The Library: What happens when an employer attempts to pay a provider less?

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Library, a members-only content series where we share a key document that has been particularly helpful for us in understanding the business of healthcare. Each post highlights a document we found insightful, why we found it insightful, and some key questions we ask ourselves coming out of it. Our goal is to help HTN members learn something new about the business of healthcare leveraging learnings from real-world events. In Montana, a Tough Negotiator Proved Employers Don’t Have to Pay So Much for Health Care by Marshall Allen Original post date: 10/2/2018 www.propublica.org/article/in-montana-a-tough-negotiator-proved-employers-do-not-have-to-pay-so-much-for-health-care Note: Numerous other articles have been written on this effort over the past decade since it got underway in 2014. I thought Allen’s article did a good job summarizing the broader narrative. I’ll pull in data and references from other articles throughout the post below. The article

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