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Feeling the heat from doctor-rating sites, physicians ask for no-complaint agreements
In a world where patients can sound off about their doctors at RateMDs.com, Yelp, DrScore, Angie's List, Vitals.com and some 35 other sites, what's a physician to do? In some cases, they're striking... Read more...
Doctors barring patients from posting bad reviews online
Worried that your patients will slam your practice in an online review? Your fears may be well founded, given the growing number of sites that collect such feedback. While such sites have been in... Read more...
BCBS partners with Zagat to expand physician ratings
Physicians, brace yourselves: Zagat, which publishes dining guides, is partnering with more BCBS to rank doctors. And if this move to treat doctors' offices like restaurants is not enough, the... Read more...
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...
