If TRS ActiveCare would adopt this strategy there would be no commercial vendor able to compete competitively. The only difference would be in fixed expenses which TRS ActiveCare would win hands down. Commercial vendors have enormous expenses TRS ActiveCare doesn’t.
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If you can’t beat them, join them. A stirring giant ends hibernation in Montana………….
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Price maker vs. price taker- Montana tweaks its RBR model
Doug Aldeen ERISA Healthcare Attorney and General Counsel
“…Montana is positioning itself to tweak its model, just as more states and employers, seeking to cut costs, consider adopting it. That has health economists and those working to lower hospital prices elsewhere wondering whether the state is once again moving ahead of the curve — or setting itself up for a setback.”
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Aldeen’s Sunday Morning Bathroom Read exposes BCBS Admin. Agreement with the State of Montana. BCBS was recently awarded a contract to administer the state’s Reference Based Pricing plan.
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