UC-San Francisco Affiliated Medical Group Reaches Settlement in Balance-Billing Case
The San Francisco General Hospital Medical Group and the Department of Managed Health Care have reached a settlement regarding allegations that the medical group used a practice known as balance billing in which members of a Blue Shield of California PPO between January 2009 and March 2014 were charged the difference between the provider's bill and the allowed amount. The medical group is affiliated with UC-San Francisco.
- "UCSF Admits To Balance-Billing Patients" (Shinkman, Payers & Providers, 1/8).