title: Direct contract tactic for health care marketplace.
abstract: Direct contracting offers an aggressive approach to health care cost containment in an era when employers, patients and providers must do more than just talk about saving dollars. Eliminating the "middleman" through customized insurance plans, direct contracts can combat rising costs. The author explains what hospitals must do to initiate a program.
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authors: O'Gara
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States