Efforts to steer patients to lower-cost physicians may be based on misleading rankings, study finds
Increasingly common insurance plans that encourage patients to receive care from physicians who keep medical costs lower are based on unreliable estimates of doctor performance and may not achieve the intended savings, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Efforts to steer patients to lower-cost physicians may be based on misleading rankings, study finds
Increasingly common insurance plans that encourage patients to receive care from physicians who keep medical costs lower are based on unreliable estimates of doctor performance and may not achieve ...
Wed 17 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
Method of Ranking Docs on Cost Proves Faulty
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A physician profiling method used by private insurance companies to steer patients toward lower-cost physicians isn't reliable, researchers found.
Thu 18 Mar 10 from MedPageToday
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