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Any source, example, etc.? Your comment reads like one of those click-bait advertisements.
by eatbitseveryday 9y ago
Any source, example, etc.? Your comment reads like one of those click-bait advertisements.
- Thriptic 9y agoHMOs. Direct employment of physicians by payers used to be a popular thing until people realized that the incentive structures were conflicting. More money for providers means less for the parent payer etc.
- nradov 9y agoIt's really not click bait. Kaiser Permanente already operates under that model with a single organization acting as an insurer and owning hospitals. Other payers are moving in the same direction by acquiring or creating provider organizations. In some markets all of the major providers have merged together in order to gain more negotiating power so the only way payers can get some leverage back is by having providers as employees instead of vendors.
- mywittyname 9y agoAlso, a lot of hospitals self-insure anymore.
- tssva 9y agoKaiser only operates in this manner in certain of the 8 regions they service. Mostly on the west coast. In the regions on the east coast Kaiser contracts with existing hospitals.
- ars 9y agoUPMC. It's both an insurance company, and a chain of hospitals. And Dr.'s offices, and well, pretty much everything. Not sure which came first though, hospital or insurance company.
- hirsin 9y agoThe MC is for Medical Center.