Ryan J B, Daugherty D J
Jennings Ryan & Kolb, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Healthc Financ Manage. 1997 Aug;51(8):46-7.
When healthcare providers join to form contracting organizations to negotiate managed care contracts, the resulting organizations can be characterized by their degree of integration: tightly integrated (ie, a single bottom line) or loosely integrated (ie, economic independence of each affiliated entity is preserved). Tightly integrated organizations generally are more attractive to payers and better able to optimize returns on their managed care contracts.
