Download or read book Medicare Provider Service Networks written by Michael Bilirakis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hearing on the important issue of establishing provider-sponsored networks, called PSNs, in the Medicare program. Although all sides agree that PSNs should be able to participate as Medicare risk contractors, there is a fundamental disagreement on how they should be regulated, particularly in regard to solvency standards. Testimony from the following organizations: Amer. Acad. of Actuaries; Amer. Medical Assoc.; Health Insur. Assoc. of Amer.; Blue Cross & Blue Shield; Amer. Medical Group Assoc.; Amer. Hospital Assoc.; various insurers; Amer. Assoc. of Health Plans; & the Premier Inst.