What's mine is mine, what's yours is ... mine: noncontracted services and discounted rates.
Negotiated rates in comprehensive managed care contracts do not show the market rate for noncontracted emergency services because contracted and noncontracted exchanges are not made under similar circumstances.
Fedor
Frank P
FP
Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP, Sacramento, California, USA. ffedor@murphyaustin.com
D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000191:economics*; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D017008:Negotiating; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States