A couple general questions that come to mind at the sound of "HMO:"
1. What services/medical procedures/medications do you provide (and perhaps more importantly, which do you NOT provide?)
2. Where does your funding come from, where does it go, and how much?
3. Describe the level of access that is available to your patients (i.e. where do they live, how far must they travel to receive care, and how many of them actually do so?).
4. Is there any focus on prevention education?
5. What are 3 major methods you use to control costs (maximize profits)? What is the most expensive ailment (for an HMO) that a patient could be diagnosed with?
6. How do you account for the stark contrast between the quality of health care received and the disparities in rates of disease between the community that you serve and other communities with lower rates of disease etc.?
1. What services/medical procedures/medications do you provide (and perhaps more importantly, which do you NOT provide?)
2. Where does your funding come from, where does it go, and how much?
3. Describe the level of access that is available to your patients (i.e. where do they live, how far must they travel to receive care, and how many of them actually do so?).
4. Is there any focus on prevention education?
5. What are 3 major methods you use to control costs (maximize profits)? What is the most expensive ailment (for an HMO) that a patient could be diagnosed with?
6. How do you account for the stark contrast between the quality of health care received and the disparities in rates of disease between the community that you serve and other communities with lower rates of disease etc.?
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