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Article: Managed care 101.
- Article from:
- Florida Bar Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
- Author:
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This article examines the basics of managed care and explores leading topics in the field. The authors have endeavored to provide the nonhealth care lawyer with the key to decipher the managed care code. The reader should know that the authors of the article address all sides of the managed care trinity -- the providers, the patients, and the payors. While a conflicted life, it has been invaluable in presenting a balanced view of the managed care issues.
Don't let the title of this article mislead you. While the vocabulary is specialized (as often occurs in health care), the bedrock legal principles applicable to managed care will be familiar to most lawyers. ...