Alexandra Criscione, Director If a payer steers patients away from your health system, what is your discount buying? The payer wants the discretion to designate your health system as out-of-network while retaining your in-network discount. You receive discounted reimbursement while patients receive financial incentives to go elsewhere. Before you sign, ask the direct question: What are you receiving in exchange for the discount? That question gets to a bargain that has

Carrie Knowles-Atkinson, Principal BDC Advisors, a leading healthcare strategy consulting firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of...