Redefining and Reaffirming Managed Care for the 21st Century

In their guest commentary for the 20th anniversary of the American Journal of Managed Care, The Commonwealth Fund’s David Blumenthal, M.D., and David Squires argue that the concept of managing patient care continues to have “deep intuitive resonance” with many people. But the term managed care still carries with it “paternalistic implications” that seem to “run crosswise of the emergent trend toward patient engagement in and control over the care experience.”