title: Best outcomes may be salvation for shriveling managed care cost savings.
abstract: The "easy" managed care cost savings that come from provider discounts are coming to an end, but an answer for managed care may be to find ways to cut costs and improve quality through best outcomes, writes Ed Egger.
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authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D019300:Medical Errors; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States