{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"MedCity News","provider_url":"https:\/\/medcitynews.com","author_name":"Matt Cunningham","author_url":"https:\/\/medcitynews.com\/author\/mcunningham\/","title":"The Delegation Dilemma: Why It\u2019s Time for Health Plans to Rethink Vendor-Managed Utilization Management - MedCity News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Avj7HIr8J9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medcitynews.com\/2025\/09\/the-delegation-dilemma-why-its-time-for-health-plans-to-rethink-vendor-managed-utilization-management\/\">The Delegation Dilemma: Why It\u2019s Time for Health Plans to Rethink Vendor-Managed Utilization Management<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/medcitynews.com\/2025\/09\/the-delegation-dilemma-why-its-time-for-health-plans-to-rethink-vendor-managed-utilization-management\/embed\/#?secret=Avj7HIr8J9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Delegation Dilemma: Why It\u2019s Time for Health Plans to Rethink Vendor-Managed Utilization Management&#8221; &#8212; MedCity News\" data-secret=\"Avj7HIr8J9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/medcitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/08\/Check-cross.jpg","thumbnail_width":724,"thumbnail_height":483,"description":"As an industry, we need to ask hard questions. Are delegated vendors delivering on the promise of better, faster, more transparent decisions? Or are they simply moving the pain to another part of the system?"}