Rehabilitation services in Thailand are considered only as part of acute care so that the providers are not motivated to provide intensive services to patients because the payment based on diagnosis related group focuses on acute phase.
Placement services provide medical and non-medical services and the providers are self-employed independent contractors, not employees.
Because patients are told that the priority of H.M.O.'s is to save money, Dr. Yoder said, "they come into the health care environment believing that the providers are not on their side because they have incentive to provide less care".
The providers are paying attention.
So a lot of the providers are actually losing money.
If the providers are successful at reducing reoffending they will be paid for these results.
Insurers, though, contend that the providers are slow to file claims and often make billing errors.
Nutrient (or money) movements do not show that the providers are sacrificing themselves.
The providers are known as mobile virtual-network operators, or M.V.N.O.'s.
Almost all the providers are privately held and reluctant to give details of their trade.
This is highly contentious, as all of the providers are strictly regulated in how they carry out investment transactions.
