Integration of Managed Care in Workers Compensation

This paper will describe managed car and explain how managed care affects workers compensation rates. In the following sections of our paper, we will define the term managed care and summarize some recent studies measuring the impact of managed care savings. We will then describe approaches which healthcare providers and insurers use to price capitated products. Divident programs between insurers and managed care organizations are also discussed. In the last two sections, we discuss data considerations involved as healthcare providers begin to assume more risk, and we present some concluding remarks.