Health Care

Preferred Provider Organizations

Arrangements negotiated between a third-party payer (often a self-insured company or union trust fund) and a group of health-care providers (hospitals and physicians) who furnish services at lower than usual fees, and, in return, receive prompt payment and an expectation of an increased volume of patients.

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Abstract

Arrangements negotiated between a third-party payer (often a self-insured company or union trust fund) and a group of health-care providers (hospitals and physicians) who furnish services at lower than usual fees, and, in return, receive prompt payment and an expectation of an increased volume of patients.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Organizations, Preferred Provider
  • Preferred Provider Organization
  • Organization, Preferred Provider

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geog if possible

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History Note

91(85); was see under MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS 1990; was see under INSURANCE, HEALTH 1985-89; was see INSURANCE, HEALTH 1984

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Previous Indexing

  • Insurance, Health (1966-1984)

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  1. N03w.219w.521.576w.343w.800w.750w
  2. N04w.590.374w.410w.750w

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W 130

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Preferred Provider Organizations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011243. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011243
  2. Preferred Provider Organizations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_provider_organization
  3. Preferred Provider Organizations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7239847