Physicians can now enroll the help of the AMA in working with the Blue Cross groups for claim settlements...link at the bottom of the post for more information from the AMA...BD
Physicians have another watchdog in their corner to help ensure the Blues stick to terms of a nationwide settlement over alleged payment abuses.
The American Medical Association recently joined 27 state medical societies to monitor compliance of the class-action agreement reached last year with 900,000 physicians, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Assn. and more than 30 Blues subsidiaries. The plans admitted no wrongdoing.To assist doctors, the AMA created a map identifying which Blues are part of the settlement. Doctors can view the map, along with AMA guidelines regarding enforcement issues, online (www.ama-assn.org/go/settlements).
AMNews: May 19, 2008. AMA to help monitor Blues settlement ... American Medical News
Hope this offers better support than what I have seen in the last few years, which has not been much from the AMA.
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