How does your Physician measure up?

A new system will be developed where the patient has the power of choice. The new system, will give the patient the ability to review a doctor before an office visit. Cigna Corporation and the New Your Attorney General have reached an agreement over a very controversial topic.

The physician ranking program may be highly anticipated by many patients but has also taken a lot of heat. The new program can offer an array of benefits by giving the patient access to information while pursuing the doctor that bests suits their needs. The new program will rank physicians by using different forms of data. Cigna will also make contributions to an independent group that will work to develop better ways of communicating the physician ranking to consumers. The biggest debate of the Physician ranking system is the method that the physicians will be ranked. Those who oppose the new system believe that it will become an advertisement for the insurance company to promote the cheapest physician to keep their costs down. But Cigna claims that the system will now use cost as the only basis. It will also use the measures by the National Quality Forum.

The new ranking system could be a breakthrough in the individual health insurance market. Not only will the new system help you explore different options in respect to which physician you choose; but the new system may also assist in creating a new sense of physician's offering better treatment to the patient. Cigna is taking innovative steps at creating a better place for its customers.