Let The Doctor Treat The Patient
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A group of doctors from New York came up with a resolution asking the American Medical Association (AMA) to make and enforce a Code of Conduct for the Health Insurance Providers including appropriate principles for both the medical policies and payment concerns to be advantageous to patients, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. A survey conducted by the New York Medical Society revealed that health provider practices and policies even force New York doctors to change the way they treat their patients – which doesn’t automatically means it’s for the good of the patients. Doctors said that the insurer’s regulations seem to be created to increase their (the insurer’s) gains, without greatly considering the patient’s good health and best health practices. Although the creation of the Code of Conduct for them is an important initial step, what is even more important is the mechanism to be used to monitor compliance with the said code of conduct. All doctors agree that they should decide on the kind of treatment and medication patients should have, it should not be dictated by the health insurance providers.