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The new regulations governing physician incentives in managed care organizations are out, and while they might prove to be another pit of paperwork, they might also make managed care easier to swallow for consumers.

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D R Rodriguez, J M Waxman. Full disclosure.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10158550/

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