title: Deselected! A California case could forever change how HMOs and others hire and fire doctors.
abstract: Deselection--a bit of health insurance parlance capable of giving doctors a case of the shivers--may never be the same. An obscure California lawsuit, barely known outside legal circles, threatens to change the way physicians are hired and fired from provider panels. And that's making HMOs and others nervous.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000078329:Workforce