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Stevens & Lee

New Changes to Medicare and Private Prior Authorization Processes

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Both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and dozens of the nation’s largest insurance companies have revealed upcoming changes to their prior authorization processes. These changes aim to reduce the prevalence...more

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Dispute Not Resolved: BCBSGA Sues Providers for Alleged Misuse of NSA Arbitration Process

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On May 27, Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. (BCBSGA) filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Georgia US District Court, alleging that a group of health care providers, along with their third-party...more

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DOJ Targets Neurofeedback Billing in $15 Million Behavioral Health Fraud Case

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On March 6, 2025, federal prosecutors charged a Minnesota couple — Gabriel Adam Alexander Luthor and Elizabeth Christine Brown — with orchestrating a $15 million healthcare fraud scheme involving overbilling and submission of...more

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Massachusetts AG Indicts Health Care Providers and Owners for Submission of Allegedly False Medicaid Claims

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The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Campbell announced the criminal indictment of several Massachusetts-based health care providers and their owners in connection with allegedly false claims they...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 16th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - May 1st - 2nd, Chicago, IL

Join the industry’s top litigators and leading plan counsel at ACI’s 16th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation, for two days of discussions designed to address emerging areas of concern for MCOs in...more

J.S. Held

Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Critical Role of Medical Coding, Billing & Nurse Review

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In what is already a highly regulated industry, it is becoming increasingly difficult for healthcare organizations to navigate the growing volume, complexity and enforcement of laws, regulations and guidance that surround...more

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Lessons Learned from ERISA Health Plan Representation and Recommendations for Plan Design and Oversight

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ERISA Health Plan clients are engaged in nearly every industry in the United States. There are nearly 139 million Americans covered by ERISA Health Plans and 2.5 million Health Plans. Yet, operating a health plan has become...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

High-Profile Sports Insurance Fraud Rings: A Recent Conviction

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No health insurance benefit program, no matter how high profile, is immune to the temptations of insurance fraud. In the past, multiple former NFL players pleaded guilty to defrauding the NFL Player Health Reimbursement...more

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NJ LCSW Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Private Health Insurers for Years

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The owner of Bergen Alliance Counseling Services in Paramus, New Jersey pleaded guilty to a run-of-the-mill healthcare fraud scheme in District Court in Newark on March 19. Maria Cosentino of Garfield, a licensed clinical...more

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7th Cir. Holds Insurance Coverage Applies to Settlement Payments for Alleged Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act Violations

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On May 3, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Astellas US Holding Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co., held that a liability insurer was required to contribute its limits toward its insured’s payment to settle potential...more

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Insurance Update - May 2023

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Additional insured disputes can sometimes get complicated. How much coverage the additional insured gets is often a hotly contested issue, especially when the named insured has coverage above the minimum limits it promised...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

New York Court of Appeals Rules that an Insurer May Withhold Payments to a Medical Service Corporation Improperly Controlled by...

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On June 11, the New York Court of Appeals, in Andrew Carothers, M.D., P.C. v. Progressive Insurance Company, 2019 NY Slip Op 04643, decided that an insurer may withhold payment for services provided by a medical services...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Fraud In Your Healthcare Plan? It’s Probably There

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employer subsidized healthcare is one of the largest cost centers for small and large businesses.  This post provides a primer on what to do if you suspect that your healthcare costs are rising because your...more

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