Specialty Peer Review
Specialty peer review is the evaluation of matters dealing with quality of treatment, appropriateness of care, utilization and irregular billing rendered by a physician in a narrow specialty to a patient. The specialty peer review committee can act at the request of a patient, physician or insurance carrier. Due to the rising cost of healthcare, specialty review committees are emerging as an accepted practice to contain medical costs because of the expertise practicing specialists can provide. Specialty peer review panels are often formed by medical associations, insurance companies, health plan carriers or a state. The obligation of a peer review committee is to conduct unbiased and objective investigations.
