Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc.

California Hospital Association and California Medical Association Join Class Action Complaint Challenging Blue Cross Rescission Policy

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, May 10th, 2007

The national health law firm of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., today filed an amended complaint as the next step in the quest by California health care providers to stop Blue Cross of California, Blue Cross Life and Health, and their parent company, Wellpoint, Inc. from denying health care claims by attempting to rescind the patients' insurance coverage after the services have been provided to the patients.

The amended complaint includes the California Hospital Association, on behalf of its nearly 450 member hospitals, and the California Medical Association, on behalf of its 35,000 physician members, as additional plaintiffs to join the class action complaint that was...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-05-10)

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