First New York took on the rankings and now the battle moves to Massachusetts... the physicians should be able to rate the carriers too...BD
Katherine Atkinson, MD, a family physician in Amherst, Mass., said GIC health plans have sent notices to physicians informing them that they are in low tiers without offering an explanation, and without any chance to appeal their ranking.
Worse, she said, the rankings are based largely on cost, but patients don't know that -- they assume the doctor must be incompetent or have committed malpractice.
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