Insurers play a huge role in the professional lives of physicians but working together isn't always easy, according to the Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2014.
When asked to rate insurers on overall performance on a scale of one to five, physicians rated only four insurers "above average" with a score of more than three.
The following 10 insurers, not including Medicaid and Medicare, were rated the best in overall performance.
- Blue Plans — 3.3 (out of 5.0)
- Aetna — 3.2
- Cigna — 3.2
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care — 3.1
- Medical Mutual of Ohio — 3.0
- United Healthcare — 2.9
- Kaiser Foundation Health — 2.9
- Humana — 2.9
- HealthNet — 2.8
- Oxford Health Plans — 2.8