There Are Several Approaches to the Interagency Division of Responsibility

question 56

Multiple Choice

There are several approaches to the interagency division of responsibility for managed care entity (MCE) oversight. In State M, the state Medicaid agency, the state department of health, and the state insurance department are all responsible for ensuring that quality improvement programs are in place among the same group of MCEs and that these programs meet each agency's rules and regulations for such programs. This information indicates that State M uses the approach known as the

• A) Parallel model
• B) Shared model
• C) Concurrent model
• D) PACE model

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Definitions:

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