#Insurer Agrees to Pay Millions for Failing to Fix Errors That Made It Harder for Customers to Get #MentalHealth Care
#EmblemHealth this week agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with the #NewYork attorney general’s office because of the large number of inaccuracies in its listings of in-network mental #health providers, a problem that has persisted for years.
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https://www.propublica.org/article/emblem-health-ghost-network-settlement-mental-health

EmblemHealth will compensate customers who paid out of pocket for mental health care because they couldn’t secure an appointment with a provider listed as being in-network. It also pledged to take additional steps to fix its provider directory.
Today in #Employer Coverage: #Insurer Medical Loss Ratios are high.
https://open.substack.com/pub/employercoverage/p/insurer-medical-loss-ratios-are-high? #MLR @StatNews r=ovpa4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
#Federal #Judge OKs landmark #classaction #settlement in #LGBTQ #IVF #lawsuit
#PreliminaryApproval was given to a #settlement between #Aetna and #samesexcouples in #NewYork who alleged the #health #insurer #denied them #equal #fertility #coverage.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewYork #Health #Healthcare #IVF #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia