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Managed Care February 2001 Michael S. Victoroff	Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions Now Harder Thanks to Range of Treatment The duty of informed consent necessitates that physicians discuss with their patients the realistic expectations and risks associated with treatment. When no protocol shows a distinct advantage, there is no duty to inform, which creates an ethical problem for physicians...
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Managed Care May 2003	Program Rewards Physicians For Delivering High-Quality Care Bonuses for delivering high quality care will be the focus of a three-market program spearheaded by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and supported by a coalition of physicians, health plans, large employers, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Catherine Arnst	The Family Doctor: A Remedy for Health-Care Costs? How making primary-care physicians the center of America's health-care system could drive down costs.
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Managed Care August 2001	In Calif., Bonuses Based on Quality, Not Cost Savings Blue Cross of California has decided to move away from the traditional managed care incentive of rewarding physicians for controlling medical costs, and instead will implement a program in which physicians receive bonuses for quality of care and patient satisfaction...
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