Extreme Risk -- The New Corporate Proposition for Physicians

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Volume 333:1706-1708		December 21, 1995		Number 25

Extreme Risk — The New Corporate Proposition for Physicians

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Our own contracts with one health maintenance organization (HMO)state: "Physician shall agree not to take any action or makeany communication which undermines or could undermine the confidenceof enrollees, potential enrollees, their employers, their unions,or the public in U.S. Healthcare or the quality of U.S. Healthcarecoverage," and "Physician shall keep the Proprietary Information[payment rates, utilization-review procedures, etc.] and thisAgreement strictly confidential."

This 2.4 million-member plan spends only 74.4 percent of itsrevenues on medical care; $1 million a day goes to profits,adding to its $1.2-billion cash reserve.¹ Its chief executiveofficer pocketed $20 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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