title: Physicians Braving the Payer World.
abstract: The differences are obvious: age, gender, career trajectory. But as these eight profiles show, medical directors also have a lot in common. Populations are their patients. They want to have an impact. And they work at the crazy-busy intersection of patient care, physician leadership, and health care costs.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wolinsky
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D007587:Job Description; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008486:Physician Executives; D014481:United States