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WellPoint pays hospitals $11.8M to settle bills from rescissions

July 8, 2008 — 8:32pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Leading health plan WellPoint has agreed to pay $11.8 million to settle claims with hundreds of hospitals that it failed to pay after it dropped patients after treatment. WellPoint was sued by about... Read more...

CA sues Prime Healthcare for balance billing insured patients

July 7, 2008 — 4:40am ET | By Anne Zieger
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...

SPOTLIGHT: California may ban ED balance billing

April 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
For years, California officials have worked to resolve balance billing disputes--particularly those resulting from emergency department treatment--under which aggrieved doctors bill patients for... Read more...

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