November 2007
UnitedHealthcare Signs NY Physician Ranking Agreement
Nationwide Application Will Benefit Physicians
(11/29/2007, 3:45 p.m.)
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has accomplished a clean sweep in his efforts to enlist insurance company support of a new physician ranking model that would make such programs in New York state fair and transparent. The latest development was announced in a Nov. 20 press release, in which Cuomo said that health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare, or UHC, as well as two smaller health plans, had signed legal agreements stating that they would abide by the new rules. (Discuss this story on the AAFP News Now bulletin board.)
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