A new patient survey finds most people who ran into a prior authorization delay or denial abandoned care, even though nearly half of those who appealed won. Here's what that means for physician practices.
|Articles|March 10, 2014
Letter to the editor: MOC is all burden and no benefits
A reader says the maintenance of certification process does nothing to help patients.
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I definitely oppose the MOC programs. They are just another burden imposed on physicians with no benefit to patients or physicians by an organization like many government agencies that put forth regulations to justify their existence.
David Hubler, MD
Cedar Hill, Texas
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