Hands-On Experience for North Carolina Physicians
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چکیده
A THE EDITORS OF THIS journal planned this issue on managed care, I was asked to offer an article from my perspective regarding managed care and its evolution in North Carolina. I begin with my experience with Carolina Physicians Health Plan, later Healthsource North Carolina. One approach to this challenge would have been to describe the roles of an extensive list of physicians who played vital parts in the developments I will describe. Their hours of deliberating, strategizing, organizing, problemsolving, managing, and directing are far beyond measure, however. I will focus instead, therefore, on concepts and events. For the record I will describe highlights of one particular HMO that was initiated by physicians and grew into the largest HMO in the state. Subsequent developments in the Triangle region will be mentioned, along with some reflections on lessons possibly gained from these scenarios.
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