Pilot Program Underscores Need to Contract as an Urgent Care Center

Pilot Program Underscores Need to Contract as an Urgent Care Center

A pilot program aimed at making it easier to keep insurers’ provider directories up to date could benefit urgent care entities that contract as such—and make it harder for those that don’t to draw patients. The six-month program, sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), will offer more than 100,000 providers in California, Indiana, and Florida the luxury of informing just one point of contact about any changes in their practice instead of having to …

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A Mathematical Model for Political Influence in Healthcare Reform

‘Round and ‘round it goes… and where it stops, nobody knows. Feeling dazed and confused by the dizzying display of legislative slight of hand? Now you see it, now you don’t! Compromise, in theory, sounds like the right thing to do when trying to balance interests. Compromise often leads to parity and equity between competing interests. However, when competing interests have unequal power, compromise tends to favor those with the most influence. I promise a …

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