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Jun 4, 2008 12 min

Tiered Physician Networks

from Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD The trend of comparing and ranking physicians by economic efficiency has reached a breaking point. Insurers use ratings to create tiered programs, offering incentives to steer patients to their list of preferred doctors. How are physicians placed on this preferred list? As AMA President Dr. Nancy Nielsen explains, patients are often forced to base their choice of doctor on cost. How are tiered networks impacting healthcare in other ways? Find out more with host Dr. Larry Kaskel.

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