title: The myth of managed care. Moving beyond managing costs to really managing care.
abstract: Today's managed care manages costs, not care. Care is lopsided with costly physician and provider control of the information, decision-making and treatment processes that are built on outdated fee-for-service incentives. Fast moving providers who exploit opportunities to redesign care, shifting more responsibility and control to non-physician providers and to patients will gain a major competitive advantage. These providers are much more likely to stand out from their peers, enabling them to attract patients and contracts.
authors.affiliation: Houck and Associates, Boulder, CO, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houck
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D017050:Episode of Care; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014481:United States