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The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said registered nurses and other health care professionals plan to strike at more than two dozen Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California and Hawaii on Jan. 26.
In Washington, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington was fined $300,000 for failing to provide sufficient documentation on provider standards and network adequacy, while in Georgia, regulators issued nearly $25 million in fines across 22 insurers following audits that uncovered systemic compliance gaps.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Alabama’s Middle District Bankruptcy Court, alleges that Blue Cross has consistently paid Jackson Hospital lower reimbursement rates than other comparable hospitals in the state.