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At Tina Philip’s private family practice clinic in Round Rock, the staff is just her and her office coordinator. They know their patients. Some have grown up with them. One has already become a doctor. Philip and her coordinator, Kennette Sheriff, know to schedule more time with a patient who is talkative or more medically

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Kentucky is currently facing a critical shortage of nearly 3,000 physicians, leaving more than 100 of the state’s 120 counties without adequate healthcare coverage. Local physicians point to a growing insurance practice known as “downcoding”—where insurance companies systematically reduce doctors’ reimbursement claims without notice, overriding the provider’s original medical decisions.

Independent ophthalmologist Dr. Thomas Stone discusses the threat insurer downcoding poses to patients and independent doctors, and what can be done to address it. Listen to the full podcast at Kentucky Focus