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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... Read more...
Balance billing ban upheld
In yet another chapter in the ongoing saga of balance billing, a judge in Sacramento recently affirmed state regulations looking to protect consumers from the practice. Last month, physicians in... Read more...
California balance billing ban challenged in court
California physicians were already up in arms about the new ban on balance billing before it even went into effect. So it's little wonder that they have wasted no time in challenging the ban in... Read more...
California bans balance billing
Capping years of debate, a new law just went into effect in California banning balance billing, a landmark measure that may further shift the balance of power in the direction of health plans.... Read more...
CA providers, officials fight over balance billing
The battle is on in California over the issue of when it's legal to balance-bill patients, with providers contending that they need to issue such bills when health plans underpay. The dispute comes... Read more...
CA sues Prime Healthcare for balance-billing insured patients
California regulators have filed suit to stop growing hospital chain Prime Healthcare Services from billing commercially-insured patients for fees that insurance companies don't pay. The practice,... Read more...
