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Study: Physicians need not fret over rating sites
When physician rating websites first began cropping up, some physicians were so nervous that health consumers would post damaging reviews that they required patients to sign gag orders agreeing to
Doctors slam Blue Shield's physician rating system: 'Serious and disturbing flaws'
A new physician-rating system co-created by Blue Shield of California and the Pacific Business Group on Heath (PBGH) set to go public June 1 has drawn the ire of the California Medical Association.
Medical societies cheer over flaws found in physician rating programs
"Physician ratings conducted by insurers can be wrong up to two-thirds of the time for some groups of physicians," concluded a RAND Corporation study published in today's New England Journal of
Feeling the heat from doctor-rating sites, physicians ask for no-complaint agreements
In a world where patients can sound off about their doctors at RateMDs.com, Yelp, DrScore, Angie's List, Vitals.com and some 35 other sites, what's a physician to do? In some cases, they're striking
Doctors barring patients from posting bad reviews online
Worried that your patients will slam your practice in an online review? Your fears may be well founded, given the growing number of sites that collect such feedback. While such sites have been in
BCBS partners with Zagat to expand physician ratings
Physicians, brace yourselves: Zagat, which publishes dining guides, is partnering with more BCBS to rank doctors. And if this move to treat doctors' offices like restaurants is not enough, the
CO laws let physicians contest health plan rating systems, establish system reforms
The state of Colorado has enacted new rules which will allow doctors to review and challenge health plan rating systems, a move that comes as part of a larger package of state healthcare reforms. The
Survey: Few patients rely on physician ratings
Although legions of doctors have bristled at the physician rankings that are widely available online, most consumers in fact do not use the rankings when choosing a provider, medical facility or even
Study: Patients don't typically use online ratings
Though physicians fear that their business will be adversely affected by off-the-cuff online ratings, few patients actually make use of such ratings, according to new research. A Harris Interactive
Using claims data for doctor ratings poses big problems
In theory, physician ratings and rankings aren't as scary as they used to be a few years ago. With activists like New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo helping to spark systematic changes in such
