title: Reining in the HMOs.
abstract: As managed health care proliferates, states are enacting laws to ensure patients' access to specialists and treatment information, among other protections. Congress is following suit. Managed care plans have gone along with the changes to an extent but fear over-regulation.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Serafini
mesh_terms: D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008511:Medicine; D011057:Politics; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013038:Specialization; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States