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CO laws let physicians contest health plan rating systems, establish system reforms

The state of Colorado has enacted new rules which will allow doctors to review and challenge health plan rating systems, a move that comes as part of a larger package of state healthcare reforms. The Read more...

Survey: Few patients rely on physician ratings

Although legions of doctors have bristled at the physician rankings that are widely available online, most consumers in fact do not use the rankings when choosing a provider, medical facility or even Read more...

Study: Patients don't typically use online ratings

Though physicians fear that their business will be adversely affected by off-the-cuff online ratings, few patients actually make use of such ratings, according to new research. A Harris Interactive Read more...

Using claims data for doctor ratings poses big problems

In theory, physician ratings and rankings aren't as scary as they used to be a few years ago. With activists like New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo helping to spark systematic changes in such Read more...

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...

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...

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...

Groups come together on MD performance reporting

Measuring performance is one of the toughest nuts the healthcare industry has to crack. But this time, some important stakeholders have at least come together to handle the problem as a team. Groups Read more...

Errors force BCBS of TN to postpone doctor ratings

Dogged by complaints that its data was inaccurate, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has put its planned doctor rating program on hold. During a 60-day review period BCBS gave doctors, the physicians Read more...

Cigna hires NCQA to check its doctor rankings

Over the past few months, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been challenging the physician ranking programs state health plans use. To make peace with the Read more...