Physician Incentives From Insurance Companies

[Pushing50]

How prevalent are financial incentives to physicians from insurance companies these days?  I've read that some insurance companies either offer financial incentives if the physician keeps costs down by not ordering lab tests, etc.  I suspect this is the case with my physician.  Would I be crossing an unwritten line by asking him?  

[PlateletGal]

Would I be crossing an unwritten line by asking him?

Probably... but perhaps your physician crossed even a larger unwritten line.

; ^ )

[robertmillerfoundation.org]

That is exactly why I started going to a teaching hospital...to avoid the "golf over patients" type of doc.