No surprise, but insurance companies have a double standard when it comes to physician payments:
Health insurance companies in Massachusetts and across the country aggressively promote “transparency” in physician costs and performance. But when it comes to their own payment policies, opacity is the rule, says Jonathan Bush.
Physicians are frequently shortchanged, often without their knowledge, because of less-than-transparent insurance company practices, says Bush, chief executive of Athenahealth Inc., a Waltham information technology firm.
