title: Managed care seeks more from clinical laboratories. Contracting advantage has sometimes been with the nationwide labs, but health plans are getting serious about price, service, and patient data.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kober
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D017008:Negotiating; D014481:United States