In Contracting with Providers, a Health Plan Can Use a Closed

question 51

Multiple Choice

In contracting with providers, a health plan can use a closed panel or open panel approach. One statement that can correctly be made about an open panel health plan is that the participating providers

• A) must be employees of the health plan, rather than independent contractors
• B) are prohibited from seeing patients who are members of other health plans
• C) typically operate out of their own offices
• D) operate according to their own standards of care, rather than standards of care established by the health plan

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