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These factors would then push for the insurance carrier to lobby state legislatures to cripple the negotiating position of their contractors. Narrow networks a
by riahi 7y ago
These factors would then push for the insurance carrier to lobby state legislatures to cripple the negotiating position of their contractors.
Narrow networks are a big problem, having been denied access myself while trying to be in network.
- jcrben 7y agoWhat do you mean about lobbying? There's always lobbying by both sides. Narrow networks are usually a symptom of few and picky doctors imo. But I don't really know. Economics suggests that more insurers in a market should benefit providers.
- riahi 7y agoInsurers will deliberately not credential physicians on their plans when trying to keep networks deliberately narrow. I and others have been denied enrollment because the "panel is full". Narrow networks are not always because the physician doesn't want in. Sometimes it's a deliberate insurance strategy.
- jcrben 7y agoThat seems like the type of thing your state medical association should lobby against. Btw, in California the state medical and hospital associations are definitely more influential than insurers. And I bet that's true in MA too.