Flexibility key to group practice in the age of managed care.
As changes in payment occur and managed care evolves, group practices are reclaiming influence over clinical care by assuming greater financial risk. Larger groups are becoming a force for change by using flexible structures to help improve a host of activities at the point of care. Group practices and their collaborative partners are refining their approaches to cooperative patient management, clinical utilization and quality, and risk contracting.
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Cambridge Management Group, Inc., MA, USA.
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