Employers looking to control health-care costs are increasingly using a simple lever: make it cheaper for employees to get care at selected hospitals and doctors. In North Carolina, that approach has generated intense opposition and is now moving into the courts, according to STAT's Health Care Inc. newsletter.
Bob Herman, STAT's business of health care reporter, describes the dispute as "extremely contentious" but does not name the employers, hospitals, or legal claims in the excerpt. The newsletter frames the case as an example of broader friction over how far employers can go in steering workers to specific providers.
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