In Contracting with Providers, a Health Plan Can Use a Closed

In contracting with providers, a health plan can use a closed panel or open panel approach. One statement that can correctly be made about an open panel health plan is that the participating providers

A) must be employees of the health plan, rather than independent contractors
B) are prohibited from seeing patients who are members of other health plans
C) typically operate out of their own offices
D) operate according to their own standards of care, rather than standards of care established by the health plan