To encourage more small businesses to join research collaborations, owners - managers who take part will be
reimbursed at a flat rate for their work (calculating the cost of their labor can be difficult if they don't take a formal salary).
In many policies, you pay a
flat fee only if the provider is in the insurer's network (and thus gets
reimbursed at pre-negotiated
rates); for out - of - network providers, the deal may be very different.