Complementary Network
The MultiPlan Network is a national complementary PPO network. Just as the name implies, The MultiPlan Network adds to the coverage of a primary PPO or HMO/POS/EPO by giving health plan participants an additional choice of providers at discounted rates. When participants seek care outside their primary network, they typically pay a higher coinsurance rate but share in the savings achieved by the network discount.
MultiPlan created the complementary network concept in 1980, recognizing the emerging trend toward multi-sited workforces and a growing mobility of health plan participants. Some 4,500 acute-care hospitals, 87,000 ancillary facilities and 569,000 practitioners participate from all states. An estimated 27 million lives access the network.