Guidance for in-house counsel on building a persuasive business case to create a law firm preferred provider network (PPN), which can help a corporate law department achieve greater efficiencies and ...

Local Preferred Provider Organization (LPPO) refers to a PPO plan where in-network providers operate in a specific local area. With this plan, you can also visit out-of-network providers for an ...

Every ACO and at-risk organization in the country is trying to build a preferred network of high quality providers. The biggest challenge facing these organizations is how to connect their network in ...

First Choice Health is a provider-owned and provider-driven healthcare system in Seattle. The system represents the largest independent preferred provider network across eight states: Washington, ...

Hospitals with preferred provider networks often push patients with severe mental illness to non-affiliated nursing homes, but regulatory and payment incentives may be changing that trend. A new study ...

For decades, America’s healthcare system has been caught in a tug-of-war between cost containment and patient care. Too often, profit has come out on top. Jarred Pierce, CEO of Unity Preferred Network ...

Under preferred pharmacy networks, unsubsidized Part D beneficiaries faced substantial incentives and moderately switched toward preferred pharmacies, whereas subsidized beneficiaries were insulated ...

Medicare accountable care organizations use preferred skilled nursing facility networks for postacute care management, although the size, structure, and resource allocation of networks vary widely.