Physician-Insurance Plan Contractual Relations
The WSMA reaffirms its position that health insurance company contracts
shall not intrude upon the essential elements of the patient-physician
relationship. Physician gag clauses, Wickline clauses, and health
insurance companies’ claims to being “sole definers of medical necessity”
are antithetical to quality patient care. (Info Rpt 9, A-98) (Reaffirmed
A-23)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services