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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Feb. 20, 2002

Health Plans Have No Duty to Pay Physicians Once Risk Is Shifted

Health Care Law Column - By Clare Richardson and Carrie E. Fogliani - Increasingly, physicians are discovering that the laws governing managed-care relationships, originally designed to protect consumers and physicians (see e.g., Health & Safety Code Section 1371), instead may be interpreted to protect health care plans.

        
        Health Care Law
        
        By Clare Richardson and Carrie E. Fogliani
        
        Increasingly, physicians are discovering that the laws governing managed-care relationsh...

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