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Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Preferred Provider Organizations(PPOs) offer purchasers of care several benefits, including expenditure reduction, utilization control, improved quality of care, and efficient management. Although Medicare could benefit from these outcomes, the program lags behind the private sector in PPO development. The Health Care Financing Administration(HCFA) must address several policy issues and constraints as it develops PPOs for Medicare beneficiaries. The agency must identify services and providers to include in the PPO, develop program sponsorship and administration methods, create viable provider and beneficiary incentives to participate, identify sources of PPO cost savings, and examine the role of medigap insurance policies in PPO development.  2, record 2, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... PPOs - preferred provider organizations - will pay doctors a fixed amount per procedure done on a patient instead of a fixed salary.  3, record 2, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 CONT

Meditrust and Pharmex are preferred provider organizations.  4, record 2, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Term, abbreviation and contexts extracted from PASCAL data base.  2, record 2, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish