There are no employees to manage, and a contract billing service handles collections. Additionally there is the potential for short-term employment for new physicians in the community who may wish to eventually establish a more traditional practice. While inpatient practice and managed care enjoy a close association, our experience in Gainesville has shown that this model is a practice style which benefits the patients, hospitals, and doctors associated with it. These benefits, not managed care, are the reason for the development of this model. It is likely that inpatient practice models would have evolved out of their own merits even without the advent of managed care, which appears to be accelerating their growth by encouraging greater efficiency and quality.
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Int Med News. MD Dr. Nelson is an inpatient physician in Gainesville , Florida.