These are reasonable rules that will not substantially alter practices of most managed care plans.

Calling the incident an aberration, Governor Alencar said he would not alter the training or other practices of the police as a result of the video.

To stop an inherited disease, however, you have to alter breeding practices.

Intellectual property attorneys who had closely followed the battle said the outcome had already altered attitudes and practices in the software industry.

Tulane's scholarship policy illustrates the way the rudimentary science of financial-aid leverage - what economists call price discrimination - is altering college-enrollment practices.

The Herald, like the Sun, was at once successful, and was remarkably influential in altering journalistic practices.

Japan's role in missile defense is particularly significant because deployment could force it to alter long-held pacifist practices and re-examine its Constitution.

Following the associated publicity, some advocates of attachment therapy began to alter views and practices to be less potentially dangerous to children.

Ginger groups work to alter the party's policies, practices or office-holders, while still supporting its general goals.

Decentralization makes possible greater regional diversity, local authority to alter curriculum, student regulations and administrative practices.