Comments on: Interested in talking about UnitedHealth and William Maguire? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/interested-in-talking-about.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/interested-in-talking-about.html#comment-68929 Anonymous Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/interested-in-talking-about-unitedhealth-and-william-maguire.html#comment-68929 As a medical biller, I can say that United's reimbursement rates are among the lowest. For example a 99213 pays:<br/>HMOs $80 to 90s<br/>Aetna $60.22<br/>Cigna $60.00<br/>Medicare $55.35<br/>United Healthcare $55.07<br/>Medicaid $52.10<br/><br/>United should be ashamed of that!<br/><br/>Karl Henck, medical biller As a medical biller, I can say that United’s reimbursement rates are among the lowest. For example a 99213 pays:
HMOs $80 to 90s
Aetna $60.22
Cigna $60.00
Medicare $55.35
United Healthcare $55.07
Medicaid $52.10

United should be ashamed of that!

Karl Henck, medical biller

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/interested-in-talking-about.html#comment-68924 Anonymous Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/interested-in-talking-about-unitedhealth-and-william-maguire.html#comment-68924 Being a physician, Dr. Maguire knew about the waste and fraud in healthcare and he aggressively implemented policies to deny payment whenever there was a question about the validity of a charge. He also exploited the small physician office that had neither the resources nor expertise to challenge United's denials. United is at least partially responsible for the mass exodus of primary care physicians from medicine. As CEO, he had an opportunity to rectify many of the reimbursement inequities between cognitive and interventional medicine, but instead he exploited physicians and lined his own pockets. Unless integrity becomes a fundamental attribute of our leaders, society will continue to suffer from the misdeeds of corporate miscreants. I'm not holding my breath for a change any time soon.<br/><br/>David L. Winn, M.D., FAAFP<br/>CEO, e-MDs Being a physician, Dr. Maguire knew about the waste and fraud in healthcare and he aggressively implemented policies to deny payment whenever there was a question about the validity of a charge. He also exploited the small physician office that had neither the resources nor expertise to challenge United’s denials. United is at least partially responsible for the mass exodus of primary care physicians from medicine. As CEO, he had an opportunity to rectify many of the reimbursement inequities between cognitive and interventional medicine, but instead he exploited physicians and lined his own pockets. Unless integrity becomes a fundamental attribute of our leaders, society will continue to suffer from the misdeeds of corporate miscreants. I’m not holding my breath for a change any time soon.

David L. Winn, M.D., FAAFP
CEO, e-MDs

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