title: The Clinical Integration Movement: is there peril on the horizon?
abstract: Clinical Integration provides the means for independent physicians to become the major force in reshaping the health care delivery system, and by default... the means for hospitals and payors to eventually eviscerate what remains of physician independence. This article exposes Clinical Integration reality, high-impact mistakes, opportunities, options, and strategies to reposition independent physicians to take charge of their own future.
authors.affiliation: Health Systems Strategies, 1200 Abernathy Road, Suite 1700, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA. ckfhss@cableone.net
authors.forename: C Kay
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Justin R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D006077:Government Agencies; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007193:Independent Practice Associations; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans