10/16/2013    

HEALTHCARE NEWS

Many Docs Still on the Fence About Exchange Participation

 

A new Medical Group Management Association survey suggests that insurance coverage does not necessarily mean healthcare access. More than half the physician practices responding to the survey said they had not yet decided whether they will participate in health plans sold on the new state insurance exchanges.

 

Of the more than 1,000 practices surveyed by the MGMA last month, 40.2% said they are still evaluating whether they will participate in exchange health plans, 29.2% said they plan on participating (with 26.8% of those reporting they have an “all-products” contract clause requiring them to participate), 16.2% said they just don't know, and 14.4% said they will not be participating.

 

Source: Andis Robeznieks, Modern Healthcare [10/14/13]