HMOs to Pay More to End Doctor Suits After Ruling
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HMOs will face a steeper price tag to  settle a class action suit by doctors claiming they were  shortchanged payment, after a court denied the industry's bid  to block the lawsuit, analysts said on Thursday.
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NEWARK, New Jersey  - Four medical device makers will pay a total of $311 million and agreed to federal monitoring to settle a government probe into consulting deals prosecutors said were made with surgeons to sway decisions on which hip and knee implants to give to patients.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into if insurers forced patients to overpay for out-of-network doctors.
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Health insurers that offer HMO-type Medicare plans in Massachusetts say they&#39;re holding the line or even lowering rates on the plans in 2005.
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MUNICIPAL UNIONS should raise a holiday toast to gullible Massachusetts taxpayers for their willingness to absorb disproportionate pain from increases in health insurance costs. Bostonians, for example, sit by passively while city workers, who pay just 10 percent of premium costs for their HMO coverage, gobble up nearly half of the annual increase in the city's operating budget.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors.
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The insurer has agreed to improve its rankings of physicians in response to an investigation of insurers suspected of directing patients to cheaper doctors, according to the New York Attorney General.
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HealthSouth, the US hospital operator, on Thursday settled allegations that it defrauded federal health insurance programmes by agreeing to pay $325m.
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The Justice Department says HealthSouth Corporation has agreed to pay the US government 325 (m) million dollars. The money is to settle numerous allegations that the company defrauded Medicare and other government health programs.
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TALLAHASSEE -- Doctors and lawyers have been warring for years over why medical malpractice insurance rates are so high and what to do about it.
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HealthOne Care System, the state's largest independent doctors' group, will spend $8 million to create electronic medical records for its 600,000-plus patients in Eastern Massachusetts. The nonprofit organization, of which Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates is the largest member, has five medical groups with 700 doctors. HealthOne will adapt a product called EpicCare that Harvard Vanguard already uses. HealthOne will recruit ...
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A federal district judge in Washington dismissed an antitrust lawsuit that contended medical residents are forced to participate in a system that ensures they work long hours for low wages.
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Baystate Medical Center, which had sued nearly 300 patients in 15 months for not paying their medical bills and was under state review for its aggressive collection methods, has stopped suing patients and placing liens on their homes except for the largest unpaid bills, executives said.
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Lawyers to get bigger share of any settlement in Linux suits in exchange for billing less up front.
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The U.S. Supreme Court handed business groups a victory on Tuesday by ruling that federal law limits pay discrimination lawsuits to a six-month period after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
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The drug company will settle claims it overcharged government health programs and improperly enticed doctors to prescribe its drugs.
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NEW YORK - A day after sacking its chief executive, Marsh &amp; McLennan (MMC) announced Tuesday it will stop accepting fees at the heart of a lawsuit by New York&#39;s attorney general accusing the world&#39;s largest insurance broker of rigging prices.