The price is now right. UnitedHealth Group's settlement on benchmarking databases could make out-of-network care costs more transparent, equal, some say

Mod Healthc. 2009 Jan 19;39(3):6-7, 14, 1.

Abstract

Disagreement surrounds the discussion of whether the demise of two Ingenix price databases will aid the provider-payer relationship. Karen Ignagni, AHIP's CEO, questions the objective, wondering why in some cases "billings so exceed reimbursement." However, AMA President Nancy Nielsen, left, retorts, "This is an attempt to divert attention from what was clearly a rigged scheme".

Publication types

  • Legal Case

MeSH terms

  • Benchmarking
  • Database Management Systems / economics
  • Database Management Systems / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Fees and Charges
  • Humans
  • Insurance, Physician Services / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • New York
  • Patient Freedom of Choice Laws
  • Preferred Provider Organizations / economics
  • Preferred Provider Organizations / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • State Government
  • United States