Year: 2014
Resolution Number: 13
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): P. Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: P. Dileep Kumar, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS educate and inform Michigan physicians regarding the history and trends of insurance companies seeking to maximize their bottom line by dropping physicians based on questionable or undisclosed criteria, as well as possible remedial measures physicians can pursue should such an event occur; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the AMA educate and inform physicians regarding the trends, consequences, and remedial actions to be taken in the event of an insurance carrier dropping a physician or a group of physicians based on questionable or unknown parameters.
RESOLVED: That MSMS educate and inform Michigan physicians regarding the history and trends of insurance companies seeking to maximize their bottom line by dropping physicians based on questionable or undisclosed criteria, as well as possible remedial measures physicians can pursue should such an event occur; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the AMA educate and inform physicians regarding the trends, consequences, and remedial actions to be taken in the event of an insurance carrier dropping a physician or a group of physicians based on questionable or unknown parameters.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Counter Efforts by Insurance Companies to drop Physicians from Plans
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