Discussion Instructions: Post your initial post response to how Provider Network and Provider Payments impact how care is delivered. Please ensure to use several of the elements listed below to support your responses.

• Describe the essential elements of payer-provider contracts.
• Describe the service areas and access standards.
• Describe the basic credentialing process.
• Describe the basic types of physicians and other healthcare facilities in a typical network.
• Describe the basic types of integrated healthcare delivery systems and their relationships between hospitals, physicians, and payers.
• Describe the basic contracting for ancillary services.