Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Doctor of Chiropractic in United Healthcare Lawsuit
Category: Insurance News
Dec
05
A New Jersey federal judge has ruled that a doctor of chiropractic (DC) may pursue his overpayment allegations against UnitedHealthcare (United) even though his patients are no longer insured by the company. The ruling says patients are still subject to the health insurer's overpayment recoupment procedures.
United stands accused of retroactively reducing the amount of money owed to doctors of chiropractic as reimbursement for their incurred expenses. The litigation, filed on Jan. 24, 2011, represents a nationwide class of health care providers who were subjected to United's improper recoupment of payments for services provided to United subscribers. ACA joined the lawsuit in April 2011 when it added a host of injurious practices perpetrated upon practitioners by Optum, United's subsidiary.
Learn more about ACA's insurance advocacy work in the Chiropractic Network Action Center, www.acatoday.org/CNAC, which provides helpful resources and the latest information regarding network concerns for providers and their patients.
United stands accused of retroactively reducing the amount of money owed to doctors of chiropractic as reimbursement for their incurred expenses. The litigation, filed on Jan. 24, 2011, represents a nationwide class of health care providers who were subjected to United's improper recoupment of payments for services provided to United subscribers. ACA joined the lawsuit in April 2011 when it added a host of injurious practices perpetrated upon practitioners by Optum, United's subsidiary.
Learn more about ACA's insurance advocacy work in the Chiropractic Network Action Center, www.acatoday.org/CNAC, which provides helpful resources and the latest information regarding network concerns for providers and their patients.
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), based in Arlington, VA, is the largest professional association in the United States representing doctors of chiropractic. ACA promotes the highest standards of patient care and ethics, and supports research that contributes to the health and well-being of millions of chiropractic patients. Visit www.acatoday.org.
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