The essentials of managed care

Each employee has a role and responsibility to your company, the managed care organizations, and the patients you serve. In this lesson, we will be exploring your role and responsibilities in the managed care process. This diagram represents the managed care revenue cycle. It might be a little hard to read from your computer screen, so we have included a copy of it in the digital library. Each employee's role is found within the diagram. Let's pause a moment so that you can locate your role within the cycle. You may actually perform more than one role. Let's talk about a marketing strategy. What does that mean to you? Your company assesses the population in your area, determines what services are needed, and then offers these services to employers. A plan of service is negotiated with employers and then clients are referred to your company for care. So, as you can see, there has been a lot of work done before a client ever physically enters your facility. Now the client schedules a…