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Issue Date: May 15, 1999
Gastroenterology Group Enhances Patient Care Through Subspecialization
This article looks at the development and experiences of a large single-specialty group of gastroenterologists in Minnesota.
Cardiologists Help Improve Pennsylvania Data Used to Report Patient Outcomes
This article discusses the data collection efforts of the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost containment Council are helping improve quality of care.
Some Specialists Find More Income, Less Stress Under Capitated Payment Plans
This article discusses how two ob-gyn physicians in Dayton, Ohio, started their own ob-gyn management company that accepts capitation from HMOs and passes a capped rate on to the physicians in their networks.
Communication Aids Patient Compliance
This feature discusses the importance of physician communications skills in terms of patient satisfaction and suggests several best practices for physicians to develop.
Why Managed Care Is Doomed to Failure
This commentary uses J.D. Kleinke's book Bleeding Edge as springboard for discussion on the current status of managed care and its likely future.
Health System, Doctors Form New Group
This feature looks at a physician-hospital collaboration in Fort Worth, Texas: how it began, how it evolved, and the lessons learned in the process.
PPMC Veteran Says All Physician Practice Management Companies Are Not the Same
This interview looks at physician practice management companies and how they differ from each other; it also looks at how PPMCs are affected by market trends.
Here's How to Manage the Art of Medicine
This editorial discusses a recently published book entitled Managing Patient Expectations: The Art of Finding and Keeping Loyal Patients, and describes it as "a must read" for physicians.
When and Why to Consider a Partnership
With all the ups and downs of Wall Street, especially those involving PPMCs, some physicians are affected and concerned about their career options. This column addresses the questions of two physicians in this regard.
Incentives Are Aligned in GI Network
This column discusses a gastroenterology network in the eastern United States that started out with 25 physicians in 1993 and had expanded to 140 gastroenterologists in 40 practices by 1999.
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