The impact of managed care on specialty practices.
With the primary care physician being the focal point for managed care, the relative status that specialists have enjoyed may be at an end. Cynthia S. Rowe, FACMPE, administrator for the Oregon Eye Care, investigates how specialists are faring under managed care and writes that without major re-engineering, they will face a tough road.
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Oregon Eye Care, Oregon City 97045.
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