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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 29, 2011

Doctors Lose Bid to Block Online Ratings

Physicians who sought to block Blue Shield of California from rating their performance using a controversial online ranking system saw their legal challenge thrown out Friday.


By Emma Gallegos


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Physicians who sought to block Blue Shield of California from rating their performance using a controversial online ranking system saw their legal challenge thrown out Friday.


The Blue Ribbon Physician Recognition Program, launched this June, is one of several health plan-operated websites that the industry claims recognizes standout work by physicians in an insurer's network.


But a ph...

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