Effects of Health Care Legislation Presentation
The University of Phoenix
Misty Oglesby
HCS/578: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues in Health Care
Instructor: Qiana Amos
November 7, 2011

Effects of Health Care Legislation Presentation
How has it or will it affect health care? The purpose of managed care is for administration to have access, control, and quality over health care services within a particular population of enrollees that are covered (University of Washington, 1998). The method of managed care involves a group of skills which persuades the clinical behavior of patients and or providers, done by bringing together the delivery and payment of health care. By using managed care, healthcare administrators are able to develop ways to effectively run healthcare systems by allocating money for departments that are in dire need of funds. Also by implementing measurements that monitor employees work habits, such as how often a nurse should check on patients, how many times a day medications are given, how often bedding is changed, updating charts, and etc. Changing the quality of care, based on customer service, the collaboration of other staff employees, and improved work ethics among staff all has and will continue to affect healthcare.
Managed care organizations and doctors use managed care contracts to create the broadest applications possible within the healthcare industry (AMA, 2005). Physician networks, professional corporations, group practices, and individual doctors are the ones who normally enter such contracts. When dealing with managed care contracts the provision of enrollees of medical services are arranged through directly administering or offering of one or more health benefit products or plans within an organization (AMA, 2005). There is also the desire to interlock one or more contracts with doctors who are susceptible to