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Managed Care
April 2002 |
Ruling Makes Class-Action Suit More Plausible The idea of a class-action lawsuit against HMOs was boosted by a recent decision in a federal court in Florida. Meanwhile, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has sounded the alarm that efforts to increase health plan liability may be launched in at least eight states...   |
Managed Care
July 2006 |
UnitedHealth Ruling Cites Flaws in System The judge who recently ruled in favor of UnitedHealth Group in a massive class-action suit that has been dragging through the courts since 1999, presented the state of the country's health coverage system as a somewhat dichotomous mess. |
Managed Care
October 2004 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Good news for government workers... PPO demonstration projects for Medicare in 2001 and 2002 ... A class-action lawsuit filed by 900,000 physicians... Seventy-eight percent of the country wants universal health care... etc. |
Managed Care
April 2001 |
Court Ruling May Mean Resolution Or Revolution A key federal court ruling was expected at press time on a series of lawsuits against the HMO industry. Additionally, the nation's largest managed care operator reportedly is negotiating a settlement... |
Managed Care
January 2002
Donald Wilcox & Stephanie Kanwit |
Debating RICO Suits vs. Health Plans States Failed To Protect Docs From Insurers... Patients Will Suffer; Greedy Lawyers to Blame... |
Managed Care
July 2002
John A. Marcille |
Capitation as Whipping Boy: Court Takes on Touchy Issue If plans are to keep coverage decisions reasonable and fair, they'll need tools that involve physicians and patients in the decision-making process. Capitation is one of those. |
BusinessWeek
June 22, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Case: Another Loss for Trial Lawyers The Supreme Court's ruling is the latest in a series of decisions that make it clear the justices aim to curb mass litigation. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Apple To Pay $450 Million In Settlement For Price Fixing E-Books The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan voted 2-1 on Tuesday not to overturn a July 2013 ruling that found Apple had fixed e-book prices in collusion with five major publishing houses. |
Managed Care
November 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Health insurance costs only increase by 9.2 percent this year....Humana agrees to pay $40 million in settlement... Department of Health and Human Services fails to report several medical malpractice claims... |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Health Insurer Lets Outsiders Decide Aetna announces that it'll allow customers with individual health plans to ask for an independent external review before Aetna cancels their policy. |
BusinessWeek
March 31, 2011
Peter Waldman |
Aetna's Rx for High Doctor Fees: Lawsuits Aetna's legal campaign against expensive out-of-network charges is just the latest attempt by insurers to restrain soaring health costs. |
BusinessWeek
November 18, 2010
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart vs. a Million Angry Women Wal-Mart wants the Supreme Court to block a huge gender-bias suit. |
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Wal-Mart Case Has there ever been a worse time to be an employee in America? |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Still Courting Problems The Supreme Court has sided with Wal-Mart, but what about the court of public opinion? |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Texas-Aetna Incentives Settlement Worries Some Capitated Physicians If the Texas deal ignites a trend away from the use of incentives to keep utilization down, then some capitated physicians worry it will put them in a tight spot. |
InternetNews
October 17, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Lawsuits to Continue Microsoft's past seems to be catching up as two lawsuits against it are cleared to proceed. |
Managed Care
May 2005
Michael S. Victoroff |
Class Action Suit: Windfall or Just Wind? Is using the tort system and class action lawsuits the best way to solve problems between business professionals? That and $54.37 can go toward the creation of a foundation to bring about meaningful organizational change. |
Information Today
May 12, 2015
George H. Pike |
Supreme Court to Address Standing to Sue for Data Breaches and Privacy Violations The ability of individuals to seek legal recovery for data breaches or the posting of inaccurate information or to defend their privacy rights may soon be impacted by the Supreme Court of the United States. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Faces the Big Box of Bias Suits A Supreme Court review of a massive gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart could usher in new rules regarding class actions. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Court: Aereo-Like Streaming Service Should Be Treated Similarly To Cable For the first time, a court has ruled that a streaming video service should be treated like a cable service. |
Registered Rep.
