Aetna U.S. Healthcare has been hit with a class-action ERISA suit that says the healthcare provider violates the rights of its HMO members through secret financial incentives for doctors who put cost-cutting before their own medical judgment. The suit comes just days after Aetna persuaded a federal judge to dismiss a similar class-action RICO suit that accused it of promising HMO customers high-quality care while secretly insisting that doctors cut costs.
October 08, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Aetna U.S. Healthcare has been hit with a class-action ERISA suit that says it violates the rights of its HMO members through secret financial incentives for doctors who put cost-cutting before their own medical judgment.
Ironically, the suit comes just days after AUSH persuaded a federal judge to dismiss similar a class-action RICO suit that accused it of promising its HMO customers high-quality care while secretly insisting that doctors cut costs.
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