Medical Economics June 12, 2020
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has made several recommendations to major U.S. health insurers and health insurance associations to keep COVID-19 flexibilities in effect after the pandemic has passed, according to a news release.
The recommendations came in letters from Jacqueline W. Fincher, MD, MACP, president of ACP, to the presidents and CEOs of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, UnitedHealth Group, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and America’s Health Insurance Plans.
“If private payers do not join with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide physician practices with the critical support they need in this unprecedented crisis, hundreds if not thousands of practices across the country may be at real...