title: Specialty empowerment: a new trend in managed care.
abstract: The rise of the open-access managed care model has brought the concept of specialist empowerment to the forefront. Specialists are being asked to assume the gatekeeper role for specialty services throughout individual provider networks. A growing number of specialty practices are structuring to assume this role and manage the accompanying risk and capitation dollars. Many specialist practices are using this new structure to gain a competitive edge in the market.
authors.affiliation: ProSTAT Resource Group, Overland Park, KS, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Beard
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003284:Contract Services; D004465:Economic Competition; D004470:Economics, Medical; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States