|Articles|September 1, 2003

Instant Provider Network

Author(s)Julie Miller

If the healthcare delivery business were likened to the restaurant business, payers might play the role of the waiter who takes the guest's order, brings out the meal and provides the check. Physicians might be compared with the chef who creates the meal for the guest.

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