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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The costs of colon surgery for enrollees in Medicare health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are no lower than those of similar patients participating in traditional Medicare, according to Tampa-based researchers.
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Under a contract settlement announced yesterday by union and city officials, doctors employed by city agencies and hospitals will receive pay raises in February of roughly 6 percent in return
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The medical products and services company agreed to pay $600 million to settle a lawsuit filed by shareholders accusing it of accounting irregularities and inflated earnings.
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NEW YORK  - The costs of colon surgery for  enrollees in Medicare health maintenance organizations (HMOs)  are no lower than those of similar patients participating in  traditional Medicare, according to Tampa-based researchers.
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By Julius A. Karash, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 20--A recent ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court could open up health providers to a wider range of lawsuits.
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The ruling could cost insurers billions of dollars more than the $41 billion they have already paid to storm victims.
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Advanced Medical Optics said it is willing to pay more than the $3.67 billion the eye care company accepted from a private equity firm.
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) A strike by more than 2,500 home health care aides has been averted. The union and the health care provider that employs them have agreed to take their dispute over hourly wages to binding arbitration.
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The Boston Globe and a former reporter must pay more than &#36;2 million to a doctor who said she was wrongly blamed in the paper for the death of the newspaper's health columnist, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday.
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New York and Connecticut state officials said they are investigating whether improper behavior by insurance companies has been a factor in the rapidly rising cost of malpractice insurance for lawyers and doctors.
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Physicians in a northwest Maryland county plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice insurance premiums.
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Onus is on workers to buy health insurance as rising costs force firms to end perk.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- An insurance company facing a lawsuit by the Medical Society of New Jersey agreed Thursday to temporarily halt its efforts to recoup $15 million in alleged overpayments to doctors.
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New York and Connecticut officials say they are investigating whether improper behavior by insurance firms has been a factor in the rapidly rising cost of malpractice insurance for lawyers and doctors.
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An advocacy group for U.S. retirees said on Friday that it won a court order barring the government from allowing companies to drop older retirees from health care coverage while retaining coverage for younger retired workers.