tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post4173016792266252729..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Physician ranking shenanigans: do insurers steer patients to cheaper doctors rather than the most qualified?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-31488869441584072992007-08-18T12:10:00.000-04:002007-08-18T12:10:00.000-04:00In thinking about this again:... since [insurers] ...In thinking about this again:<BR/><BR/><I>... since [insurers] don't know how to differentiate on quality, they differentiate with what they have (and care most about), which is price ... I would say it is reasonable for insurers to steer their customers to the lowest price provider.</I><BR/><BR/>If insurers are fuzzy on what's "quality", then the patient-centered approach (as opposed to the InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-85970642404805554212007-08-17T17:45:00.000-04:002007-08-17T17:45:00.000-04:00I've worked with a number of the insurers through ...<I>I've worked with a number of the insurers through my time at McKinsey, and I didn't share your impression that they were out to consciously exclude doctors from employment.</I><BR/><BR/>I can't comment on physicians in general. I'm mainly referring to medical informatics-trained physicians.<BR/><BR/><I>... <B>since [insurers] don't know how to differentiate on quality</B>, they differentiateInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-2046616013515384312007-08-17T15:22:00.000-04:002007-08-17T15:22:00.000-04:00I've worked with a number of the insurers through ...I've worked with a number of the insurers through my time at McKinsey, and I didn't share your impression that they were out to consciously exclude doctors from employment.<BR/><BR/>They do however, see medical expenses as largely uncontrolled and with very high variation, and since they don't know how to differentiate on quality, they differentiate with what they have (and care most about), Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214069880720585895noreply@blogger.com