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Re: Highmark Inc. to pay $9.9 million class action settlement for From: Meenan, Anna (annam@uic.edu) Wed Jan 9 15:05:16 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Andrew Folley: "Re: Gyn: POP-Q" Previous message: Meenan, Anna: "Re: obstetrician to pay $8.6 million settlement" In reply to: GIN11153@aol.com: "Highmark Inc. to pay $9.9 million class action settlement for shortchanging docs" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Highmark Inc. to pay $9.9 million class action settlement for shortchanging docs" I assume that's $11 per doc BEFORE the lawyers take their cut. About $7 per doc after the sharks are through feeding? Anna Meenan, MD >Service Reimbursements > >Pittsburgh, PA: (Jan-04-08) A class action lawsuit was brought >against Highmark Inc. over the way the company handled business with >doctors. The suit also covered claims that were filed in 2003 >against Blue Cross Blue Shield plans nationwide. Sources stated that >the suit against Highmark included more than 90 percent of the Blue >Cross plans and other big insurers. As part of a settlement reached, >the company agreed to pay $9.9 million and change business practices >to resolve allegations. > >The payout is said to compensate some 900,000 doctors who claimed >Highmark had shortchanged them in reimbursement for services from >1999 through 2007. Sources close to the case stated that the >agreement with Highmark was reached in November, and doctors have >until Jan. 14 to object or opt out of the settlement. The deadline >for claims is Feb. 27, 2008 and a hearing on the terms will be held >Feb. 11 in Miami. The amount each doctor will receive is dependent >on a number of factors; including the amount Highmark was billed. >[PITTSBURGH BUSINESS JOURNAL: DOCTOR REIMBURSEMENTS] > >Start the year off right. >ways to stay in shape in the new year. Next message: Andrew Folley: "Re: Gyn: POP-Q" Previous message: Meenan, Anna: "Re: obstetrician to pay $8.6 million settlement" In reply to: GIN11153@aol.com: "Highmark Inc. to pay $9.9 million class action settlement for shortchanging docs" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Highmark Inc. to pay $9.9 million class action settlement for shortchanging docs"

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