managed care

man·aged care   (mān'ĭjd) n.  Any arrangement for health care in which an organization, such as an HMO, another type of doctor-hospital network, or an insurance company, acts an intermediate between the person seeking care and the physician.

Main Entry: man·aged care
Pronunciation: "man-ijd-
Function: noun
: a system of providing health care (as by an HMO or a PPO) that is designed tocontrol costs through managed programs in which the physician accepts constraints on the amount charged for medical care and the patient is limited in the choice of a physician

managed care man·aged care (mān'ĭjd)
n.
Any arrangement for health care in which an organization, such as an HMO, another type of doctor-hospital network, or an insurance company, acts as intermediate between the person seeking care and the physician.