Surgery Provider: Conversion Claim Against Insurer Supports Punitive Damages

Mealey's (November 13, 2018, 12:31 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — An insurer never contests claims arising from its underpayment for medical services, and its unilateral and unlawful decision to simply reduce a bill by an amount it claimed it was owed evidences an “overt disregard” for the business and supports a punitive damages claim, a California out-of-network provider says Nov. 9 in a federal court in California (California Spine and Neurosurgery Institute v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-6829, C.D. Calif.)....