PPOs: moving from fee-for-service to accepting financial risk.
Introducing a new acronym for the health care delivery environment--the RPO. As PPOs prepare to accept risk in their relationships with payers and providers, new, more-integrated organizations will evolve to be better prepared to assume risk-bearing contracts.
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First Choice Health Network, Seattle, WA.
Stumpfel
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