title: Out in front. Managed care helps push clinical guidelines forward.
abstract: Until recently, most managed care provider incentives were productivity-oriented, but an increasing number of plans are shifting the focus to quality. For hospitals, the question is whose clinical practice guidelines to follow.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sandrick
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States