Insurer Accused Of Nonpayment Defends Claims That Bills Were Fraudulent

Mealey's (March 14, 2018, 2:02 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A Beverly Hills bariatric surgery center claiming that an insurer improperly withheld payment actually conspired with its medical director in an “unsavory” scheme to falsely obtain authorization for the medical services it provided, the insurer told a federal judge on March 12 in defending California unfair competition law (UCL) claims from a motion for summary judgment (Soma Surgery Center Inc. v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-5802, C.D. Calif.)....