What is a managed care organization? Based on your reading, discuss how managed care organizations attempt to control costs.  What are the benefits and disadvantages associated with these cost controlling measures?

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Week 7 Ethical Implications of Administrative and Organizational Decisions
Assignment Instructions
What is a managed care organization? Based on your reading, discuss how managed care organizations attempt to control costs.  What are the benefits and disadvantages associated with these cost controlling measures?
 
Assignments are to be a minimum of 2 full pages of text and 3 reputable references in proper APA format. 
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