NY Doctors Feel Pressured by Insurer Rules to Alter Patient Treatment: Survey

A new survey indicates physicians in New York State are tailoring patient treatment to fit the rules set by health insurers.

Instead of working to improve the health of their patients, 92 percent of the doctors surveyed say health insurer rules are designed more to increase insurer profits. And 90 percent said they have to change the way they treat patients based on restrictions from an insurance company.

More than 1,200 New York physicians participated in the survey conducted by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY).