No Exodus: Physicians and Managed Care Networks

May 2006 No Exodus: Physicians and Managed Care Networks The researchers sought to identify trends in physician contracting with managed care organizations and to analyze the differences between medical specialties to determine if existing market factors encourage or preclude managed care contracting. The researchers consulted the HSC Community Tracking Study Physician Survey, a nationally representative telephone survey of physicians, involved in direct patient care in the continental United States that has been regularly conducted since 1996. The 2004-2005 survey includes responses from more than 6,600 physicians . . .