31.   The doctors group says that some employers have used its Knox-Keene Expenditures Summary to negotiate lower administrative fees from plan providers.

32.   The doctors group issued the alert this month for the first time because college and high school students are drinking more than ever.

33.   The contracts provide doctor groups with the incentives and cash flow needed to completely re-engineer the way they deliver care, Taylor said.

34.   The House bill would permit hospitals and doctor groups to compete with local Medicare health maintenance organizations by dealing directly with employer groups.

35.   The frantic consolidation also has given rise to a whole new class of companies that buy doctor groups.

36.   The money would flow to local, nonprofit doctor groups and locally owned nonprofit hospitals.

37.   The rapidly growing operator of doctor groups for cancer treatment said a delay in completing some acquisitions led to the profit shortfall.

38.   This was the first year that PBGH has rated doctor groups as well as HMOs.

39.   West Palm Beach, Florida-based Phymatrix invests in doctor groups and helps them manage their practices.

40.   A doctors group sued the federal health department Monday, claiming that new rules governing patient access to medical records are burdensome and unconstitutional.