Health Care & Hospital Law
Jul. 1, 2009
State Sued Over Handling of Autism Complaints
California regulators are being challenged in court for siding with insurance companies, rather than patients, on the controversial issue of who must pay for some costly autism therapies.
By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - California regulators are being challenged in court for siding with insurance companies, rather than patients, over costly autism therapies. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, consumer advocates complain that the Department of Managed Health Care broke state law by precluding expert doctors from deciding whether an insurer must provide treatments for autism. The challenge is the latest in a ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - California regulators are being challenged in court for siding with insurance companies, rather than patients, over costly autism therapies. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, consumer advocates complain that the Department of Managed Health Care broke state law by precluding expert doctors from deciding whether an insurer must provide treatments for autism. The challenge is the latest in a ...
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