Word: hmos
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...lawyer who, more than any other, was responsible for the $246 billion settlement agreed to by tobacco companies in 1998 to defray the medical costs of smokers who fall ill. And he arrived in Connecticut with a message those managed care-weary doctors were eager to hear: HMOs are next on his target list. "They are second-guessing doctors' medical decisions with accountants and bean counters," he told the crowd indignantly...
Ironically, the mainstream embrace of voyeurism comes precisely as many Americans feel their own privacy is in danger, be it from surveillance on the job, marketers on the Net or database-wielding bureaucrats in their HMOs. "The notion that people should be able to go home and close their front door and shut out the outside world seems to be breaking down, especially in light of the new technologies," says Reg Whitaker, political science professor at York University in Canada and author of The End of Privacy (New Press; $25). "These shows are a kind of acting...
Cases against HMOs have their place - but it's not in federal court. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that health maintenance organizations cannot be sued under federal law. And while HMOs viewed the decision with jubilation, it hardly heralds the end of anti-HMO litigation; the Justices' opinion left the door wide open for cases to be heard in state courts...
...case in question, brought by Cynthia Herdrich of Bloomington, Ind., was first filed seven years ago, and focused on the monetary incentives HMOs offer to member physicians who find ways to avoid costly procedures. In 1992, Herdrich was forced to wait eight days for an ultrasound after doctors found a mass in her abdomen; according to her HMO, Herdrich's condition was not an emergency. Her appendix ruptured and necessitated emergency surgery, as well as several rounds of antibiotics. Herdrich sued her doctor in state court for monetary damages, and collected $35,000; she then sued her HMO under...
...This option was created by HMOS to let members see doctors outside the network, but freedom predictably comes with a higher price. An HMO with broad networks like CIGNA's, though, only has a small fraction of POS members actually seeking care outside the network...