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Balance-billing compromise: Disclose out-of-pocket costs
Rather than specifically banning or permitting balance billing, new model legislation adopted by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) calls for physicians, hospitals and health
The price of healthcare should not be a moving target
It's time the healthcare industry stopped discriminating against patients. Yes, you heard that right. At a time when healthcare is supposed to be more patient-centric, the patient is being left
Patient sues over balance billing
A man sued Washington University in St. Louis, alleging the university's doctors and other healthcare providers routinely overbill for medical services, the St. Louis-Dispatch reports. The suit asks
Patient sues over balance billing
A man sued Washington University in St. Louis, alleging the university's doctors and other healthcare providers routinely overbill for medical services, the St. Louis-Dispatch reports. The suit filed
Balance billing interpretations focus of legal battle
A balance billing dilemma in Washington state has doctors and insurers going head-to-head in court over whom ultimately is responsible for paying physicians for emergency room care, reports the
Anthem pays hospitals $1.6M for stop-loss claims
Anthem Blue Cross of California has agreed to pay $1.62 million to settle charges that it had underpaid stop-loss claims to hospitals, according to Payers & Providers. Anthem entered into the
Prime Healthcare settles balance-billing lawsuit for $1.2 million
Prime Healthcare, which operates 13 acute-care hospitals and three medical groups in Southern California, on Monday agreed to a $1.2 million settlement for a 2008 lawsuit brought by the state for
'Bad faith' stipulation in Texas medical bill concerns mediators
Determining "bad faith" may be bad news for Texas residents who hope that mediation can help them come to a settlement on unexpected medical bills. A new Texas law allows a legal mediator to step in
CA Supreme Court rules against balance billing
The balance billing battle in California is nothing new; in fact, it has been going on for years now. However, there's been a lot of uncertainty as to how things would turn out. Now, California's
Fight over CA balance billing ban continues
The fight continues over balance billing, hardly a surprise given the stakes involved. A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled that the state Department of Managed Health Care was within its
