Option #1: The Provider Network – Managed Care Contracting Presentation

The provider network is one of the most important elements of managed care because managed care could not exist without it.

• What is the provider network?
• Explain how the provider network is linked to act of managed care contracting?
• What are 2-3 common challenges that a typical member of the provider network might encounter with managed care contracting? Explain why.
• Discuss different approaches that a health plan might take to developing and maintaining a network under differing conditions such as a rural area, underserved area, or community where there is minimum competition between some specialties. Explain why.

Your presentation should meet the following requirements:

• Be 4-6 slides long.
• Include title, introductory, concluding, and reference slides for a total of 8-10 slides.

• Each slide should have at least 150 words of speaker’s notes.

• Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).
• Cite at least three scholarly sources, published within the last five years, in addition to the course textbook. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.