# In-network contract

A term used when buying urgent care center.

The agreement with a commercial payer that sets what a center is paid per visit and whether it is paid at all.

Read every payer contract for its rates, its term and its [change-of-ownership](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/change-of-ownership) clause, because the contracts are what the reimbursement per visit rests on and a lapse stalls revenue after closing. Payer credentialing is the provider's approval to bill a plan; the contract is the entity's price, and both have to survive the sale. Map the timeline early: some payers re-contract on a [change of control](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/change-of-control) and take months to do it, so the sequence of notices, applications and effective dates belongs in the closing checklist beside the [license transfers](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/license-transfer).

Part of: Buying an Urgent Care Center (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-urgent-care-center)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-urgent-care-center/terms/in-network-contract
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

Site index for machines: https://searchspheresource.com/llms.txt