Posted on September 22nd, 2011 by Frank Fortin
By Bruce Auerbach, MD Past President, Massachusetts Medical Society In 2008, as I began my one-year term as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the MMS and five physicians filed suit against the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC), and two health insurers, Tufts Health Plan and Unicare, over the state program that rates (or “tiers”) [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2011 by Frank Fortin
Physicians have begun receiving their 2011-2012 tier designations from the six health plans contracting with the state Group Insurance Commission. The MMS encourages physicians to review this information immediately and to contact health plans promptly if they have questions or want to appeal their tier designation. The deadline to request an appeal is January 26. [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by Frank Fortin
Massachusetts physicians should watch their mail next month for information from the six health plans that participate in the Group Insurance Commission. We expect that the plans will release next year’s individual tier designations early in January. Review these mailings right away. They will include general information about your profile and the tiers into which [...]
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