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If you have a managed care contract that is no longer profitable, you'll need to take several steps to terminate the contract. "Many facilities think a simple phone call or letter will sufficiently terminate the contract. But they're in for a big surprise," says surgery center consultant Caryl A. Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, president of Surgery Consultants of America, Inc.