title: Silent PPOs... are they still a problem?
abstract: Silent preferred provider organizations (PPOs) are insurance payer arrangements that offer patients discounted provider fees without providing incentives for them to access the providers' services. These schemes take millions of dollars annually from the pockets of physicians and other health care providers. Learn how to spot a silent PPO and keep your payers on the straight and narrow.
authors.affiliation: Exempla Healthcare, Wheat Ridge, CO, USA. welle-powelld@exempla.org
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Welle-Powell
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D032982:Contracts; D007318:Inservice Training; D008330:Management Audit; D017008:Negotiating; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States