Will The Texas Legislature Prohibit TRS ActiveCare Alternatives?

In order to protect TRS ActiveCare, the Committee on Pensions, Investments, & Financial Services recommended in their interim charges that the 87th Texas Legislature take action to “explicitly prohibit independent school districts from using District of Innovation status (as) a method for opting out of TRS-ActiveCare.”
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PPO Network Gobbles Up RBP Vendor

MultiPlan Corporation to Acquire HST

  • Accelerates Growth by Adding a Next-Generation Reference-Based Pricing Program to the MultiPlan Solution Suite
  • Acquisition is the First Under MultiPlan’s Enhance-Extend-Expand Strategy
  • Increases Value for Customers by Adding New and Complementary Services to Better Manage Cost
  • Deepens MultiPlan’s Penetration in the TPA/Broker Segment

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Question for RBP “Experts”

If hospitals are required to publish their prices and they have patients sign agreements wherein the patient agrees to pay “in accordance with the regular rates and terms of the hospital” which are public for the world to see, what defense does the patient, who assigned benefits, have in disputing full billed charges when the average reimbursement accepted through the hospital’s payer mix is substantially less?

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