Financial terms were not disclosed. The two service organizations will decide in the next few months whether to expand operations to Metropolitan Milwaukee. The group will seek contracts for the provision of health care services to employers, HMOs and others. The physicians are from the Waukesha Elmbrook IPA, Surgical Specialists of Southeastern Wisconsin and primary care physicians from Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Ms. Mapes will analyze and review incoming claims information to determine coverage and liability and will direct the activities of attorneys and adjusters with the disposition of claims from preliminary investigation through settlement, trial or dismissal.
Some lawyers see the cases as the beginning of a revolt against cost-conscious medicine.
People are saying, We don't care if it's saving money.