Envision Healthcare was awarded more than $91 million by an independent arbitration panel on March 30, in its arbitration against UnitedHealthcare for underpayment of essential medical care, the company revealed this week. In addition to the award, the panel will separately assess prejudgment interest and decide Envision's entitlement to attorney's fees, costs, and expenses as
Physician firm Envision Healthcare has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare over the insurer's denied claims, sparking a countersuit from UHC, which claimed Envision fraudulently upcoded claims for services provided to UHC members. UHC removed Envision from its network last year, claiming the firm's costs did not reflect fair market rates. According to Envision's lawsuit,
The Seventh Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s ruling that an amended complaint in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act (FCA) alleging fraudulent anesthesiology.