title: The beginning of the end for HMOS. Part 2: Providers have more clout than they think.
authors.affiliation: Beckham Company, Whitefish Bay, WI, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beckham
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004465:Economic Competition; D004470:Economics, Medical; D006123:Group Practice / Q000639:trends*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D007182:Income; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends; D017008:Negotiating; D010067:Ownership; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011209:Power, Psychological; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States