title: Managed care is dumping many physicians, but some aren't going to take it lying down. Striking back.
abstract: Like many physicians in markets across the country, Robert Maidenberg of Houston has seen the percentage of managed care patients in his practice swell in the past few years. And like a number of his colleagues, he's experienced problems. But physicians are responding to increased managed care in a number of ways, some of them surprising.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montague
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D002322:Career Mobility; D003120:Colorado; D003406:Credentialing / Q000639:trends*; D003625:Data Collection; D005845:Georgia; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000639:trends; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce