Dr. Berend: I agree with you completely and we’ve seen that in our environment where we have a close relationship with a hospital. That’s exactly what happens. I’m actually okay with that. But the one thing I would say is when we’re in network with 98% of our commercial insurers, we provide a much better value for them than they do at the hospital. So, we’re able to negotiate a better value for the commercial payers and the patients than the hospital system is on a nationwide basis by working locally within in our systems.
Moderator Haddad: Great presentation gentlemen. A topic which will continue to lead to debate.
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