11.   Dr. Alan Zwerner, chief executive at the nonprofit Medical Quality Commission, said the California physicians group paints too grim a picture.

12.   Empire has a few per capita contracts with physician groups.

13.   For their part, physician groups said the report is generally on the mark.

14.   FPA completed purchases of the physician groups today.

15.   Halvorson attributed those results to competitive forces, including the consolidation of hospitals and physician groups.

16.   HMOs assume that hospitals and physician groups will evaluate the quality of care and report incompetent doctors, but that assumption is often unjustified, the report said.

17.   Hospitals and physician groups hesitate to criticize the Blues.

18.   If the patient needs tests or specialty care, the physician group must provide it or pay for it.

19.   In September, the physicians group gave prosecutors patient records to assist the investigation.

20.   In response to that demand and other market factors, hospitals around the country have been forging management agreements with specialty physician groups.