preferred provider
noun
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This has led some people to give up access to preferred providers or even treatments to spend less out of pocket on health care by enrolling in Medicare Advantage.
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Grace McCormack, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
The justices noted that if patients don’t have the power to sue over their preferred provider, states could act as gatekeepers and defund providers for any arbitrary reason.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
With PPOs — preferred provider organizations — people are generally allowed to see medical providers outside their networks, although those visits will cost more.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Are those preferred providers and prescriptions covered?
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
Keep in mind where your preferred providers fall if your plan is tiered.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
That helped spur insurers to offer more preferred provider organizations, or PPOs, which have fewer constraints but are more costly.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
The remainder are in preferred provider organization (PPO) plans offered by Anthem.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
Over the past two decades, government regulators have written and rewritten rules that have landed on a straightforward goal: that Americans who live in apartment buildings may pick their internet provider, even if the landlord has a preferred provider.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
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Grace McCormack, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
The justices noted that if patients don’t have the power to sue over their preferred provider, states could act as gatekeepers and defund providers for any arbitrary reason.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
With PPOs — preferred provider organizations — people are generally allowed to see medical providers outside their networks, although those visits will cost more.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Are those preferred providers and prescriptions covered?
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
Keep in mind where your preferred providers fall if your plan is tiered.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
That helped spur insurers to offer more preferred provider organizations, or PPOs, which have fewer constraints but are more costly.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
The remainder are in preferred provider organization (PPO) plans offered by Anthem.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
Over the past two decades, government regulators have written and rewritten rules that have landed on a straightforward goal: that Americans who live in apartment buildings may pick their internet provider, even if the landlord has a preferred provider.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
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“Preferred provider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preferred%20provider. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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