Dispute Over Ban on Balance Billing Practice Continues
The California Department of Managed Health Care has proposed a ban to prohibit hospitals and physicians from charging patients if they are taken to an emergency department outside their insurance plan. The proposed balanced billing ban would affect HMO members, but hospital administrators and doctors say the state should target insurance companies.
- "State Propose Ban on HMO Billing Practice" (Hines, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 6/1).