Introduction
Medical insurance is one of the most hotly contested areas of product comparison. Adjustments are made frequently to our Research to keep up with changes, however it’s still a complex and difficult product to compare. Following a challenge by a rated company to our methodology for assessing UCR/EMP/network limits, it’s time we reviewed the method of how insurers apply UCR Limits and have therefore started the process of a major review of this item.
Theme of review
We would like to begin by renaming the item from “UCR Limits” to “Network or market price limits/UCR”
Our review seeks to categorise and evaluate the impact of the following:
1) No requirement to use specified providers/network and no UCR/EMP
2) Requirement to use specified providers/network
3) UCR/EMP applied to all costs (including specified providers /network)
4) UCR/EMP applied to only non-network costs
5) UCR/EMP applied only specific sets of costs (e.g., overseas)
Review process
We will begin by alerting insurers of our plan to review, including the five points above anticipating they will respond with which applies to their product with appropriate references to their policy document.
Once all required information has been collected, we will make the appropriate changes to our database and share our new rating on our social platforms for further feedback.
Your feedback
We value getting your feedback on how these wordings are being applied to claims you may be aware of. Please email us with details of any recent claims to help us update our understanding.
Doreen Dutt, Research Manager, Quality Product Research Limited, [email protected]