James L. Wade Iii, MD

Managed care is transforming numerous aspects of health care delivery, and the specialty of oncology, in particular, is being increasingly affected for several reasons.

The doctor-hospital integrated practice is one possible strategy oncologists may wish to employ in order to stay financially solvent in the current unstable health-care environment. Before entering into an arrangement with a

This new topic, practice guidelines in oncology, has emerged for one primary reason-managed care. Now that insurance companies have developed the software to measure wide variations in practice behavior, they have quickly realized that