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Issue Date: August 1997
Managed Care Fosters Strong Union Growth
Responding to lost income and decreasing independence, physicians are doing what many consider anathema: joining labor unions.
“We’ve experienced strong growth in the last two years, and managed care is the reason why,” says Barry Liebowitz, MD, president of the Doctors Council of New York in New York
Specialists Find New Ways to Form Sustainable Groups
Specialists are back into favor: Three states have passed laws guaranteeing access to them, some HMOs have found that offering direct access to specialists helps them sustain growth, and studies have shown that specialists are more effective than generalists at managing certain diseases, such as myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure,
MSO Shows Why Primary Care Physicians Should Own Their Groups
Each primary care physician can and should control his or her destiny. Despite pressure by managed care plans and other economic forces to sell to larger organizations that may not be owned by PCPs, primary care doctors can form medical groups they own and operate themselves, says Michael J. Martin,
Three Gastroenterology Practices Form Single-specialty Group
As health care moves from discounted fee for service to managed care, many physicians are struggling to identify the best organizational option for their practices. Should they form a single-specialty group or a multispecialty group? Should they sell their practice to a physician practice management company (PPMC)? They also
Oxford Builds Success by Offering Choices to Physicians and Members
First of two parts
Q:Dr. Saferstein, as both a founder of Oxford Health Plans and its first medical director, what did you envision for the company 12 years ago when it was formed?
A:Initially, my vision focused on the problems occurring in medicine in the mid-
Venture Capital Still Pours Into Health Care
Physician practice management companies (PPMCs) and health care companies in general continue to attract significant interest from venture capital firms. From 1995 to 1996, the amount of capital flowing into the sector more than doubled, and the industry ranked third in total capital raised (see Tables 1 and 2).
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