title: Managed care in flux: strategies for the current state.
abstract: Given the combination of consumer backlash, a rash of antimanaged care bills, renewed medical inflation, rising prescription drug costs and the threat of class action HMO lawsuits, managed care is in a state of flux. However, managed care in some form is here to stay. This author recommends that plan sponsors adopt strategies to reap the positives managed care offers while the industry is reshaping itself.
authors: Segal Company, Atlanta, USA.
authors: K R
authors: KR
authors: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D019468:Disease Management; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States