Legislators back Cuomo’s guidelines for insurers’ rankings
ALBANY - Members of the state Assembly and Senate agreed Monday to push for a law requiring better disclosure by health insurers of how they rank doctors, saying they hope the effort will lead to a uniform policy nationwide.
The announcement occurred as MVP Health Care of Schenectady and its Rochester affiliate, Preferred Care, agreed to adopt a ranking model offered by the state Attorney General’s Office if they decide to rate doctors.
Earlier this year, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo began investigating health insurers that provide rankings of physicians for their customers, often without disclosing the criteria for those rakings.
Cuomo determined that in some cases insurers were ranking doctors not on the quality of care but on their ability to keep insurers’ costs down.
Since then, all six of the top health insurance companies in New York have agreed to accept a ranking model devised by Cuomo’s office. MVP became the last on Monday.
“It is imperative that New Yorkers aren’t steered to certain ‘preferred’ physicians based solely on cost, but instead have access to clear and meaningful measurements of quality of care to help them make well-informed decisions,” Cuomo said.
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