https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/09/598794123/bill-of-the-month-a-tale-of-2-ct-scanners-one-richer-one-poorer “Hynden was shocked when he got the second CT scan in January, and the listed price was $8,897 — 33 times what he paid for the first test. Gulf Coast Medical Center is part of his Cigna insurance plan’s …
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The Urban Myth of PPOs | LinkedIn
“Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) A type of health plan that contracts with medical providers, such as hospitals and doctors, to create a network of participating providers. You pay less if you use providers that belong to the plan’s network.” Oh …
Why the healthcare industry will eliminate PPO networks parts 1 and 2 | Michael (Mike) Dendy | Pulse | LinkedIn
Since PPOs make their revenues off access fees with absolutely no responsibility to screen claims for accuracy and since their market value is directly tied to the number of physicians and facilities they have inside their networks, employers and their …
Great Moments in Healthcare Consolidation: The Hospital is Having a Sale! | Robert Nelson, MD | Pulse | LinkedIn
What does the price of gasoline and the price of a chest x-ray have in common? Not much really, except the price of both have gone up in the Atlanta area recently; but the former did so for expected reasons that …
Have PPO Networks Perpetrated The Greatest Heist In American History?
One of the best pieces I’ve read that exposes the real cost drivers in healthcare. Many of us have been shouting from the rooftops that the “villains” we implicate are just symptoms of a more fundamental poison in that is …
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