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		<title>AMA Sues Aetna, CIGNA Over Out-of-Network Care</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4798</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aetna and CIGNA have been named in a lawsuit filed by the American Medical Association (AMA) over health insurance reimbursement payments.  According to the AMA, the lawsuit charges that Aetna and CIGNA used a flawed database to pay physicians artificially low rates for out-of-network care.
The database in question is operated by Ingenix Corp., a wholly-owned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigna, Wellpoint Settle with Cuomo Over Reimbursements</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4769</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wellpoint and Cigna, two of the country&#8217;s largest insurers, have as agreed to stop using the much-maligned Ingenix database for determining reimbursements for customers who seek out-of-network care.  Wellpoint and Cigna are just the latest insurers to reach an agreement with New York Attorney General over Ingenix.
The Ingenix database, owned by UnitedHealth Group, is used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent Health, HealthNow New York Latest Insurers to Swear Off Ingenix Database</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Buffalo, New York insurers have reached an agreement with the state&#8217;s Attorney General to stop using Ingenix, the reimbursement database owned by UnitedHealth Group.   Independent Health and HealthNow New York Inc. are just the latest insurers to agree to end their use of a database the Attorney General&#8217;s called “a defective system” to calculate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigna and Aetna Named in Ingenix Reimbursement Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4726</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cigna and Aetna  are the latest insurers to be hit with a lawsuit over the Ingenix database, which is used by many large health insurers to determine reimbursement rates.  The lawsuits, filed by the American Medical Association (AMA) and several state associations, claims that the Ingenix database was rigged to underpay doctors on out-of-network claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnitedHealth Settles Class Action Lawsuit with Doctor Group</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4562</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UnitedHealth Group has settled a class action lawsuit over its Ingenix database.  The $400 million settlement with the American Medical Association (AMA) comes just days after UnitedHealth settled similar charges with the state of New York for $50 million.
United and the largest health insurers in the country rely on a database operated by  Ingenix  -a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnitedHealth Group to Pay $50 Million to Settle Claims it Over Charged Millions</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4537</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UnitedHealth Group has agreed to pay $50 million to settle charges that it overcharged millions of customers.  As part of the settlement with the New York State Attorney General&#8217;s Office, UnitedHealth Group will also revise the process that health insurers across the country use to determine reimbursements when members receive services from out-of-network providers.
According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ike Damage Estimates Surge</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4089</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A risk assessment group now says damage costs from Hurricane Ike could go as high as $21 billion.  That figure would make Hurricane Ike the third most expensive storm in U.S history, behind Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew.
The new estimate from Risk Management Solutions of $13 &#8211; $21 billion is higher than the $7 &#8211; $21 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Double Dose of Ike and Gustav, Louisiana Seeks to Limit &#8220;Named Storm&#8221; Deductibles</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3961</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As residents of the Gulf Coast work to rebuild after Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, lawmakers in one state are working on a plan to protect hurricane victims from massive insurance deductibles.  The plan being considered in Louisiana would limit insurance companies from imposing more than one storm deductible on policyholders in a single season.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Filing Hurricane Ike Insurance Claims Need to Protect Themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3901</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike victims in Texas are reportedly facing long waits for meetings with insurance adjusters.  Adjusters are apparently being hindered by the shear number of claims, areas that are still inaccessible and properties with damage so extensive that they require multiple inspections.  Many Hurricane Ike policy holders are understandably anxious to have their insurance claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Group Slams Insurer&#8217;s Stance on Hurricane Ike Storm Surge Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3892</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Texas consumer group is decrying the Texas Windstorm Association&#8217;s recent announcement that it won&#8217;t pay for storm  surge damage from Hurricane Ike. Because storm surge is caused by the winds that accompany a hurricane, the group Texas Watch says that such damage should be attributed to wind.
The total cost from Hurricane Ike is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Insurer Seeks More Money for Hurricane Ike, Says it Won&#8217;t Cover Storm Surge Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3846</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has voted to collect more money from insurance companies to bolster its reserves.  The vote comes on the heels of Hurricane Ike, which could cost the association $4 billion in claims.  There are also indications that a dispute between consumer groups in the state and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ike Claims Expected to Reach $11 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3837</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With refugees from Hurricane Ike returning to their homes to assess damage, insurance companies are bracing for an avalanche of claims.  Some experts estimate that Hurricane Ike could be the third most costly storm in U.S. history, behind Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew
When Hurricane Ike blasted ashore on September 13 as a Category 2 storm, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Gustav Claims Estimated to be as High as $10 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3751</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Gustav insurance claims could reach $10 billion, not as high as was first predicted when the then-Category 3 storm was churning in the Gulf of Mexico.  Fortunately fears that Gustav would be a repeat of  Hurricane Katrina &#8211; which cost insurers $41 billion &#8211; were not realized.
