Reference Based Pricing – The Hospital’s Perspective

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A 2017 webinar will cover hospital’s view of Reference Based Pricing. An attorney who has advised multiple hospitals on how to respond and interact with self-insured payers taking RBP approaches shares her unique insights on how hospital administrators view common points of contention, as well as opportunities for more collaborative payment arrangements.

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Introducing Meritain Connect

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Introducing Meritain Connect: 

Now it’s even easier to stay on top of your health plan management

Meritain Health is proud to announce our new, enhanced website for members, employers, organizations and producers—Meritain Connect. It’s an all-in-one online tool for managing your employee benefits account. And this newly upgraded website will be yours to access beginning Monday, October 17, 2016.

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The Truth About The Blues

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“When receiving a group medical insurance proposal from the Blues, they can claim to have better discounts than the rest of the competing offers (be it a self-funded or fully insured plan) and their pricing to get the business will surely reflect substantial discounts. But now what? Will you as the client ever actually receive the full value of their hospital contracts or physician discounts? Most likely not.”

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Hospital Must Release Information on Pricing Methodology

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This is an interesting case with huge ramifications for Reference Based Plan Sponsors in Indiana and beyond.

Hospital billed patient $625,000. A billing expert has determined the reasonable value of the services Parkview provided was $246,640, about 39 percent of what was charged in the case. Hospital must now disclose pricing methodologies in court…………………..

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Is It Legal?…………….YES, IT’S LEGAL…NO IT’S NOT!

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For years Plan Sponsors have dreamed how to transfer health care risk to the federal government. If Medicare eligible plan participants could be removed from a group’s health care plan legally, these higher risk members would no longer be a risk factor to contend with. How can one game the system? Continue reading Is It Legal?…………….YES, IT’S LEGAL…NO IT’S NOT!