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Structuring networks for maximum performance under managed care.

T R Miller
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Healthcare providers interested in forming delivery networks to secure managed care contracts must decide how to structure their networks. Two basic structural models are available: the noncorporate model and the corporate model. The noncorporate model delivery network typically has a single governing body and management infrastructure to oversee only managed care contracting and related business. The corporate model delivery system has a unified governance management infrastructure that handles all of the network's business. While either structure can work, corporate model networks usually are better able to enforce provider behavior that is in the best interest of a network as a whole.

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T R Miller. 1996. Structuring networks for maximum performance under managed care.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10163003/

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