Brian A. Raphan, Esq.
Senate Looks at Doctor-Dropping by Medicare Advantage Plans:
What to do when Medicare Advantage insurers drop large numbers of doctors from their plans? Raymond H. Welch, a dermatologist in Rhode Island, told the committee that when Medicare Advantage plans can summarily drop providers, it leaves doctors focused on pleasing the insurer instead of advocating for their patients. “It is this perversion of the doctor-patient relationship that I fear the most,” Welch said. “It is said you cannot serve two masters. The master that physicians
