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UnitedHealthcare subsidiaries to pay $800K in fines

July 25, 2008 — 11:35am ET | By Anne Zieger
UnitedHealthcare subsidiaries have agreed to pay almost $800,000 in fines to settle allegations by the North Carolina Department of Insurance that they'd violated state law regarding claims payment... Read more...

Walgreens battles CVS for MA retail clinic market

June 12, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Over the past year, drugstore chain CVS has engaged in a protracted battle to get permission to open its MinuteClinics in locations across the Boston metro area. The effort involved not only getting... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Providers fight self-insured plans for payments

May 29, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Increasingly, self-insured insurance plans offered by large employers and labor unions have become a worry for employers, who say that these plans aren't paying their claims in a reasonable amount... Read more...

FL may regulate faith-based healthcare coverage

April 28, 2008 — 6:59am ET
In recent times, a handful of religious organizations have sprung up that offer to pay members' healthcare bills if they pay into a common fund. These groups, which include Samaritan Ministries,... Read more...

Health plan industry addressing policy cancellations

February 28, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Hoping to get some control of a situation that is rapidly deteriorating into a series of regulatory fines, lawsuits and heinously bad PR, the health-insurance industry is mounting an initiative to... Read more...

L.A. sues Health Net over cancellations

February 21, 2008 — 7:59am ET
The Los Angeles city attorney has filed suit against Health Net, one of the state of California's largest health insurers, contending it engaged in an illegal, secret campaign to drop patients with... Read more...

CO targets home healthcare for reforms

February 21, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Shaken by a report revealing some horrific abuses by home caregivers, state lawmakers in Colorado have filed legislation that would require agencies providing nurses, physical therapists and home... Read more...

Blue Cross asks MDs for info to cancel policies

February 12, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Blue Cross of California has raised eyebrows around the state, and sparked protests from some physician groups, by sending medical groups applications filled out by beneficiaries and asking the... Read more...

Calif. rules on MD visits through HMOs still stalled

February 5, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Six years ago, California passed a new law requiring that HMO patients get timely appointments with their doctors. State regulators thought they had licked the problem--but they were a bit too... Read more...

Cedars-Sinai cited for endangering pediatric patients

January 10, 2008 — 7:59am ET
The recent case in which pediatric patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center got heparin overdoses has resulted in censure from the California Department of Public Health, which said the hospital had... Read more...
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