title: What providers need to know about starting up an HMO.
authors.affiliation: First Health Associates, Inc., Avon, CT, USA.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Prescott
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D018854:Managed Competition; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States