MultiPlan, insurance giants sued over out-of-network rates
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April 29, 2024
A rural health system sued technology company MultiPlan and eight of the country’s largest insurance companies over alleged schemes to strongarm providers into accepting low out-of-network rates.
MultiPlan acts as an intermediary between insurers and providers to help negotiate pay when a contract does not exist and protect patients from being “balance billed,” or charged the difference between the hospital rate and insurer’s allowed amount.
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