New York also investigating insurers...fears are the companies are playing by their own rules with little or no regard to state laws....BD
"The investigation launched by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo calls into question the validity of a system that health insurers have used for years to reimburse physicians and their enrolled members.
"UnitedHealth Group and other health insurers have shortchanged tens of millions of patients who agreed to pay higher premiums for access to their choice of physicians from outside a health insurer's network.
"In an era of increasing health care transparency, it is shocking and unacceptable for a health insurer to profit from deliberately withholding information from patients and physicians. The shroud of secrecy covering UnitedHealth's entire payment process must be lifted. There is no legitimate policy rationale behind the health insurer's refusal to provide information to physicians and patients. It serves only as a means for health plans to increase profits by keeping patients and physicians in the dark.
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