Numlock News: June 21, 2019 • Ghost Psychiatrists, Sea Walls, Energy
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By Walt Hickey Have a wonderful weekend! If you liked an edition this week, consider forwarding it to a friend or encouraging one to subscribe. Coming This Fall I’m going to level with you: when I saw a story about “ghost networks of psychiatrists” my first thought was that, yeah, it had been a moment since I checked in on the CBS prime time block, but that sounds about right. But in reality, it’s a pervasive issue that insurers have that they must be aware of, namely that their purported networks of plan-covered psychiatrists are typically phantoms or outright fictions. One study called 360 psychiatrists on the Blue Cross Blue Shield in-network provider lists in Houston, Chicago, and Boston. They called every number twice, and they were unable to make an appointment with
Numlock News: June 21, 2019 • Ghost Psychiatrists, Sea Walls, Energy
Numlock News: June 21, 2019 • Ghost…
Numlock News: June 21, 2019 • Ghost Psychiatrists, Sea Walls, Energy
By Walt Hickey Have a wonderful weekend! If you liked an edition this week, consider forwarding it to a friend or encouraging one to subscribe. Coming This Fall I’m going to level with you: when I saw a story about “ghost networks of psychiatrists” my first thought was that, yeah, it had been a moment since I checked in on the CBS prime time block, but that sounds about right. But in reality, it’s a pervasive issue that insurers have that they must be aware of, namely that their purported networks of plan-covered psychiatrists are typically phantoms or outright fictions. One study called 360 psychiatrists on the Blue Cross Blue Shield in-network provider lists in Houston, Chicago, and Boston. They called every number twice, and they were unable to make an appointment with