Sounds a lot like the Medicare article posted earlier...interesting comment on how the insurer came back with the comment on "those weren't intended to be reduced"? I am curious what the process is before new compensation rates are set up though, is it scrutinized like the utility rate increases...I guess that could be wishful thinking...or even the fact that health insurers could be regulated by states like a utility...which could not be a bad idea as health insurance is in essence a utility as just like without heat, cooling, and water, we are all at risk of expiring..and health insurance even moreso. BD
Days after a state hearing looking at whether Blue Cross of California had reneged on promises it made in order to get a merger approved, the plan said it would back down from some proposed reimbursement cuts.
But the plan's move might not be enough to keep some physicians from reversing their decisions to drop the insurer.
"When they looked at them they said, 'You're right, those weren't intended to be reduced,' " Blue Cross spokesman Nick Garcia said.
Among the services for which the insurer decided not to decrease reimbursement are hospital-based newborn care, mammograms and colonoscopies. Additionally, the company said immunization reimbursements would increase and would be reviewed quarterly as opposed to annually.
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