Posts tagged health care

• Bishops and Thugs: How the Catholic Church is Shaping Health Care Legislation

  Paul Kiesel | November 11, 2009 7:07 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From MSNBC: WASHINGTON - Catholic bishops have emerged as a formidable force in the health care overhaul fight, using their clout with millions of Catholics and working behind the scenes in...

• Doctors' Grassroots Action Committee Tells Insurers - Stop Practicing Medicine

  Todd Slaughter | May 27, 2009 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  MONTEREY, Calif. - A grassroots political action committee (PAC) comprised mainly of physicians is seeking to influence President Obama's and state legislative reforms to the health care system. The...

• Health Net Settlement - Up to $14 Million for Wrongful Recission of Policies

  Todd Slaughter | February 13, 2009 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It seems like just yesterday I posted about the settlement reached by healthcare insurance giant, Anthem Blue Cross, in a California case brought by 2,300 policyholders for wrongful rescission of...

• Blue Cross Fined $1 Million for Wrongful Cancellation of Sick Policyholders

  Todd Slaughter | February 11, 2009 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In what appears to be a continuing revelation of corrupt insurance claims practices, Anthem Blue Cross will announce today that the health care insurance company will pay $1 million in fines to the...

• Cuomo Announces Historic Nationwide Health Insurance Reform, Will Create Fair Rates for Consumers Nationwide

  Paul Kiesel | January 13, 2009 9:25 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has reached an agreement with UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation's second largest health insurer, to reform the nationwide health care reimbursement system, after...

• It’s the Network: How the Medical Provider Network is Changing Care for Injured Workers

  James Cool | December 20, 2008 7:49 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Based on reforms of a few years ago, California workers who are injured on the job are turning to physician networks. Both an insurance research group and the California Workers’...

• National Rankings for Palliative Care

  Todd Slaughter | October 03, 2008 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Over the last decade a new specialty of medicine, known as Palliative Care Medicine, has grown from a small set of practitioners sprinkled throughout America to a nationwide practice. The field is...

• Health Net Settles Cancellation Cases

  Todd Slaughter | September 16, 2008 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  California based Health Net Inc., one of the nation's largest publicly traded managed health care companies, agreed Friday to pay approximately $25 million to settle claims of unfair claims handling...

• Ever Mounting Evidence that Health Insurers Defy and Defeat Health Care Decision Makers

  Todd Slaughter | August 27, 2008 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In recent years, we have observed a growing trend of insurance carriers making bolder and bolder denials of coverage for medical expenses in cases involving third party caused injuries. These...

• Blue Cross/Shield Pay $13 Million for Improper Cancellation

  Todd Slaughter | July 18, 2008 1:42 PM | 7 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Associated Press reported today that two of California's largest health care insurers, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California, will pay regulators $13 million to settle claims that the...