title: Credentialing alternative medicine: a new challenge for managed care organizations.
abstract: Alternative Medicine is becoming mainstream healthcare. Credentialing alternative medical service providers is creating a new set of challenges for managed care organizations.
authors.affiliation: Theraphysics--a Beverly Company, Brentwood, TN, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Burcham
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States