The slow erosion of the traditional provider network

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

ICHRA, reference-based pricing, narrow networks, direct contracting, cash pay — it seems you can’t escape these terms today in the employer health benefits market. Each is traceable back to the same gradual shift happening among the leverage structures that have defined the payer-provider relationship for decades. Continue reading here…

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