Doctors as negotiators: adapting to shifting expectations

Article Abstract:

Physician approach to negotiation and conflict resolution is often contingent upon phase of life, but all physicians, regardless of age or outlook, should work toward non-adversarial compromise when they encounter conflictive situations. Physicians can be generally categorized into four groups, corresponding to their age: each of these categories will likely have a different approach to conflict, but all should strive to create an effective voice and an original, encompassing, vision.

Methods, Column, Conflict management

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Choosing up sides: doctors in Cleveland are scrambling to affiliate

Article Abstract:

Three competing hospital system are forcing Cleveland, OH, physicians out of their solo practices and into managed care. University Hospital Health Systems, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. are the primary contenders for physicians. A state mandate requiring Medicaid managed care for all Ohio residents has also damaged doctors' abilities to maintain solo practices.

HEALTH SERVICES, Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Health Plan Administration, Health care industry, Market share, Managed care plans (Medical care), Health insurance industry, Cleveland, Ohio

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