A Webster, Mass.-based insurance company won a multi-million dollar civil insurance fraud lawsuit filed in Boston against chiropractic practices the insurer used to cover.
Tips from the public about insurance crimes to a national group doubled from 2008 to 2009, as people “lost their patience” with insurance fraud, the group said.
A pair of associations representing state and national chiropractors is cheering a decision by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance over reimbursements for their services.
A pair of St. Louis, Mo-based subsidiaries of UnitedHealthcare will pay $536,000 in fines and review 50,000 chiropractic claims it denied in 2004 in an agreement with Missouri regulators.
Chiropractor groups in New Jersey and New York filed a class-action suit against Aetna Inc. over alleged abusive practices, including pre- and post-payment auditing they say violates federal laws.
As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, limit products and services, shift to other lines, and have seen significant drops in compensation.