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Category - HMOs

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Dr. Bobwhite has decided to contract with an HMO because many of his current patients are already subscribers. Dr. Bobwhite will most likely be participating in what type of HMO?
  1. Group model
  2. Network model
  3. Individual Practice Association model
  4. Staff model
Explanation
Answer: C - Dr. Bobwhite will most likely be participating in an individual practice association model. This model offers the subscribers the most freedom and accessibility to their choice of doctors and locations. Through this model the HMO contracts separately with any combination of individual physicians, medical groups or physicians associations with no separate HMO facility. Some individual practice association model HMOs are actually started by the physician groups.
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