Due 9/10/14 by 11:59pm Week 10 Discussion – Financial Statements of Publicly Traded HMOs
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In 2001, several HMOs were accused of delaying reimbursement payments to hospitals and physician practice groups. These payment delays resulted in moderate financial loss for a few healthcare organizations.
Conduct research to locate two publically traded HMOs and examine their financial statements for the past two to three years. Detail the trend in payments to providers for these fiscal years and determine whether the trend coincides with the HMO payment delay trend from 2001. If it does, what possible factors caused the delay? If it doesn’t, how can the HMO ensure that it doesn’t fall into this trend?
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