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Re:A bipartisan plan to end surprise ER bills by refurb on Sunday September 30, 2018 @07:17PM (#18109012)
The hospitals are the ones giving privileged to these out of network physicians who work in their hospitals.

They could hire them with the agreement that they accept the insurer’s in-network rate.

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Re:A bipartisan plan to end surprise ER bills by MBCook on Sunday September 30, 2018 @08:09PM (#18109189)
Or end up with almost no staff until it’s all sorted out.
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Re:A bipartisan plan to end surprise ER bills by refurb on Sunday September 30, 2018 @09:32PM (#18109414)
I assume it wouldnt be “no staff” considering it’s a rare occurrence when a physician is out of network.

And i’m not talking about situations where the entire hospital is out of network. It’s when the patient does their homework and the doctor and facility are in network and then some random doc shows up who is out of network and the patient gets screwed.

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