title: Handle with care. Avoiding the perils of the RFP process.
abstract: Beginning a year ago, with the issuance of the first RFP to service recipients in five southeast Michigan counties, Michigan has sought to control the rising cost of providing health care services to Medicaid recipients through the use of managed care contracting.
authors.affiliation: Wachler and Kopson, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Wachler
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Avery
mesh_terms: D003164:Competitive Bidding; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008824:Michigan; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States