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Explain what actions on the part of the HMO organization would likely cause negative physician behavior. Please provide an example

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This posting explores correlations between an HMO organization and negative physicians' behaviors. References are also provided to further validate the findings.

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Since the inception of the Health Maintenance organization (HMO), the physician has not
felt empowered to practice medicine the way that they were trained to or if an older physician,
the past ways of training. HMOs put limitations on how much time a physician can spend with a
patient as well as the compensation that is given for the patient visit for a particular health plan.
This may make the patient feel like he or she is on a construction line and pushed through the ...

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