A large insurer or a group of doctors or hospitals typically organizes a PPO. Under this arrangement, networks of health care providers contract with large organizations to offer their services at a reduced rate
Such plans contract with an extremely broad network of physicians and hospitals, cover all out-of-network care once an annual deductible is met, and reimburse doctors almost entirely on a...
An Exclusive Provider Oraganization (EPO) is a network of individual medical care providers, or groups of medical care providers, who have entered into written agreements with an insurer to provide...
In 2002, enrollment in PPO plans increased to 52 percent of all insured employees, compared to just 28 percent in 1996. Over the same time period, enrollment in HMOs declined from 31 percent to 26...