February 24, 2012
Kristen French |
Due Diligence: Seven Years Later, Merrill Broker Discrimination Class Action Gets go Ahead The lawsuit will go to court in April, and then the judge will set a date for trial. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Class Act Securities class-action lawsuit filings were at their lowest level in a decade in the first half of this year, according to a recent report. |
Managed Care
February 2001 |
Denver Docs Bolt Aetna Before It Ends 'All-Products' Some 8,000 Denver-area residents were left to find new doctors when 240 physicians affiliated with MedWest Medical Group dropped Aetna U.S. Healthcare in a dispute over contract terms. The doctors did not renew their Aetna contract when it expired Jan. 31... |
Managed Care
April 2000 |
Cigna Colorado Ends Capitation For Most Primary Care Physicians In a strategic move aimed at retaining and recruiting top physicians, Cigna HealthCare of Colorado has dumped capitation. In late February, the insurer began paying most of its physicians in the state on a discounted fee-for-service basis.... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2011
Jill Wechsler |
The Supremes Shape Pharma A number of important decisions from the Supreme Court will affect drug marketing, research, and regulation |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Another Big Problem for Wal-Mart The latest in Wal-Mart's plethora of problems has taken the company all the way to the Supreme Court. A proposed class action lawsuit would pit more than a million female employees against the corporate giant. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2009
Brian Orelli |
A Clean Bill of Health in 2009 UnitedHealth settles a few lawsuits to start the new year. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Much More Than a Generic Lawsuit The Supreme Court will decide generic-drug makers fate. |
Information Today
January 2007
George H. Pike |
Legal Update: Where the Lawsuits Are Updates on lengthy search-related lawsuits involving Google and Microsoft. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Aetna's Affirmation Aetna posts solid results as health-care costs grow moderately. The health care insurer's relative valuation would seem to at least make it worth a second look for now. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2011 |
Microsoft Appeals Massive EU Fine While a ruling on the outcome is months away, Microsoft's appeal this week of a massive fine by the European Commission is being eyed by other U.S. firms. |
Managed Care
October 2005
Bob Carlson |
What Docs Hate Most About Plans Some insurers seem to have a knack for irritating their network physicians. The list is long, but five categories of irritants seem to recur most often. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2012
Kristen French |
Due Diligence: Step Back Rakoff, SEC-Citigroup Settlement Could Stand Judge Jed Rakoff may have overstepped his authority, said a federal appeals court today. In a procedural decision, the court wrote that the Securities and Exchange Commission has a good chance of overturning Rakoff's rejection of a $285 million SEC settlement with Citigroup. |
Managed Care
December 2002
MargaretAnn Cross |
Advisory Boards Create Company-Plan Cooperation Very effective if used properly, these panels are not yet widespread. However, that could change as industrial customers demand more input. |
Managed Care
January 2007 |
Headlines on Deadline ... State budgets got an unexpected gift last year... Mortality rates for hospitals ranked high... It looks likely that Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will run for president... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Cigna's Good Medicine Cigna said that its better outlook is due to greater efficiency and better management of medical costs. It also touted some new product initiatives that are surely a way to try to retain membership as well as woo new members. |
Managed Care
August 2000
Bob Carlson |
'All Products' Clauses Fade From Physician Contracts All-products provisions in health plan provider contracts are slowly being negotiated, legislated, and regulated out of existence. They are now illegal in at least four states; legislation is pending in several others. |
CFO
August 1, 2012
Vincent Ryan |
High Court Upholds Health-Care Reform The Supreme Court's ruling leaves companies with decisions to make. |
Information Today
August 27, 2012
George H. Pike |
Georgia State University Declared 'Prevailing Party' in Copyright Battle GSU was sued for copyright infringement for its practice of scanning publishers' works for use in course webpages, on courseweb software such as Blackboard, and its e-reserve services. |
Managed Care
November 1999 |
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Suit Against HMOs Over Incentives Can HMOs be sued for the practice of offering bonuses to physicians who help them keep the cost of care down?... |
Information Today
July 11, 2013 |
Judge Rules Against Apple in Price-Fixing Trial The ebook price-fixing trial that began on June 3 and ended 17 days later has finally come to a close with the release of Judge Denise Cote's ruling on July 10. And the news isn't good for Apple. |
InternetNews
January 21, 2011 |
Verizon Files Lawsuit Against FCC Net Neutrality Rules Verizon, widely seen as one of the likely challengers to the new open Internet rules, maneuvers to win a hearing in a friendly forum: the D.C. Circuit. |
Managed Care
December 2007
John Carroll |
New York Plan Emerges As Pattern for Rating Physicians The Empire State's approach to physician ratings quickly gains health plan support and consideration as a national answer. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2010 |
Judge Dismisses Allen's Massive Patent Lawsuit In a setback for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, a federal judge has dismissed his patent lawsuit charging eight prominent technology companies with infringement, though he is eligible to refile. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Tim Jones |
Secret Cash Dominates in State Court Races Unidentified contributors are pumping big money into key races. |
Managed Care
July 2002
Philip H. Lebowitz |
Provider Association Litigation: Better Choice for Dispute Resolution? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has validated what may be a new avenue for provider-vs.-MCO dispute resolution that is preferable to the risks of traditional individual and class-action litigation. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Aetna's Picture of Health For the second time in very recent memory, Aetna (NYSE: AET) raised its guidance today, pushing its stock to a new 52-week high. The health insurance provider has suffered travails over the last several years, and investors apparently took the news as an added sign that things are on the mend. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
The latest blow to managed care? The Texas attorney general's decision in the Aetna case is the latest in a long string of events that has gutted the fundamentals of managed care. Many in health care think that some or all of these developments have stripped health plans of their ability to manage care effectively.... |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Humana's Humming a Happy Tune 2009 sure looks a lot brighter than last year for the health insurance company. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Health Insurers Are Not AIG Health insurers get hammered this week. |
