title: Avoiding the traps in managed care contracts.
abstract: In deciding whether or not to enter into managed care arrangements, physicians must consider a number of important and problematic issues. In this article, the author describes the potential problems and discusses how they can be avoided through careful negotiation and analysis of the managed care contract.
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Chenen
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003657:Decision Making; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010820:Physicians; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations; D014481:United States