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.
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The American Independent Medical Practice Association is a physician-led national advocacy organization representing more than 2,000 independent medical practices that provide quality, affordable health care for more than 40 million patients each year.
These independent practices are critical access points for health care across the country — at more than 6,000 medical office locations and nearly 700 independent ambulatory surgery centers in 48 states and the District of Columbia.
We advocate on behalf of more than 14,000 physicians and over 25,000 total providers caring for patients in the fields of Primary Care and Internal Medicine as well as the specialties of Cardiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Medical Oncology, Nephrology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Urology, Urgent Care, Vascular Medicine, and Women’s Health.
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