Providers exiting insurance networks over contracting impasses
Gist Healthcare February 6, 2024
In this week’s graphic, we highlight new data on the increase in payer-provider contracting disputes covered by the media. From 2022 to 2023, there was a 69 percent increase in the number of payer-provider contracting disputes that received media coverage. Nearly half of last year’s disputes did not reach agreement and resulted in network exits. Large provider organizations—including Louisville, KY-based Baptist Health, Little Rock, AR-based Baptist Health, Houston, TX-based Memorial Hermann Health System, and two large medical groups affiliated with San Diego-based Scripps Health—dropped Medicare Advantage (MA) plans from at least one major payer, like United...