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PLAYING HMO HARDBALL ON THE INTERNET What is the HMO HARDBALL SCORECARD? The HMO HARDBALL SCORECARD identifies those who violate patient rights and what they did. Patients are able to voice their complaints systematically on the Internet without fear of retaliation from HMOs and their doctors. By recording their experiences on the HMO HARDBALL SCORECARD, patient watchdogs are able to pressure HMOs, doctors, employers, state regulators, Medicare and politicians to stop playing hardball and do what’s right. How does the HMO HARDBALL SCORECARD work? SCORECARD information will be published on this web site so everyone can see the reality of how this stuff works at the moment of truth. SCORECARDS enable patients to expose and deconstruct HMO hype, dirty tricks and lame excuses. The SCORECARD serves as a deterrent. Patient rights violators can’t hide behind bureaucratic barriers to accountability. Everyone who accesses my web site will know who doesn’t protect patients. When will HMO VIOLATIONS be published? You’ll see the names of patient rights violators as soon as patients report them. How to Play HMO HARDBALL readers who put my "do-it-yourself" solutions to work have a very good chance to get the care they need without using the SCORECARD. Prevention is preferable to payback time. It’s up to HMOs, their doctors and their allies to satisfy patients so that they won’t be forced to use the HARDBALL SCORECARD. View the HMO HARDBALL SCORECARD AND VIOLATIONS Click here to view the SCORECARD. To print the SCORECARD, Press Ctrl + P, or use the printer icon in your word processing program. Keep in mind that the SCORECARD is intended to work in tandem with the other parts of How to Play HMO HARDBALL’s Patient Pressure System. To see how everything fits together in an easy to use patient self-protection system, go to "About the Book" and look at the Table of Contents. |
