AMCNO meets with State Medical Board Regarding Physician Ranking Legislation

Recently, representatives from the AMCNO met with the Executive Director and other members of the legal staff from the Ohio State Medical Board to discuss the physician ranking legislation spearheaded by the AMCNO. The OSMB staff had questions regarding the intent of the legislation and how the information collected by the insurance companies would be utilized and published. The AMCNO explained our position and the reasons for introducing the physician ranking legislation pointing to other states that have passed a similar law as well as the review of this issue by the New York Attorney General. The AMCNO informed the OSMB staff that we plan to reintroduce the legislation in this General Assembly and we offered to provide additional information to the OSMB legislative committee or to their full board if necessary.

In follow up, the AMCNO leadership and staff met with the OSMB legislative committee and provided additional background information on the legislation. At that meeting, members of the Board felt strongly that physicians shouldn’t be ranked by the insurance industry due to the inherent conflict of interests and concerns over the methodology used, however, the AMCNO was able to provide information to the OSMB legislative committee that the best course may be to ensure that there is an evidence-based framework upon which this will take place. Therefore, the consensus of the OSMB was to accept the recommendation of the legislative committee that they remain an interested party in this process. The AMCNO plans to work with the OSMB and other medical groups as this legislation moves forward in the General Assembly.