AMA launches "cure for claims" campaign

The American Medical Association has launched a program to help reduce the administrative burden of ensuring accurate insurance payments for physician services. "The goal of the [Cure for Claims] campaign is to hold health insurance companies accountable for making claims processing more cost-effective and transparent, and to educate and empower physicians so they are no longer at the mercy of a chaotic payment system that take[s] countless hours away from patient care," said William A. Dolan, MD, AAOS fellow and AMA board member. Today, the AMA released a National Health Insurer Report Card, which is designed to provide physicians and the public with an objective and reliable source of information on the timeliness, transparency, and accuracy of claims processing by health insurance companies.
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