Managed care organizations control health costs

The practice of medicin" rel="nofollow">ine, long valued for in" rel="nofollow">individual entrepreneurship and physician control, has undergone dramatic change. Physicians now face vexin" rel="nofollow">ing oversight of case and utilization management and loss of control over the allocation of health care dollars. Managed care organizations control health costs by arbitrarily refusin" rel="nofollow">ing reimbursement for certain" rel="nofollow">in medical procedures and reducin" rel="nofollow">ing payments for others. Sin" rel="nofollow">ince medicin" rel="nofollow">ine is now a less attractive career option, will fewer high performin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">individuals choose to become physicians? What are the implications for the quality of care?