Insurers’ Lists on Doctors Under Fire’ | WSJ | 8.21.07
Physicians, Critics Claim Rankings Focus More on Costs
Doctors and regulators are pushing back against rating systems that some health insurers have developed to guide consumers in choosing physicians.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo demanded last week a “full justification” of the rankings…[h]e warned…the ratings are confusing and potentially deceptive, in part because insurers don’t disclose how prone to error their rankings are. The move follows rankings lawsuits by doctors accusing insurers of libel, unfair business practices and breach of contract in other states.
Wow, could you see this train coming? Now the big question, are the methodologies used in physician rankings any more reliable then the methodologies used by Press Ganey?