title: The evolution of physician-directed managed care.
abstract: The health care industry is evolving. In the near term, POs will become the state of the art in physician-directed managed care. Eventually, POs will merge into fully integrated group practices. From there, regional POs and group practices will develop their own insurance products. But because these organizations will be dominated by physicians who wish to practice medicine, rather than sell insurance, money will be made by appropriately managing risk and providing high-quality care. In time, physicians will take control and "manage" managed care, as they are the only ones--not administrators, executives, or other business people--who are in a position to fundamentally revise the way medicine is practiced.
authors.affiliation: The Health Capital Group, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Unland
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D002204:Capitation Fee; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010819:Physician's Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012952:Societies; D014481:United States