HMOs liable for actions of their network doctors
Article Abstract:
The Florida Supreme Court declared a ruling that the HMOEs would be sued under the state law if there arose a question about the quality of care with whom the health plan contracts. A lawsuit of Susan Cohen VillazonEs case, filed by her husband, is presented in which the physician with whom the company misdiagnosed a cancerous tongue condition leading to her death in 1997.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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HMOs may lose malpractice immunity
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The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals gave the permission to a widow to sue an HMO for medical practice where her husband died after his insurer approved a less aggressive cancer treatment than the one his physician recommended as the best course of treatment. This has affected the ERISA that had protected plans from liability.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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