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Pair of New York insurers the latest to sever ties with reimbursement database
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has reached agreements with two New York insurers to stop using the controversial Ingenix reimbursement database after threatening to sue both companies last...
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AMA files class-action suit against WellPoint over Ingenix database use
The American Medical Association and several other medical societies have filed a class-action suit against WellPoint Inc., alleging that the nation’s largest insurer participated in an industry-wide...
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Senators grill UnitedHealth Group, Ingenix over reimbursement database
Calling testimony on the Ingenix out-of -network reimbursement database “profoundly troubling,” a Senate committee chairman called for more accountability by those responsible. John "Jay" Rockefeller...
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Senator queries health insurers on reimbursement data
Picking up where he left off last month, Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) has asked 18 of the nation’s largest health insurers for more information on how they reimburse consumers. John "Jay"...
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Cuomo, Paterson announce new insurance regulation on reimbursements
Having secured an agreement on reimbursements for out-of-network care with the last health insurer covering New Yorkers, the state’s governor and attorney general announced a new insurance regulation...
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Appeals court approves, N.J. implements controversial PIP fee schedule
New Jersey insurance regulators implemented a controversial medical fee schedule for reimbursing doctors who treat auto injuries, after an appeals court ruled it legal. A three-judge panel upheld the...
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New health reimbursement database program unveiled in New York
Calling for “much-needed transparency, accountability and fairness,” in consumer reimbursement for out-of-network health care, New York’s attorney general revealed details of a new, nationwide database...
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N.J. insurance commissioner applauds decision affirming PIP fee schedule
A New Jersey Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the state’s Personal Injury Protection, or PIP, medical fee schedule is appropriate. Nearly two years ago, the New Jersey Department of...
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Judge gives preliminary nod to UnitedHealth Group database settlement
A federal judge in New York has granted preliminary approval to a $350 million settlement of a class-action suit filed against UnitedHealth Group over its Ingenix database. The preliminary approval by...
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