Managed Care and Primary Physician Satisfaction

Managed Care And Physician /

Connecticut 2009 Primary Care Survey: physician satisfaction, physician supply and patient access to medical care.

OBJECTIVE To provide a more detailed evaluation of the attitudes and opinions of Connecticut's primary-care physicians, the practice environment in which care is provided, and how the evolving practice environment might affect the availability and quality of medical care in the state. METHODS Primary-care physicians affiliated with the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians...

Physician credentialing in managed care.

The managed care industry is increasingly using physician credentialing when seeking health care providers. The credentialing process must be conducted in a manner that meets the goals of the managed care program.

Managed care and physician/hospital integration.

This paper examines the extent to which hospitals and physicians use new organizational structures designed to facilitate contracting with managed care firms and the extent to which this use is associated with managed care revenue. The data come from a nationally representative sample of 1,495 U.S. community hospitals responding to a 1993 survey about different organizational structures. The re...

Physician Incentives: Managed Care and Ethics

The authors review the principle features of the managed care system in an effort to understand the ethical assumptions inherent in managed care. The interrelationships among physician incentives, responsibilities of patients and the physician-patient relationship are examined in light of the ethical concerns identified in the managed care system. The managed care system creates ethical tension...