Insurers try a new way to steer patients toward favored doctors

Friday, May 20, 2005

MINNEAPOLIS -- Some health insurers are adding a new twist to the old approach of charging more for what's known as out of network care. They're measuring individual doctors' quality and fees -- and then charging more to see doctors deemed more expensive.

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