What Are the Costs to Physicians of Administrative Complexity in Their Interactions with Payers?

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What is the cost of physicians' interactions with health plans? Lawrence P. Casalino, M.D., Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College and formerly of the University of Chicago, conducted a national survey of physician practices to estimate both the time spent by physicians in interacting with health plans and the cost of the interactions. The researchers found that the total cost of physicians' interactions with health plans is $31.0 billion per year. For more...