The game with the PARE specialists is that they began to refuse to contract with any plan or insurer,” said Dr. Seth Lewin, who was senior director of a health plan in central Massachusetts from 2008 through 2012. “These guys decide not to contract, so they can charge whatever they want. The patient is over a barrel.” Most insurance plans limit your financial liability only if you remain in the network of hospitals and doctors with which they have contracts.
