title: Wrong kind of networking.
abstract: Patients who pay for out-of-network benefits should have the right to use those benefits, the Texas Medical Association believes. But TMA fears that a new CIGNA policy is designed to discourage enrollees from using their out-of-network benefits and will create huge administrative hassles for physicians who refer patients to out-of-network providers. TMA officials say the policy requires physicians to document that they told patients that they are being referred to out-of-network providers and to keep the documentation in their records indefinitely.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortolon
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D013781:Texas