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November 26, 2007 at 08:18 AM
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says he thinks lawmakers in his state will enact a physician quality guide bill.
New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, N.Y., and state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, N.Y., have agreed to support a bill that would be based on a doctor ranking settlement agreement that Cuomo has hammered out with doctor groups, consumer groups and health plans.
Many carriers have agreed in the past month to abide by the settlement agreement model in New York, and at least three have agreed to adopt the model on a voluntary basis throughout the United States, Cuomo says.
The three carriers that say they will apply the model nationwide are Aetna Inc., Hartford; UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn.; and WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis.
