title: Providers as health insurers?
abstract: Health care providers, insurers and state regulators are preparing themselves for the next major battle in the managed care revolution. The fight will center on whether provider-sponsored networks and health maintenance organizations should meet the same regulatory requirements. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake, particularly lucrative Medicare contracts.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare; D014481:United States