Hospitals and physicians respond to managed care
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
By the year 2000 at least 110.4 million Americans are expected to be in HMOs (health maintenance organisations) compared with 51 million in 1994. Mimi Willard, managing director of healthcare equity research company Cowen & Co, told delegates at HIMA's annual meeting on March 20th that the growth in the managed care market is having a knock-on effect on hospitals and physicians.