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Regence fined $100K for illegally denying contraception
Regence BlueShield was fined $100,000 by the Washington insurance commissioner for improperly denying coverage to women seeking to remove a birth control device. "We wanted to make sure they
WellPoint fined $100K for failing to report data breach
WellPoint ( NYSE: WLP ) will pay a $100,000 fine because it waited months before notifying Indiana officials of a security breach that may have exposed personal information of 32,000 members. It also
UnitedHealth fined $1M for antitrust violation
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) is paying a $1 million fine for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive behavior that was prohibited under an agreement with the Nevada attorney general's office. In
California hospitals fined $650K for public health violations
Twelve California hospitals face fines totaling $650,000 after medical mistakes that may have contributed to three patient deaths, according to ABC News. The California Department of Public Health
Beware of HIPAA enforcement crackdown, legal experts warn
Legal experts are warning hospital CEOs and compliance officers to heed the pricey lessons learned from recent multi-million dollar penalties incurred by Cignet Health and Massachusetts General
SPOTLIGHT: Cigna Healthcare of Mid-Atlantic fined $40K
Cigna Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic was fined $40,000 by Virginia insurance regulators after a market conduct examination found the insurer failed to comply with requirements for HMOs, failed to
Medical errors prove costly for 12 hospitals
Patients seeking medical care in California may want to avoid Southwest Healthcare System in Murrieta, which last Friday was fined for a state record seventh time by the California Department of
SPOTLIGHT: California hospitals slammed for care problems
California's health officials have issued another series of fines against hospitals that made serious mistakes in care. The hospitals, which were fined $25,000 each, were slapped for placing patients
Health Net to consider selling off divisions in four states
Health Net CEO Jay Gellert says that the company is strongly considering selling off its businesses in key states where it is not the market leader. Those states include New York, New Jersey,
CA proposes medical record privacy rules
The California legislature is considering a new bill that imposes health data privacy protections above and beyond those already required by HIPAA, alarmed by a recent rash of medical record snooping
