title: Market changes create need for practice budgets.
abstract: The increasing prevalence of managed care, capitation, and physician practice acquisition is forcing physician practices to operate in a more businesslike way. As a first step toward more businesslike operations, practices of all sizes should prepare formal annual budgets to help predict and manage revenue and expenses.
authors.affiliation: Physician Services of America, Louisville, KY, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Imbrogno
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000639:trends; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008722:Methods; D014481:United States