Allstate, the Hauppauge, N.Y.-based insurance company, sued 10 New York people to recover more than $1 million, alleging that laypersons illegally owned and operated four professional service corporations.
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.
An insurance company in its first insurance fraud lawsuit this year accused a group of New York doctors and business professionals of filing fraudulent claims for unnecessary medical tests.
An association representing the ambulance and medical transportation industry in Pennsylvania has filed a federal lawsuit against the Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers in the state over practices they say cost them millions over the last four years.
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.