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HMOs fined $4M for denial of services
Two health plans in Florida have been fined a total of nearly $4 million after a long-running dispute about whether they improperly denied or reduced speech-therapy services for children in the
BCBS of Massachusetts puts Beth Israel doctors on budget
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization have signed an alternative quality contract, thereby covering 40 percent of Blue Cross HMO members under
Texas bans discretionary clauses from health plan policies
Insurers in Texas can no longer use discretionary clauses that give them the right to interpret their policies and decide what benefits should be paid. In announcing the new rule, Texas Insurance
HMOs, PPOs to raise premium rates in 2011
Increases in group health renewal prices for large and midsize plans could average about 10 percent for health maintenance organization (HMO) plans and about 12 percent for preferred provider
