WellPoint Sanctioned

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Wed, 01/14/2009 - 14:58

Giant insurance company/ managed care organization WellPoint was just sanctioned by the US government. As reported by the Wall Street Journal ,

Federal officials temporarily banned health insurer WellPoint Inc. from marketing or selling Medicare health or drug plans after they said computer problems caused it to deny thousands of seniors coverage for vital medications and cancel their benefits .

The ban, effective late Monday, is one of the toughest penalties levied on a private Medicare...


 

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