A well known PPO network, concerned about their relationship with network hospitals, has decided to boycott any group that implements a cost-plus hospital reimbursement methodology. Notice has been given that any existing group that has implemented the cost-plus scheme must make one of two decisions: 1). drop the cost-plus scheme entirely or 2). PPO network will cancel their contract with the employer.
One wonders who the PPO network really represents? Do they represent the employer, or the hospitals that apparently can “make or break” them?
We think this PPO is short sight at best. Competing PPO networks are joining the fray, agreeing to work side-by-side with employers who use the cost-plus approach.
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