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

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 ...

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to health insurance. Employers can offer a variety of healthcare plans to their employees, and two popular options are Preferred Provider Organizations, or PPOs, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Close up of a person handing a credit card to a pay at a medical office. Many Americans lack access to essential healthcare, with in-network mental healthcare benefits being among the most difficult ...

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 ...

I am having some serious issues with my health-insurance company denying claims. After a prostate-cancer diagnosis last year, I have been seeing a therapist for about a year. I continue to see him ...