The Insurance Journal reported the following on August 11th: “The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) announced today that it has established its second major medical fraud task force in Florida to counter the increase and spread in acts of medical fraud.”
Florida CFO Alex Sink announced the acquisition of a new investigative tool for the Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) to use when investigating insurance fraud crime. The Division is introducing a surveillance vehicle that will assist detectives in undercover and long-term, complex operations. Investigative tools like this offer detectives enhanced surveillance opportunities and provide an invaluable asset to investigators that directly affect investigative efforts.
DEADLINE TO COMPLETE CLAIMS FORM – OCTOBER 5, 2010
The Notice of Class Action Settlement should have been mailed to many of you at the end of May 2010. The Class Action Settlement applies to you IF you were or are:
JUDGE DENIES BLUE CROSS’ ATTEMPT TO DISMISS ERISA AND FLORIDA INSURANCE EQUALITY LAW CLASS ACTION
The Florida Chiropractic Association and FCA Member Peri Dwyer, D.C., through Class Counsel and FCA Assistant General Counsel Kim Driggers of the law firm of Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, joined 18 individual plaintiffs and four other chiropractic associations in a class action against 22 leading Blue Cross Blue Shield (“BCBS”) insurers across the country. The suit challenges BCBS’ abusive practices in using post-payment audits and reviews and improper payment demands, to pressure providers to repay substantial sums that BCBS previously paid as health insurance benefits for services provided to BCBS subscribers. The suit also seeks damages and an order requiring Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (“BCBSF”) to cease violating Florida’s Insurance Equality Laws. The Complaint alleges BCBSF violated Florida’s Insurance Equality Laws by limiting coverage for certain chiropractic services by covering only a single physical modality or procedure code per patient per day and limiting the number of spinal manipulations that are covered in a calendar year.
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