More Massachusetts employers and consumers are embracing tiered health plans - along with other “limited network” plans that restrict members to certain providers and require them to pay higher rates
for out-of-network care - in an effort to stem the rising cost of health insurance by directing patients to lower-cost hospitals. James Mandell, chief executive of Children’s Hospital Boston and Edward J. Benz Jr., chief executive of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, are quoted.
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