title: Challenging silent PPO discounts.
abstract: Hospitals and other healthcare providers suffer considerable financial loss each year because of silent PPOs. By following these measures, you can help protect your organization from such loss: Educating hospital staff to recognize silent PPO patterns Carefully wording and negotiating managed care contracts Requiring payers to fully comply with all contract terms
authors.affiliation: The Quality Account Management Company, Highland Park, IL, USA. alspeisman@qamco.com
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Speisman
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hachenburg
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts / Q000191:economics; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005375:Financial Audit; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D017008:Negotiating; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000379:methods*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States