title: PSO organizers find big I.T. investments essential.
abstract: As providers consider creating health plans to offer services to Medicare beneficiaries, some are discovering that the required investment in information systems could make profitability tough to achieve.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: McCormack
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration; D020400:Provider-Sponsored Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial; D014481:United States