The five stages of managed care. Strategies for physicians in health care's market revolution.
What are the five stages of managed care? From "Can't Spell HMO" to Managed Cooperation, each stage has predictable market events and strategic responses. At every stage, a new set of relationships evolves among the major players, including physicians and hospitals, HMOs and insurers, and employers and government. At each higher level of managed care penetration, the players restructure their relationships as they seek to control their market and their destiny.
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