of how managed care impacts the physician–patient relationship. The managed care is identified to have emerged as a dominant method of health care provision in USA. Moreover, the new organization of medicine has threatened the role of physicians as professional. The survey contacted indicates that, the physicians believe managed care is impacting their professional obligations. The managed care on medical practices is evolving and the clinicians, lawyers, medical ethicists and other observers have raised the concerns about physicians-patient relationship. Also the studies have explored the effects of managed care on the physician satisfactory. * OVERVIEW OF MANAGED CAREMethods applied The me ...

1. MANAGED CARE
Ethical concerns, issues and challenges
MANAGED CAREThe History of managed care
The managed care is identified to be within the health
maintenance organization. There are techniques which involve
within the range of personal health profit program. This
technique play a role like to cut back the price of providing
health advantages and improve the standard of care Certainly,
the managed care is therefore omnipresent within United States
thus tend to attract an overall goal tackling dominant medical
prices. Due to standards regarding U.S healthcare delivery,
managed care sharply involved in critics regarding impact of the
physicians-patient relationship.
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ETHICAL CONCERNSManaged care ethics
The ethical issues in managed care are similar to physical health
whereby the structural differences complicate an ethical
analysis. This explores that the managed health care could limit
access. This trend involves managed mental health care which is
based on assertion in empirical evidence. This enhances access

2. to care and to patients preferably to obtain services in timely
and appropriate manner. This is because the evolution of
managed care has posed ethical problems for the physicians,
patients and administrations.
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ETHICAL CONCERNSIssues and challenges
Managed care organization is responsible for managing care of
the population through health care system which monitors and
coordinates care through entire range of service, emphasizes
prevention and health education, encourages provision of care
preferably in most of the setting and promotes cost-effective use
of services through aligning incentives.
*
ISSUE CONCERNS AND CHALLENGESManaged care
ethicsIssues regarding medical ethics
The managed care involves social context of ethical decision
making through different stakes of traditional medical ethics.
Ethically, the managed care realizes separation of ethical
concerns from the political and social environment. The ethical
panes indicate that the ethical obligation of managed care tends
to explore care and physicians as well as obligation of patient to
honor the social contract. Therefore, parents have an obligation
not to lie so as to get what they should have in their perfection.
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3. OVERVIEW OF MANAGED CAREAn overview of how
managed care impacts the physician–patient relationship.
The managed care is identified to have emerged as a dominant
method of health care provision in USA. Moreover, the new
organization of medicine has threatened the role of physicians
as professional. The survey contacted indicates that, the
physicians believe managed care is impacting their professional
obligations. The managed care on medical practices is evolving
and the clinicians, lawyers, medical ethicists and other
observers have raised the concerns about physicians-patient
relationship. Also the studies have explored the effects of
managed care on the physician satisfactory.
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OVERVIEW OF MANAGED CAREMethods applied
The methods used were to investigate impact of managed care
on: physician-parent relationships, the ability of physicians in
carrying out their professional ethical obligations and the
quality of patient care. The questionnaire is well based on the
literature survey and input from most of the physicians and
integrated financing and delivery of medical services. Certainly,
the survey consisted of series of questions which responses on
the graded Likert Scale and demographic information.
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OVERVIEW OF MANAGED CAREResults

4. The studies show that the managed care impacted physician-
patient relationship through ability in carrying out ethical
obligations, the quality of patient care and implications on the
health care system reform efforts. However, the managed care is
quite compromised by limitations in location of diagnostic test,
length of hospital stay as well as choice of specialists. Most of
the physicians believed that, the managed care significantly had
negative effects on the physician-patient relationship, the
ability to perform ethical obligations together with quality of
patient care.
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OVERVIEW OF MANAGED CAREConclusion
The evidence portrays that, numeral physicians has concluded
that the managed care had negative effects on physician-patient
relationship, the quality needed improvement, availability of
ethical obligations and other implication of system reforms
within their strategic management. The managed care systems
have been outlaid in associate to financial and provision of
health care managed. Certainly, the primary care practitioner is
particularly tackling the cost containment together with patient
care.
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MANAGED CARE WEAKNESSESThe weaknesses of managed
care
The pre-approval is required before starting treatment, patient is

5. limited to panel or network providers, there is limited
confidentiality, the treatment is usually more time-limited than
in POS coverage and id an individual appeals managed care
limits, coverage mist wait for appeal. The other weaknesses of
managed care that, the network providers may not have
appointment much more than the individual schedule fit and
also the service is too slow because you have to wait weeks for
an appointment.
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MANAGED CARE WEAKNESSESThe weaknesses of managed
care
When it comes to managed care for some members, there is a
rigidity of rules which concerns choice of health care providers.
Considering some aspect in managed care, the members are not
fully satisfied with the care which is given by primary care
physician. There are complains which pertain managed health
care provider contract inexperienced, the less educated doctors
and the health professionals. Managed care is criticized for
health strictness of SOPs whereby there is need for obtaining
approval from the insurance providers.
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REFERENCESBondeson, W. B. (2002). The ethics of managed
care: Professional integrity and patient rights. Dordrecht:
Kluwer.Gervais, K. G. (1999). Ethical challenges in managed
care: A casebook. Washington, DC: Georgetown Univ.
Press.Morrison, E. E., & Monagle, J. F. (2009). Health care
ethics: Critical issues for the 21st century. Sudbury, Mass:
Jones and Bartlett Publishers.