HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE COULD DROP PHYSICIANS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Healthcare Financial Management | Date: December 1, 1999 | Copyright information

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, could drop 900 physicians from its 5,000-member network if the physicians do not form or join new, local negotiating groups. The HMO wants to disband the costly Pilgrim Independent Practice Association, which was established as a negotiating unit by the former Pilgrim Health Care HMO since it merged with Harvard Community Health Plan. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's agreement with the group covers some of the group's losses. The gro...

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