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Healthcare/Hospital Law

May 15, 2008

State Rule Pre-empts Decision on Hot-Button Billing Practice

With no end in sight to the longtime legal standoff between HMOs and hospital physicians over billing practices, state officials have stepped in with a new rule that has health plans applauding and doctors dogging.

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      LOS ANGELES - With no end in sight to the longtime legal standoff between HMOs and hospital physicians over billing practices, state officials have stepped in with a new rule that has health plans applauding and doctors dogging.
      The proposed regulation comes months before the state Supreme Court could hear ...

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