Prudential HealthCare has drawn a $200,000 fine for slow payment of claims from Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. The state’s prompt-payment rule requires health insurers to pay a clean claim to a doctor or hospital within 15 working days of receipt, or notify them why the claim has not been paid. Also, the Medical Association of Georgia is suing Prudential, along with three other insurers, for routinely delaying payments of claims.
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