Managing under managed care: winning strategies.
As managed care contracts grow in number and complexity, financial managers must develop strategies to manage and control them. Managers must gain the cooperation of the medical staff, improve financial controls and forecasting, develop an effective information system, improve case-mix management, and measure and control productivity in the hospital to truly manage managed care. This article is the first of a six-part special report on managing managed care. The strategies presented in this series will illustrate how hospitals are successfully, and sometimes unsuccessfully, dealing with the problems and challenges of managed care.
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