After becoming exasperated by de-lays in getting paid for work done for the Canada
Pension Plan (CPP), I decided to document the next problem I faced. It has taken an …

After complaints about late payments to doctors, Oxford Health Plans, the state's largest
health maintenance organization, has agreed to pay physicians' claims within 30 days, New …

There is a need to clarify the difference between submitting a medical report and a narrative
report. When dealing with an initial application, physicians always have a choice as to how …

The snafus over late payments led state Sen. Gary George and the OMA to consider
legislation that would impose fines on Regence HMO or other insurance companies if …

A recent revision in Medicare payment policy is leading to more prompt payment for
specialty providers, which are reimbursed differently than most acute-care hospitals under …

Part II-May 2003 Page 1 355 Vol. 35, No. 5 Late payment of medical claims by insurers is
recognized as a growing problem for health care providers.A considerable portion of medical …

In a case that could have a profound effect on physician reimbursement in Florida, the state
Supreme Court is expected to decide whether doctors can bring claims against insurers …

CPP tells MDs”(Can Med Assoc J 1997; 156: 61-4), by Nicole Baer, quite informative. To
those of us in the trenches, it has seemed that requests for disability forms and third-party …

THE TEXAS DEPT. OF INSURANCE hit 17 health plans with more than $9 million in fines
and ordered them to pay physicians restitution for violating the state's prompt-payment law.

Texas Governor Rick Perry's 11th-hour veto of a prompt-payment bill that might have been
the toughest in the US triggered a firestorm of criticism by Texas physicians. The law would …