Based on Chapter 1 and 2, Managed health care is on a continuum, answer the following questions. Be sure to follow the Discussion Board & Assignment Instructions. 300 words apa style Kongstvedt,

Based on Chapter 1 and 2, Managed health care is on a continuum, answer the following questions. Be sure to follow the Discussion Board & Assignment Instructions. 300 words apa style 

Kongstvedt, Essentials of Managed Care, Sixth Edition ISBN: 978-1-4496-5331-6 The book 

With a number of plan types offering several different features that vary in their abilities to balance access to care, cost, quality control, benefit design, and flexibility, the rise and evolution of integrated health care delivery systems has paralleled the industry. As a healthcare manager:

• Explain the evolution of health insurance and managed care, while including the forces that drove this evolution.
• Discuss the current trends in managed health care and how you think they will continue to change over time?

Part 2 

Read "12 Advantages and Disadvantages of Managed Care".. Advantages and Disadvantages of Managed Care.docxActions file attached

According to the case study, there are 6 advantages and 6 disadvantages of managed care. As a health care manager, what can be done to fix at the least 2 of the disadvantages? 

1. How can you adjust the process of receiving a referral for advanced levels of care, so that the patient is not left feeling responsible for having to advocate their own quality of care? 

2. Create a plan of action to increase access to care for people that are poor and living in a system with managed care?