Congressional investigators have discovered that large health insurers in every region of the country are relying on faulty databases to underpay millions of valid personal injury insurance claims.
Our personal injury attorneys in San Diego believe insurers should do what they are intended to do: take care of their clients’ bills under the policy that is signed. Underpaying doctors and hospitals only makes it harder for other people with insurance. Insurance companies need to cover the full costs for their clients if the policy says so.
If you are involved in a car accident that results in a personal injury, you will endure an immense array of pain and suffering. In addition to the emotional trauma a car accident can cause your family if you are overcharged for health-care services you may be forced into debt from high medical bills.
The Senate Commerce Committee said insurance companies nationwide have failed to provide individuals who suffered a personal injury with accurate or understandable information about charges.
The flawed databases are owned by Ingenix Inc., a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Inc. UnitedHealth recently settled with the New York attorney general’s office to resolve charges that Ingenix drew up billing rates that underpaid hospitals and doctors for out-of-network care. Patients had to make up the difference. And it is unclear how much individuals who have suffered a personal injury have overpaid over the years.
Our San Diego personal injury lawyers believe that the current system of health-care insurance agencies overcharging patients is corrupt. If you cannot trust an insurance company to uphold that values and morals they claim in your policy then who can you trust?
Getting your medical bills paid can be a hard enough experience, and insurance companies may make it harder. To help you, our personal injury lawyers have provided a handy resource page to help you get your medical bills paid if you are having trouble.
Please feel free to call us now at 1-800-655-6585 or you can click here for a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney in San Diego. We have a large bilingual staff that can assist you in either English or Spanish. No fee if no recovery.
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
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