Addressing the Challenges of Narrow Network Plans in Oncology

The breadth of a health insurance plan's network typically dictates the level of access that a consumer will have to primary care physicians, specialists, and other types of health care providers. Thus, the comprehensiveness of plan networks—including whether consumers have access to in-network cancer centers—is a critical component of quality health insurance. In response to increased health care costs and pressure to keep premiums down, health plans have begun to adopt "narrow network" plans. A narrow network plan has been typically defined as a plan with a more limited number of providers as compared with typical insurance plans (1).

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