Managed Care and Related Issues

Principles for the Development and Management of Patient-Centered Formularies -- Read the principles developed by the AAFP.

Physician Profiling Guiding Principles -- Read the AAFP's guiding prinicples on physician profiling programs.

Disease State Management -- AAFP position paper on disease state management, a way of organizing care to improve outcomes and lower overall costs.

Managed Care Contracts -- The National Managed Care Contract (NMCC) has been developed by the AMA as an educational and advocacy tool for use by physicians and their professional advisors.