ABSTRACT
Former MGMA associate director and administrative research director for CRAHCA, Mary Alice Krill, Ph.D., FACMPE, was there at the Center's beginning. In her article, she offers her unique perspective on what has become one of the most important medical practice management research centers in the country, focusing on the early organization and how it has evolved over the past two decades.
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Ambulatory Care/organization & administration , Group Practice/organization & administration , Health Services Research/history , Societies/history , Anniversaries and Special Events , Health Services Research/organization & administration , History, 20th Century , Research Support as Topic , United StatesABSTRACT
The seamless health care organization is a term increasingly used to describe efforts to deliberately bring into alignment heretofore diverse interests in financing, organization, delivery and utilization of health services, writes Mary Alice Krill, Ph.D., FACMGA. Her article describes one such system.
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Cardiac Care Facilities/organization & administration , Comprehensive Health Care/organization & administration , Continuity of Patient Care/organization & administration , Group Practice/organization & administration , Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control , Cardiovascular Diseases/therapy , Colorado , Cost Control/methods , Humans , Organizational Objectives , Planning Techniques , Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administrationABSTRACT
Prepaid medical practice, bolstered in its growth over the past eight years by government legislative and financial support, is currently at a unique crossroad. Confronted with a reduction in federal support as a result of the 1981 amendments to the HMO Act, and faced with an undefined investment commitment from the private sector, HMO expansion and future growth rates are subject to some uncertainty. An assessment of the future of HMOs must take into account not only the immediate past, but also how present, evolving marketplace factors will shape trends in the years ahead.
