{"id":1923923,"date":"2023-05-04T02:11:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T06:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-care-professionals-call-for-standardized-provider-directories\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T02:16:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T06:16:21","slug":"health-care-professionals-call-for-standardized-provider-directories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-care-professionals-call-for-standardized-provider-directories\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare experts demand uniform provider directories."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhealth-care-professionals-call-for-standardized-provider-directories%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923923&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Inaccurate Health Care Provider Directories Cause Stress and Aggravation for Insurance Customers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0503\/d8abd5b9-2ead-4212-abb1-08eb7945fdd0\/audio.mp3?length=4567725&#038;duration=381\"><\/div>\n<p>Do you know what ghost networks are? They are formed when a health insurance plan\u2019s directory includes inaccurate information, such as listings for doctors who have retired, never worked for the listed office, or are outside the plan\u2019s network. This causes stress, unnecessary expense, and aggravation for insurance customers every day, according to witnesses testifying before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on May 3.<\/p>\n<h3>Standardization and Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>Witnesses called on Congress to take steps to standardize directories and hold insurance companies accountable for the issue. Dr. Jack Resneck, president of the American Medical Association, said it affects the entire health care industry and requires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-gets-heat-for-orwellian-suggestion-biden-admin-appoint-reality-czar\/\" title=\"NYT gets heat for Orwellian suggestion Biden admin. appoint \u2018reality czar\u2019\">government intervention<\/a>. Achieving directory accuracy is not simple, he said, as each plan has its own system for updating directory information. A strong regulatory system would restore consumer confidence in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-health-officials-urge-residents-to-wear-masks-at-home-to-protect-vulnerable-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"L.A. County health officials urge residents to wear masks at home to protect vulnerable | One America News Network\">health care system<\/a> that can\u2019t help them find a doctor.<\/p>\n<h3>Personal Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Keris Jan Myrick, vice president of partnerships for Inseparable, an organization that advocates for improving mental health care policy, told the committee that she has personal experience with the frustration that a ghost network can provoke. When she moved from Los Angeles to Washington, Myrick consulted her health plan\u2019s directory to find a new psychiatrist. She described the experience as searching for a needle in a haystack. Myrick, who requires treatment for schizophrenia, said that when she finally found a psychiatrist in Washington who was taking new patients, she was told that the doctor didn\u2019t treat schizophrenia. She was forced to make monthly trips back to Los Angeles to continue seeing her original doctor. Myrick told the committee that people with her illness but without resources could expect to deal with homelessness, the criminal courts, and other problems. The consequences are dire, she said.<\/p>\n<h3>Government Intervention is Needed<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Robert Trestman, of the Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia, agreed. As chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, he serves a largely rural area, so finding a doctor can already be a challenge. Dealing with a ghost network can be especially difficult for someone with a mental illness. Enough is enough. We can fix this, he said.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-care-professionals-call-for-standardized-provider-directories\/\" title=\"Healthcare experts demand uniform provider directories.\">inaccurate health care provider directories<\/a> are an ongoing, persistent problem. His staff did a \u201csecret shopper\u201d survey of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">health plans<\/a> and successfully booked an appointment 18 percent of the time. Wyden said this often becomes apparent only after a customer has enrolled in the plan. In his view, it\u2019s a breach of contract. The last thing customers need from an insurance company is a symphony of \u2018please hold\u2019 music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inaccurate health care provider directories cause stress, unnecessary expense, and aggravation for insurance customers every day, according to witnesses testifying before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on May 3. \u201cGhost networks are an ongoing, persistent problem,\u201d Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said. 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