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Last updated August 8, 2007 11:37 p.m. PT

Regence BlueShield, doctors group settle lawsuit

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Washington State Medical Association, Regence BlueShield and six doctors have settled a lawsuit claiming the health insurer used flawed methods and outdated information to exclude more than 500 doctors from a "select" network.

The settlement will give doctors the right to appeal performance-based scores that Regence assigns them and also will require Regence to:

  • Allow the medical association to comment on any future standards Regence sets to measure doctors' performance.

  • Give the association at least 10 days' notice before releasing any new physicians' scores.

  • Post doctors' scores on Regence's Web site along with an explanation of the data used to calculate the scores.

    Regence also has agreed to contribute an undisclosed sum to the medical association's education and research foundation.

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