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Issue Date: April 1997
UHC to Link Pay to Clinical Performance
United HealthCare, the nation’s largest managed care organization, plans to issue standardized reports on physicians’ clinical performance beginning this fall, says Lee Newcomer, MD, United’s chief medical officer. The reports will be based on clinical measures, and not on the more traditional production standards, such as the number
Focusing on the Fundamentals
A California physician on the board of a local hospital called us recently to ask about the issues surrounding provider-sponsored networks. His hospital, he said, was developing a provider-sponsored organization (PSO) to contract directly with employers. “The HMOs don’t like it, and the more I read about
Ob-gyns See Significant Market Advantages in Group Formation
Unlike most medical specialties, which are struggling to adjust to new demands under managed care, ob-gyns are finding opportunities abound. In particular, the nation’s 28,700 obstetricians and gynecologists are finding favorable fiscal and professional opportunities by forming ob-gyn groups without walls, management service organizations (MSOs), independent
Electronic Medical Records— Now or Later?
Any discussion about the future of medicine inevitably leads to the subject of electronic medical records (EMRs). Professional newsletters and journals are swirling with stories about EMRs and how “smart” hospitals and clinics have already installed systems to produce and manage such records. These stories are often peppered with examples
New Strategies Needed to Survive Under Managed Care
Part one of two parts
Q:Let’s begin with a brief discussion of the work your company does. Can you tell us what M&R is noted for?
A:There are two significant areas in which we work. First, we produce health care cost guidelines, which are
Pace of PPMC Acquisitions Continues Unabated
The pace at which physician groups are consolidating continues to accelerate. Forty-two transactions were announced between Jan. 1 and Feb. 20, 1997. For the 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 1997, there have been 239 announced acquisitions by physician practice management companies (PPMCs), an 11% increase over calendar 1996
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