MSSNY president: IDR system crucial for fair payment resolutions
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Dr. David Jakubowicz, president of the Medical Society of the State of New York, writes in a letter to the editor that New York’s “baseball arbitration” model for independent dispute resolution is an effective way to address payment disputes between insurers and physicians and it encourages both parties to submit reasonable offers. He notes that the IDR entities side with physicians more often than with insurers because their proposals are more reasonable. “Removing IDR would discourage many medical specialists from continuing to provide essential care in emergency departments and discourage insurers from offering reasonable contracts,” Jakubowicz writes. “Ultimately, these safeguards exist for one reason: to ensure patients have timely access to emergency care in underserved areas. We urge policymakers to again reject state budget proposals that undermine patient access to New York’s already overstretched hospital emergency departments.”
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