When insurers rate doctors

April 18, 2008

Newsweek: “Patients who thought they were opting for the best doctor may be getting the cheapest one instead.”



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{ 2 comments }

1 Anonymous April 18, 2008 at 2:05 pm

“cheap” does not always equal “best”

but “cheap” and “best” are not necessarily mutually exclusive

2 Anonymous April 18, 2008 at 7:06 pm

Old principle, new application: Every entity serves it’s own interest and if you want to know the real purpose and ultimate beneficiary of any activity, just see who is paying for it. Or…”follow the money”.

Remember that you consider advocating loan forgiveness or third party gifts of EMR software.

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