The author groups all contracts in one pot, when an In-Network Provider Contract is in a field all its own. Because it leaves no room for negotiation of its most critical provisions and requires a participating doctor to either: 1.) Mislead the patient on the care that's needed or, 2.) Mislead the patient on their financial responsibility for whatever the insurer is refusing to approve. - - - However, I'm guessing that's not up for discussion so that the attached liability rests solely with the doctor.
The author groups all contracts in one pot, when an In-Network Provider Contract is in a field all its own. Because it leaves no room for negotiation of its most critical provisions and requires a participating doctor to either: 1.) Mislead the patient on the care that's needed or, 2.) Mislead the patient on their financial responsibility for whatever the insurer is refusing to approve. - - - However, I'm guessing that's not up for discussion so that the attached liability rests solely with the doctor.