Built on:
Listening
Forward-thinking
Innovation
With the cost of health premiums increasing faster than the overall inflation
rate, and co-payments, deductibles and employee shares of insurance premiums
outpacing wage increases, it’s clear the resources of our present medical system
are troubled in meeting population needs for affordable coverage or adequate
insurance. More and more people are becoming under or uninsured. At the same
time, more and more employers and insurers are struggling with the trade-off
between the cost of paying for healthcare and their ability to offer a quality
benefit package without limiting choices.
With that in mind, Independent Medical Systems, Ltd. (IMS), a Texas-managed
healthcare system, has worked to create a high-quality preferred provider
network covering every healthcare specialty.
While putting together its PPO of more than 60,000 directly contracted providers
and partnerships accessing over 400,000 physicians, 4,000 hospitals and 50,000
ancillary medical facilities across the nation, IMS has spent years listening to
those on the front lines of healthcare. Company representatives visited with
many Texas-based physician organizations, listened to their concerns and worked
with them to establish criteria and educational tools to make its system an
efficient, provider-approved, user-friendly program. Thanks to the
forward-thinking staff at IMS, this network surmounts the headaches payors,
providers and patients have struggled with in other PPOs.
Because of the relationships we’ve established, our healthcare professional
partners have agreed to extend significant discounts from their normal retail
charges – discounts which, many times, are higher than those offered by our
competitors.
For payors, our PPO simplifies the purchase of healthcare products through
comprehensive packaging, can be customized to meet specific geographic and
service needs and is supported by on-line services and technology that cut
through administrative hassles.
To find out more about IMS Products and Services, call IMS at 1-800-853-7003