Year: 2009
Resolution Number: 46
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): P. Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: Michael L. Gambel, MD
On behalf of: International Medical Graduates Section
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to formulate policies on physician rating and urge insurance companies, third-party agencies, private companies, and Web sites to publish the methods of rating and specifically mention how much of such rating is dependent on the cost incurred by a particular doctor; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work to ensure transparency to the whole process of rating physicians with proper steps built in to address the grievances of the physicians involved.REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Committee amended the resolved portions to include private companies and web sites.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to formulate policies on physician rating and urge insurance companies, third-party agencies, private companies, and Web sites to publish the methods of rating and specifically mention how much of such rating is dependent on the cost incurred by a particular doctor; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work to ensure transparency to the whole process of rating physicians with proper steps built in to address the grievances of the physicians involved.REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Committee amended the resolved portions to include private companies and web sites.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Policies on Physician Rating