medical groups
CIGNA launches site offering doctor, hospital rankings
CIGNA has launched a national website ranking doctors and hospitals by cost and quality measures, along with providing its beneficiaries with several additional tools to help them obtain care. Not... Read more...
Case study: NY health plan, group test 'medical home' model
While there's much discussion of the "medical home" model at industry meet-ups, few health plans have gotten to the point where they're actually putting their money where their mouth is. Albany,... Read more...
MA physician group files suit over rankings
The Massachusetts Medical Society has filed suit to stop a scheme under which doctors are ranked using cost and quality metrics by health plans working with an agency overseeing health insurance... Read more...
FL system settles federal claim over MD overpayments
Baptist Health South Florida has agreed to pay the federal government $7.75 million to settle allegations that it paid an oncology group excessive compensation to generate referrals for two of its... Read more...
Case study: Kaiser physicians go on sales calls
It's not often that prospective health plan members get pitched directly by a physician. But at Kaiser Permanente Colorado, that's exactly what's happening. The HMO has launched a program under which... Read more...
High number of NY doctors on medical board watch list
According to the latest data from the Federation of State Medical Boards, New York's state medical board seems to be taking a pretty active stance. More than 2 percent of all doctors practicing in... Read more...
CO bill would set standards for physician rating, tiering
Colorado's governor is considering a bill that would require the state's health plans to disclose the data and methods they use to create physician tiers. In so doing, the state would follow the... Read more...
College group urges ban on drug, devicemaker freebies
The association representing U.S. medical colleges has come out with a proposed ban on pharma and device-maker gifts on medical college campuses. The group, the Association of American Medical... Read more...
Consumer group ranks SC last for doctor discipline
As we reported previously, the volume of disciplinary actions taken has fallen... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Medical groups urge Web privacy for kids
As a coalition of medical groups see it, children don't have enough privacy online. Right now, marketers could potentially be tracking the online behavior of minors, including adolescents who... Read more...
