Following the judgement made in 2016, in a lawsuit filed by Aetna against a group of San Francisco Bay Area surgery centers, questions still arise from health care providers and suppliers around the country as to whether (and if so, how) they can offset the out-of-pocket cost-sharing amounts that patients have to pay for health services.

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