P4P bugs hurting doctors and patients
Posted by Sean Keating on July 26th, 2007. Filed under: P4P, insurance companies, P4P, regence_blueshield.
The Washington Post has an article profiling a number of doctors who were the victims of data errors and other problems with P4P systems.
One doctor fighting ratings systems is Seattle internist Michael Schiesser… When Regence cut him from its network and patients had to pay out-of-pocket to see him or go elsewhere, he pressed to see his report. He said he discovered that he had been penalized because of errors in data-gathering.
The story is a good overview of how the bugs have yet to be worked out of various P4P systems and how this is hurting doctors and patients.
Doctors Rated but Can’t Get a Second Opinion [Via Washington Post]
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