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You've gathered the pertinent data about a managed-care plan. Now you must decide whether you'll sign the contract and participate or find another plan. How do you do that? First and foremost, you need an overall sense of whether the plan will pay you well enough to merit your participation. Develop that information by using an easy-to-perform weighted analysis of plan payments for your most commonly provided services.