A network refers to a collection of health care professionals and facilities that contract with a health insurance company to ...

Editor’s note: The Chronicle is committed to maintaining journalistic standards and credibility in our coverage. We have elected to grant anonymity to one patient in this story to protect their ...

Inaccuracies in Medicare Advantage (MA) directories listing in-network providers -- often criticized as being too "narrow" -- and flaws in rules governing them need to be addressed to prevent ...

Industry and HHS should collaborate to develop a voluntary standardized identifier for provider networks that is consistent across all segments of the health insurance markets. To accomplish this, we ...

These inaccurate or misleading physician directories have for years been an obstacle for patients seeking in-network providers and have even led some to pay large sums out of pocket, or to delay or ...

Stone RF / PM Images/Getty Images It’s hard to know if your health insurance plan is as good as advertised. You pay a monthly premium to access a network of health providers. But call the numbers in ...

If you have a health insurance plan, you’ve probably come across the terms “in-network” and “out-of-network.” Simply put, in-network means the doctors or hospitals you visit contract with your ...

This study found widespread instances of disconnect in online provider directories between information needed by patients and data availability. Objectives: The question of what providers one has ...

This article was written by John A. Mills, JD, an associate with Fenton Nelson’s litigation and compliance groups, in response to a recent lawsuit filed by Aetna against Bay Area Surgical Management ...