title: Managed care and powerful networks result in state public utility commission.
abstract: This article focuses on why managed care, capitated payment, and the health alliances could lead to the formation of 15 major networks in New Jersey and require a Trenton-based health services commission. As a result, how physician services are organized in the state could undergo significant change.
authors.affiliation: Bedford Health Associates, Inc., Asheville, NC 28801, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee / Q000639:trends; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D009515:New Jersey; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States