Paying in the dark: third-party administrator fees and the limits of employer cost control in self-insured health plans.
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- 10.1093/haschl/qxag177
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- 2026 Aug
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- Health affairs scholar
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BibTeX
@article{allodium:10.1093/haschl/qxag177,
title = {Paying in the dark: third-party administrator fees and the limits of employer cost control in self-insured health plans.},
author = {Buttorff C and Rasmussen PW and Bhandarkar M and Shiferaw M and Duffy EL},
year = {2026},
journal = {Health affairs scholar},
doi = {10.1093/haschl/qxag177},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxag177}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Paying in the dark: third-party administrator fees and the limits of employer cost control in self-insured health plans. AU - Buttorff C AU - Rasmussen PW AU - Bhandarkar M AU - Shiferaw M AU - Duffy EL PY - 2026 JO - Health affairs scholar DO - 10.1093/haschl/qxag177 UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxag177 ER -
APA
C, B., PW, R., M, B., M, S., & EL, D. (2026). Paying in the dark: third-party administrator fees and the limits of employer cost control in self-insured health plans.. Health affairs scholar. https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxag177
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- pubmed · retrieved 2026-09-25T09:14:30.170Z
- europe-pmc · retrieved 2026-09-25T09:14:30.178Z