Challenges Physicians Affiliated with Managed Care Organization Face

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One of the challenges physicians affiliated with Managed Care Organization (MCO) face is limited autonomy. Physicians often find they are limited to follow their best professional judgment in an MCO because they have to provide care based on certain conditions and costs set by the health plan (Mains et al., 2003). The process means that physicians may often face a loss of control over the clinical decisions, given that certain conditions need to be fulfilled when providing care. A lack of freedom to make medical decisions can make physicians feel limited in their roles. In this way, MCOs can be constricting to physicians to eliminate the autonomy they desire when carrying out their responsibilities (Darr, 2011). While patient...