California Court Says Patients Can Sue Medicare HMOs
JULY 16, 2001 VOLUME 9, NUMBER 3 George and Barbara McCall, California residents, sued their HMO and their primary care physician. They claimed that the HMO (PacifiCare of California) refused to refer Mr. McCall to a specialist when he needed a lung transplant, and that he was ultimately forced to disenroll from PacifiCare and seek […]
State Court Declines To Act On Medicare HMO Denial Of Care
DECEMBER 27, 1999 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 26 Gilbert Levy, like many Medicare beneficiaries, was attracted by the promise of HMO coverage for his Medicare benefits. The California man shopped carefully, and only signed up with PacifiCare Health Systems after he was sure that he would be able to choose his own primary care physician, and […]