The AMA announced today it is now offering a National Managed Care Contract service and database designed to “help physicians analyze and negotiate contracts with insurers and help provide relief from unfair corporate business practices.” An AMA news release says that the NMCC was created “in an attempt to create model contract language that complies with the managed care laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia and to comprehensively cover the broad range of physician concerns with managed care contracts. It provides physicians with a valuable frame of reference to compare and evaluate any prospective managed care contract.”