title: Contract balks.
abstract: Fed up with insurers dictating contract terms, doctors are fighting back by putting the American Medical Association on the job. Yet the AMA's remedy--a bulky "model" agreement--may lack the power of persuasion.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huff
mesh_terms: D000574:American Medical Association; D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards*; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006123:Group Practice; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017008:Negotiating; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States