UHC/Health Net/Aetna - others/Settlements

Of COURSE they're going to settle - to do otherwise means they'll be open to scrutiny that they don't want. The general public and the providers would find out that what has long been suspected isn't a figment of anyone's imagination. By allowing these complaints to actually go to trial would also mean that there would be a very real possibility of actually being found GUILTY on record, thus opening other cans of worms they don't want opened. These companies aren't stupid; they'll settle out of court never ever having to admit that they are guilty; never having to fight to prove they're not guilty. It's a stalemate - still. LJ

I am appalled that the people who were taken advantage of by the greed of the entities utilizing the Ingenix pricing software are not being compensated for having to pay out claims that were either denied or reduced in error by these companies. They still have to pay out of pocket! Where the amount of money the companies are asked (I use that term lightly) to pay may be a great amount in comparison to my own checking account, it is but a drop in the bucket for these companies! And yet, they are not told to reprocess the claims that were rejected, denied or otherwise reduced because of their bottom line...money in their own pockets. Rena Hall, CPC