Primary care providers: managing today's prepaid risk.
Participating in managed care systems involves the issues of enrollment, marketing, referral patterns and information systems among others. The most important aspect, writes David Kouba, is reimbursement. Kouba offers several ideas for successfully managing the associated risk.
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Community Health Management Corporation, Skokie, IL 60077.
D006125:Group Practice, Prepaid / Q000191:economics*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States