title: Practice management agreements: the core of the MSO-group practice alliance.
abstract: Physician group practices increasingly are negotiating practice management agreements with management service organizations (MSOs). Understanding the issues surrounding the creation and implementation of practice management agreements is critical to maintaining a successful MSO-group practice relationship. The scope of the management commitment must be established and the agreement must provide sufficient flexibility to allow the physicians and MSO to mutually benefit from market-place changes.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Waxman
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006123:Group Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017008:Negotiating; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States