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2006 Archive

• eHealth Action Forum - Public Comment Process.

• Governor Schwarzenegger Applauds DMHC Consumer Protection Action.

• Blue Cross of California Fined by State for Wrongly Rescinding A Patient's Health Insurance Policy.

• DMHC Requires Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to Pay $5 Million for Failures at San Francisco Kidney Transplant Center.

• Proposed DMHC regulations on unfair billing patterns, independent dispute resolution process and claims settlement criteria.
• Unfair billing patterns and independent dispute resolution process.
• Claims settlement practices – criteria for determining reasonable and customary payments.

• Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Directive to Protect Patients from Disputed Out-of-Pocket Emergency Medical Costs.

• DMHC issues Precedent Decision in Care Entrée discount health plan matter.

• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Heritage Provider Network (Desert Medical Group & Oasis IPA Medical Group) Contract Termination. Information for enrollees.

• Have you been cancelled by your health insurance company? HMO members can appeal this decision to the DMHC by sending in a cancellation complaint form.

• DMHC proposes regulations for health plans to provide interpreters in doctor's offices and clinics.
• Press Release
• Questions & Answers

• Director Cindy Ehnes Outlines Governor's 2006-07 Budget Highlights and DMHC Priorities.
• 2006-07 Budget Talking Points and DMHC Priorities.

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