title: Small businesses are seeking changes to managed care environment.
abstract: For the small business owner, health care premiums never decreased. These employers only experienced lower cost increases. All businesses now face rising premiums. To contend with the increases, small business owners are now making their own demands of health plans.
authors.affiliation: J.H. Cohn LLP, Roseland, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017049:Employer Health Costs; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000592:standards; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States