RiskManagers HealthCare Purchasing Coalition 2018

RiskManagers HealthCare Purchasing Coalition ™ is a high performance health care Management Services Organization founded on a simple proposition: Health care cost can be reduced while maintaining or even improving benefits at the same time.

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Will Hospital Continue To Honor RBP Safe Harbor Provider Agreements?

St. David’s HealthCare acquires The Austin Diagnostic Clinic………….

RISKMANAGERS.US OPINION: Austin, Texas is basically a two hospital town. Both hospital systems have tried their best to discourage local employers from implementing Reference Based Pricing plans in recent years. After all why agree to earn less when secretive managed care contracts continue to pay top dollar? Other area providers such as Austin Diagnostic Clinic are known to have entered into direct agreements with Reference Based Pricing plans in the area at rates slightly above Medicare. Will St. Davids continue to honor these agreements?

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