{"id":32,"date":"2022-06-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2022-06-22T10:25:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:25:13","slug":"understanding-the-types-of-managed-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/understanding-the-types-of-managed-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The Types Of Managed Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As if it wasn&#8217;t stressful enough to have to choose which health insurance to get every year, you have to understand a bunch of insurance terms and managed care. It is a lot for anyone who isn&#8217;t an insurance professional. At&nbsp;Infinity Insurance Group in Post Falls, ID, we do understand all the health insurance terms and we are here for you to make choosing the right policy easier for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Types Of Managed Care<\/h2>\n<h3>HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)<\/h3>\n<p>An HMO is the most popular type of managed care but it is also the most restrictive. The organization has a network of providers that the members must use. From those providers, you must choose a primary care physician who will manage your care. Make sure before you choose an HMO that your preferred primary care physician is in their network. In order to see a specialist, you will need to have a referral. The only time you can go outside the network is in the event of an emergency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>PPO (Preferred Provider Organization)<\/h3>\n<p>In this type of managed care, you don&#8217;t need to have your care managed by a primary care physician. You can see a specialist without getting a referral. You will pay more to go outside the network, but that is a choice you are allowed to make. This type of coverage allows the most freedom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>POS (Point of Service)<\/h3>\n<p>A POS is a combination of HMO and PPO. It is like an HMO in the fact that you need to have a primary care physician and you need to get a referral to visit a specialist. But like a PPO, you&nbsp;have some overage if you go outside of the network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact Infinity Insurance Group in Post Falls, ID to get the personalized service that only an independent insurance agent can provide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if it wasn&#8217;t stressful enough to have to choose which health insurance to get every year, you have to understand a bunch of insurance terms and managed care. It is a lot for anyone who isn&#8217;t an insurance professional. At&nbsp;Infinity Insurance Group in Post Falls, ID, we do understand all the health insurance terms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,6],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-infinity-insurance-group","tag-post-falls-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinityinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}