Integrated Delivery System Sample Clauses

Integrated Delivery System or IDS shall mean a network of health care providers or organizations that provide a continuum of health care services to a defined population, or a health plan with care delivery components that represent a substantial proportion of its operations. An IDS may, but does not necessarily need to, include community and/ or tertiary hospitals, home health care and hospice services, primary and specialty outpatient care and surgery centers, social services, rehabilitation, preventive care, health education, and managed care financing.