Georgia PHO restricts physician access to contracts

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Promina Health System Inc of Atlanta, GA, the largest integrated delivery system in the state, has decided to restrict the access of the 23 managed care contracts it has negotiated for 1,800 physicians in the Atlanta area. Any physician who desires to review the contract must agree not to divulge its contents without permission and must review them on the premises. Requests for review from others must be referred to Promina.

Managed care plans (Medical care), Promina Health System Inc.

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Leave yourself an out

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Practice merger, affiliation or sale agreements should all be written with an exit clause. A health care lawyer should review the contract before it is signed by a physician. An exit clause should be written so that the physician retains what they entered the agreement with whether it be a cash settlement, patient retention or managed care contracts. The lack of an exit clause can prove to be expensive.

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Utah physicians capitulate to giant network

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Physicians who had walked out of an agreement with Intermountain Health Care (IHC) were forced to return for financial reasons. IHC drew away many of the doctors' patients, drove off competitor PacifiCare, and won a sizeable, exclusive contract for serving school district employees. The doctors, who had quit in protest of IHC's monopoly status, resigned with IHC less than a year later.

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Hospital and medical service plans, Medical Care Insurance, Health insurance, Health insurance industry, Intermountain Healthcare Inc.

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