The Texas Department of Insurance reported the restitution payments and fines announced by the Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor in agreement with 17 insurance carriers and health maintenance organizations operating in Texas are primarily the result of numerous justified complaints from healthcare providers about thousands of clean claims that were paid after the statutory 45-day period.
In a statement, Montemayor said the penalized company has been given enough time to correct their delinquent payments. The restitution payment will be effected along with $9.25 million in fines for failing to act on clean claims.
TMA President Dr. Tom B. Hancher called the action "a good first step" but said TMA believes that the fines and restitution represent only the tip of the iceberg about the money still owed to Texas physicians.
Mr Montemayor said that those insurance carriers failed to pay doctors and other providers on time, even after passage of legislation, the revision of this agency's regulations and strong warnings by the department.
Dick Weekley, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, a statewide organization dedicated to bringing fairness and balance back to Texas’ civil justice system praised the action, giving credit to Gov. Rick Perry (R), who has been under fire from individual doctors and the Texas Medical Association for vetoing legislation passed by the 77th Legislature that would have strengthened prompt- payment requirements.
Ahh, it's your first ever post and you blessed the Other with it.
You utterly fcuking stupid spunkbubble. You'll soon learn otherwise....
------------------------------'Out of the abyss I come the avenger
shapeless and faceless - Yet I have a name,
I shall tighten my grip on your now flawed creation,
endeavour to show you the meaning of pain.'
Reply to RobD
Sets up lawn chair and cooler filled with beer and ice and proceeds to watch the noob sporting event.
For ƒuck sakes...who cares about insurance companies...they're all a ƒucking nuisance to deal with. 45 days is nothing to wait for a payment. 90 days is usually the norm. And when it comes to doctors they're not any better for filling out patient insurance forms. It takes my doctor three weeks to fill out a two page insurance form that probably takes him all of five minutes to do...which he could do after examining me.
------------------------------Doctor Hooter
Boobs Boobs Boobs...who loves boobs?...I do I do
Reply to zpyrd
"I see, a bad moon rising..."
"I see, trouble for Brooks17..."
Blah blah blah
"Don't go out tonight, Wingy's bound to take your life..."
"There's a bad stink rising..."
------------------------------No more promise no more sorrow,
No longer will I follow.
Can anybody hear me?
I just want to be me.
Reply to JustPlainJef
Once, at my wedding, when my brother and a few of my friends sang YMCA.
I knew they were joking and I didn't like it.
I just meant I don't like your singing...
------------------------------No more promise no more sorrow,
No longer will I follow.
Can anybody hear me?
I just want to be me.
Reply to JustPlainJef
------------------------------No more promise no more sorrow,
No longer will I follow.
Can anybody hear me?
I just want to be me.
Reply to JustPlainJef
Man, its been a while spam. Spammity spam spam.
Most unlike ham.
A tasty treat
that's hard to beat.
Goes down with ease,
due to the grease. . .
and when it exits the anal duct,
Viola! Potted meat product
Message edited by dwellman on 06-06-2008 at 12:28:57 AM
FcukoffPoliceCar - direct translation don't do it justice though.
It's a rock band from South Africa with the F substituted with a V. Their debut hit was a rough gag at our police which kinda became an anthem for those enthralled with anarchy.
Message edited by Vokofpolisiekar on 06-06-2008 at 08:50:45 AM
You should see student nights in one of our cities when that song cranks over the speakers - it's just tits, beer, tequila, jaegerbombs everywhere. I'm normally in the middle just where the boobs brush against you the most, sometimes hitting me in the face. I love disorder at such times the most
The Texas Department of Insurance reported the restitution payments and fines announced by the Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor....blah-the-f*ck-blah
You're some c*nt to post this random sh*t down here with no -- I repeat NO -- respect for the stickies.
Let me tell you a story:
"I once new this c*nt who like'd to talk about..."
F*ckin' boring, huh?
Of course it is, and it only took half-a-sentence to work that sh*t out, huh bro?
------------------------------CRACK A AND SEIZE THE DAY! Diggin' it: HardHouse E2D wrote: Enjoy yourself.
You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months. If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.