The Blog that Ate Manhattan has actual data about two physician colleagues who were downgraded. You’ll never guess which side of the equation made the mistake:
The Blog that Ate Manhattan: Garbage In, Garbage Out
Two of our finest docs were recently down-graded from premium status by a major insurer for providing sub-par care.
Read the rest for the details.
Garbage, indeed.
Update 11-16-07; it seems to have disappeared. Interesting.
The insurance industry can’t seem to stop adding new methods that they are incompetent at, rather than becoming better at what they’re already doing.