Warning against Physician-Ranking Schemes

New York state warns against physician-ranking schemes.

"Warning that physician-ranking schemes may be deceptive and driven by financial motives, New York state has demanded that three large health insurers justify their programs before implementing them."

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo "sent stern letters to

1. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (533,000 covered patients),
2. Preferred Care (185,000) and
3. HIP Health Plan of New York/GHI (995,000)

as part of an expanding industry-wide investigation into how insurers plan to rank physicians."

He is concerned "that inaccurate physician-ranking programs may cause financial harm to consumers."