Discount Contracts
Oct 10, 2023
PPO: Why Your Practice Should Renegotiate (or Cancel) Discount Contracts
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) are choking the financial life out of providers who treat injured workers. This problem is being reported by doctors throughout...
Sep 26, 2023
ProPublica/NPR: Fees & Discounts Gutting Provider Revenue
ProPublica and NPR recently published an exposé on entities that impose fees on doctors who accept electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments. These fees c...
Aug 8, 2023
TRPN: How to Fight the Network's Discounts
We’ve warned providers about the disturbing practices of Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN).* We’ve also written about how providers may be able to demand that TRPN termina...
Aug 7, 2023
TRPN: How to Terminate Discount Contract
Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN) has a deservedly terrible reputation for the duplicitous way in which TRPN ropes providers into its noxious discount reimbursement...
Aug 3, 2023
TRPN: Doctor Escapes Discount Contract
Recently, we’ve sounded the national alarm regarding Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN).*As one provider learned the hard way, TRPN sends checks to practices that, <...
Aug 2, 2023
Three Rivers Network: 12 Terrifying Terms of Discount Contract
Yesterday, we shared the harrowing tale of a doctor who cashed a strange check from Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN) — a check that turned out to be something like bait, ...
Aug 1, 2023
Doctors Beware: Do NOT Cash Three Rivers Network Check
A California doctor was recently surprised to find themselves subject to a 36-month discount reimbursement contract with terms that can only be described as sinister — and fo...
May 4, 2023
CA Committee Passes Disastrous AB 1278
California physicians, it’s time to take a stand.Last week, the Assembly's Insurance Committee endorsed Assembly Bill 1278, and forwarded it to the Appro...
Apr 19, 2023
CA Bill Strips Workers’ Choice of Doctor
California Assembly Bill 1278, if passed, will severely limit an injured worker’s choice of physician — and force physicians into low-paying networks.Currently, a Medi...
Apr 17, 2023
Coventry: Fine Print Reveals MPN Mirage
Last week, we exposed the empty promise of Medical Provider Networks (MPNs), as evidenced by damning emails between a California doctor and Coventry. In one of its emails, Co...
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Apr 14, 2023
Coventry Emails Expose PPO/MPN Mirage
A series of emails between a California doctor and Coventry expose the unvarnished truth about Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Medical Provider Networks (MPNs). <...
Apr 4, 2023
What CA Doctors Must Know Before Signing a PPO Contract
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) are causing chaos for California employers, injured workers, and healthcare providers. Tha...