Hurricane Gustav came ashore the Louisiana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allstate Loses Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit Appeal, $16 Million Verdict Still Stands</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3544</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An appeals court has upheld a bad faith insurance lawsuit verdict against the Allstate Insurance Co., leaving in place a $16 million verdict against the company.  Like the Missouri jury that originally found against Allstate, a three-judge appeals panel did not believe the insurance company&#8217;s assertion that its failure to settle the claims of two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Who Buy Health Insurance Vulnerable to Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3271</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans who buy their own health insurance have very little protection if companies want to deny coverage or raise their premiums when they get sick. A new report published by the consumer advocacy group Families USA says states should do more to protect consumers from insurance companies that will stop at nothing to avoid paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some NY HMOs Impose Consumer Drug Restrictions To Increase Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3136</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report just released this weekend by state Senator Jeffrey Klein (Democrat) reveals that some New York state HMOs restrict patient access to single source drugs or brand name medications for specific ailments that do not have lower cost generic versions.  The report includes a survey of the 15 HMOs with drug plans in New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Farm Convinces Some Weary Policyholders to Settle Hurricane Katrina Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3080</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Farm Insurance has settled with more than a dozen policyholders who were suing the nation&#8217;s largest insurer over Hurricane Katrina damage claims.  The settlements were reached with plaintiffs who only last month learned that their lawyers had been barred from representing them because of ethics violations.
State Farm was one of the largest insurers on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anthem Blue Cross Faces Lawsuit Over Illegal Cancellations</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2927</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthem Blue Cross is the latest insurer named in a lawsuit over illegally canceled policies.  The Los Angeles City Attorney is charging Anthem Blue Cross with deceptive practices and is seeking $1billion in restitution and penalties from the company.
Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Anthem, formerly Blue Cross of California, canceled policies and illegally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Dismisses Lawyers from Mississippi State Farm Hurricane Katrina Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2857</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers representing State Farm Insurance policyholders in Mississippi suing the insurer over Hurricane Katrina damage claims have been dismissed from the case.  Citing ethical concerns, U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. in Gulfport dismissed a group of attorneys affiliated with Richard &#8220;Dickie&#8221; Scruggs, the well-known lawyer who pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to bribe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Net Ordered to Pay $9 Million for Illegally Canceling Breast Cancer Patient&#8217;s Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2628</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Net Inc. has been ordered to pay $9 million to a California woman for illegally canceling her health insurance coverage after it learned she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.   The Health Net fine, levied by an arbitration judge, came one day after the Los Angeles city attorney&#8217;s office announced it would be suing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Companies Defrauding Consumers Critics Charge</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2597</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critics of the health insurance industry say the gap between what a physician charges and what is reimbursed may be too big.  In response, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing UnitedHealthGroup—the nation’s largest health insurer—and Ingenix, its subsidiary.  Cuomo also launched an industry-wide investigation into health care reimbursements saying that some companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnitedHealthGroup Cheated Customers, NY Attorney General Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said yesterday he is suing UnitedHealthGroup—the nation’s largest health insurer and its subsidiary Ingenix.  The New York attorney general also launched an industry-wide investigation into health care reimbursements.  Cuomo alleges that UnitedHealthGroup  manipulated data to cheat consumers, and he believes some insurance companies have been underpaying customers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana Court Says Insurer Acted in Bad Faith, Orders Company to Pay for Hurricane Katrina Damage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Orleans home owner whose home was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina has won an appeal against the home owner’s insurance company that denied his claim.   By ruling against Lafayette Insurance Company, the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has given fresh hope to the thousands of Katrina victims who say their insurance companies acted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Mutual Home Appraisal Probe Grows, as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Subpoenaed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Mutual, the country’s largest savings and loan, is being targeted by the New York State Attorney General’s office for allegedly inflating the appraisals of houses for which it wrote mortgages. Fraudulent appraisals have left thousands of homeowners in that state with mortgages they can’t afford, and such schemes have been blamed for the turmoil [...]]]></description>
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