title: Achieving health care affordability.
abstract: Not all plans are jumping headlong into the consumer-centric arena. In this article, the CEO of Oxford Health Plans discusses how advanced managed care can achieve what other consumer-centric programs seek to do--provide affordable, quality health care.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Health Plans, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Norman C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Payson
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D019468:Disease Management; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000639:trends; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States