Patient billing legislation pits docs against CareFirst (Gazette.net)

Published - 03/19/2010 03:11 PM

ANNAPOLIS — A bill moving through the State House is pitting physicians against insurance companies over a billing practice that the state's largest insurer says is needed to keep doctors in their network and health care costs affordable for small businesses and their workers. 

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Federal Indictment Against Tillman Alleges Fraud (WYPR Maryland)

Published - 03/19/2010 12:22 PM

A federal grand jury has indicted a man believed to control a lion's share of Baltimore's bail bonds industry. Milton Tillman, Jr. is charged with filing false tax returns, illegally running an insurance company, as well as receiving wages and benefits even though the erstwhile longshoreman was a no-show at the Port of Baltimore. WYPR's Sunni Khalid reports on the possible impact of Milton ... 

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Fighting the Insurance Company (ABC 2 Baltimore)

Published - 03/08/2010 04:48 AM

We have a follow up to a story we've been following for several weeks. A woman dying of cancer and in need of a life-saving operation had to fight her... 

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After GINA, Where Do Life Insurance Firms Stand on Using Genomic Information for Coverage Decisions? (GenomeWeb News)

Published - 03/02/2010 12:35 PM

Originally published March 2. Life insurance providers in the US may not be using genetic information to make underwriting decisions right now, but the lobbying efforts of a Maryland-based interest group to limit legal restrictions in this area suggest that the industry's unofficial moratorium on the use of genetic information may eventually come to an end. 

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Maryland Claims Adjuster Convicted of Theft (Insurance Journal)

Published - 02/24/2010 09:41 AM

A former claims adjuster for Progressive in Maryland has been sentenced for stealing more than $39,000 from the insurer, according to the state's attorney general. Chae Hyong Chu, has been ... 

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Single-Payer-Minded (Metro Times Detroit)

Published - 02/23/2010 11:08 PM

No matter how strongly we may feel about the health-care debate — and no matter which side of the debate we're on — most of us stay safely out of it. 

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Billion dollar blizzard? (The Capital)

Published - 02/22/2010 07:07 AM

As the slow, steady thaw shrinks accumulated snow from roadsides and rooftops, the costs of February's record snowstorms are just beginning to be tallied, and the totals could change its moniker to the Billion Dollar Blizzard. 

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Cancer Patient Fights Insurance Company and Wins (ABC 2 Baltimore)

Published - 02/22/2010 05:18 AM

Fighting your insurance company when you've been denied coverage can be a nightmare. We're following up on a story we first brought you a couple weeks ago. 

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