Urgent need to regulate managed care


THE Medical Practitioners Coalition Association of Malaysia (MPCAM) is happy to note that the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) has directed its Ethics Committee to deliberate the issue of managed care organisations (MCOs) and third party administrators (TPAs) which made headlines recently.

The Ministry of Health has taken the lead to solve this impasse by meeting MPCAM and other doctors associations last week.

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