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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > September, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 9
Legal Update
Surviving an Insurer's Termination
Keith Shiner, JD; and Lorin Patterson, Esq.

It's a situation that's becoming more and more common: Surgeons who belong to managed care preferred provider panels, but who operate their ASC largely on an out-of-network basis, face payors who react to that combination by booting the physician-investors from their PPO panels. Here's what to do if an insurer terminates you.

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