Cost Reduction by HMO's

Mananged care organizations save themselves a great deal of money by keeping their pool of dentists and dental specialists to a minimum. The key to success for mangled care dentists is to increase their volume of patients. This means that procedures must be completed quickly, which inevitably must lead to a dilution of quality.

In the past, it was the patient who evaluated a dentist's performance and rewarded him for excellent treatment by returning to the practice. In the mangled care setting, a dentist is judged by his willingness to accept deeply discounted fees, and by the volume of patients he can treat.