And managed-care companies may not always be open to this issue.

Still, he said, the managed-care companies will have little choice.

Then managed-care companies started to cut his fees by 60 percent or more.

The managed-care companies, however, see things from a different perspective.

The county has contracted with six managed-care companies to provide services.

Oxford is a managed-care company that could do no wrong.

Worse, the bill may set premiums to managed-care companies too low for them to provide quality care.

As a result, the biggest fight ever seen between managed-care companies and drug makers could soon begin.

For example, he said, doctors will say that managed-care companies raise prices and keep the difference.

Managed-care companies have taken the power to make clinical decisions away from patients and doctors.