State fines One Health Plan for late reimbursements

ATLANTA - A health insurance company has been fined for failing to make timely reimbursements. <br> <br> Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said Tuesday One Health Plan of Georgia Incorporated was fined $200,000 for violating Georgia&#39;s prompt pay law. <br> <br> The law requires health insurers to pay doctors and consumers within 15 working days or notify them why the claim can&#39;t be paid. <br> <br> Oxendine said the state does not require 100 percent, but does want companies to try to comply so doctors and nurses aren&#39;t wondering if they&#39;re going to be paid. <br> <br> Oxendine said a dozen health insurers were fined a total of $1 million in 2000 and 2001 for violating Georgia&#39;s prompt pay law - including a $95,000 fine for One Health. <br> <br> A One Health spokeswoman said Georgia is one of the few - if not the only - states that has a 15-day requirement, saying most allow 30- or 45-day periods.

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