UnitedHealth Suspends Fines for New Jersey Doctors Who Continue to Use Quest Diagnostics

Mar 12, 2007 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Last Friday brought an interesting twist to the question about whether UnitedHealth would follow through and fine doctors $50 for each of their patients who had laboratory tests done at out-of-network laboratories, effective March 1, 2007. The Associated Press published a news story revealing that the New Jersey Department of Banking had requested that UnitedHealth suspend any attempts to fine physicians under this program, pending its investigation in the situation. The New Jersey Department...
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