“Dental group sues Blue Cross”

[jody]

“Dental group sues Blue Cross”
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The Alabama Dental Association is suing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, claiming the insurance company defrauded roughly 1,600 dentists out of more than $100 million in reimbursements.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court last week, alleges Blue Cross pays dentists in an untimely manner, and often only a fraction of the agreed-upon reimbursement.

"They have a practice set up by design to systematically deny, delay and diminish payments to dentists," said Jere Beasley, a lawyer representing the association.
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The director of the Alabama Dental Association said Blue Cross has been breaking contracts with association members for more than a decade.
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“Full text of lawsuit”

Dentists are among a vanishing breed of independent professionals who operate their own businesses. It looks like they are experiencing first-hand the arrogance of huge businesses that try every trick in the book to increase profits. Consumers already know what that’s like but they lack the organization and wealth to hire one of the most successful attorneys in the U.S., Jere Beasley, to take Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama to court.