A federal judge in New York has granted preliminary approval to a $350 million settlement of a class-action suit filed against UnitedHealth Group over its Ingenix database.

A New Jersey Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the state’s Personal Injury Protection, or PIP, medical fee schedule is appropriate.

Calling for “much-needed transparency, accountability and fairness,” in consumer reimbursement for out-of-network health care, New York’s attorney general revealed details of a new, nationwide database to bring about change.

New Jersey insurance regulators implemented a controversial medical fee schedule for reimbursing doctors who treat auto injuries, after an appeals court ruled it legal.

A three-judge panel upheld the use of …  Read →

Having secured an agreement on reimbursements for out-of-network care with the last health insurer covering New Yorkers, the state’s governor and attorney general announced a new insurance regulation for patients.

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Picking up where he left off last month, Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) has asked 18 of the nation’s largest health insurers for more information on how they reimburse …  Read →

Calling testimony on the Ingenix out-of -network reimbursement database “profoundly troubling,” a Senate committee chairman called for more accountability by those responsible.

John "Jay" Rockefeller

Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), …  Read →

The American Medical Association and several other medical societies have filed a class-action suit against WellPoint Inc., alleging that the nation’s largest insurer participated in an industry-wide scheme to defraud …  Read →

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has reached agreements with two New York insurers to stop using the controversial Ingenix reimbursement database after threatening to sue both companies last month.

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