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Over at Kevin, M.D., there is a revelation - insurance companies don't really have the patients' best interests in mind.

Blue Cross is penalizing endoscopies performed in an outpatient hospital setting

The American Gastroenterological Association issued a statement Monday charging the insurer's pending new policy on performing outpatient endoscopies "will hinder the medical judgment of physicians as to the proper setting for endoscopic procedures, based on the specific needs of individual patients." According to the medical group, Blue Cross of California, starting July 1, will financially penalize doctors who opt to perform endoscopic procedures in an outpatient hospital setting.

In most cases, colonoscopies can only be done at a hospital setting. This penalty is likely a way to discourage screening colonoscopies - which is really too bad. But insurance companies don't really have the patients' best interests in mind.

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