PacifiCare

California AG: PacifiCare denied 39.6% of claims this year, Cigna 32.7%, Kaiser 28.3%, and on and on...

Fri, 09/04/2009 - 6:36am — DCblogger

State attorney general targets health insurers

The California attorney general's office opened an investigation Thursday into allegations that the state's largest health insurers were rejecting medical claims at alarming rates. ...

... The nurses union said some of the companies had denial rates between 27 percent and 40 percent during the first six months of this year, with PacifiCare rejecting 39.6 ercent of claims it received.

The CNA said Cigna rejected 32.7 percent, Health Net 30 percent, Kaiser Permanente 28.3 percent and Blue Cross 27.9 percent.

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