CIGNA AGREES TO SETTLE CLASS ACTION BROUGHT BY PHYSICIANS.Cigna Corp. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to be more forthcoming with physicians about its business practices. In announcing the agreement, American Medical Association American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth of medical science. President Yank Yank steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339] See : Failure (jargon) yank D. Coble co·ble n. 1. Nautical A small flatbottom fishing boat with a lugsail on a raking mast. 2. Scots A kind of flatbottom rowboat. , M.D., praised Dr. Timothy Kaiser for "his courage and perseverance" in filing the lawsuit on behalf of himself and other physicians and for "seeing this case through." Coble said the AMA (Automatic Message Accounting) The recording and reporting of telephone calls within a telephone system. It includes the calling and called parties and start and stop times of the call. "hopes Cigna's acknowledgment will raise the bar for the entire health insurance industry on fair and open business practices." But he added "more improvements are needed before this development can be hailed as a turning point in relations between physicians and managed care organizations." He continued: "We believe pending class-action lawsuits against major insurance companies, such as the one pending in Florida, present additional opportunities to expand the needed remedies to protect physicians from unfair practices that jeopardize jeop·ard·ize tr.v. jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing, jeop·ard·izes To expose to loss or injury; imperil. See Synonyms at endanger. quality patient care." (For the latest on the Florida lawsuit, see Liability & Insurance Week, Nov. 25). He said AMA would help physicians understand the agreement and encouraged them to explore their options under the agreement "for receiving the compensation they were wrongfully denied." |
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