Doctor ratings revised
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), December 17, 2007
Several health-insurance companies have agreed to improve their existing or planned ratings of physicians. The insurers have agreed to rate quality as well as cost and to use independently accepted criteria, instead of just claims data to rate physicians.
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