HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM BALANCE BILLING LAWYER

We are currently interviewing patients who visited a hospital emergency room and were billed for their visit even though their insurance company or HMO paid its portion.  This practice, known as balance billing, is not lawful in certain states, including California.

If you have health insurance and visited a hospital emergency room in the past twelve months you may be entitled to compensation.  There are no attorney’s fees unless you recover money.  

If there is no recovery, you will not be responsible for any court costs or litigation expenses. If there is a recovery, court costs and litigation expenses are paid from your share.

Please complete our short CONFIDENTIAL contact form on the right side of this page or call us immediately at TOLL FREE 1.800.467.4000 to find out if you are eligible to receive  compensation. We will explain your legal rights and options - and the call is free.

Recently, California's Supreme Court ruled that emergency room patients can no longer be billed by doctors and hospitals for care that isn't fully paid by their health plans.

The California court struck down a practice known as "balance billing," in which doctors and hospitals seek to collect from patients any amounts that their insurance plans or HMO's refuse to pay. Instead, the providers must either absorb the costs themselves, or get the insurance companies to pay.

Balance billing is controversial because patients are sometimes hit with emergency room bills because they go to the nearest hospital or other medical facility regardless of whether it accepts their insurance. Health-are providers argue that they need some way to guarantee that they can be paid for their services.

Besides California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Alabama also have banned balance billing.  Allow our staff to review your ER bills at no charge.

Again, if you have health insurance and visited a hospital emergency room in the past twelve months you may be entitled to compensation. 

Please complete our short CONFIDENTIAL contact form on the right side of this page or call us immediately at TOLL FREE 1.800.467.4000 to find out if you are eligible to receive  compensation. We will explain your legal rights and options - and the call is free.

There are 109  health plans doing business in California that are regulated by the Department of Managed Health Care. This list provides the plan's licensed name, the business name if different than the licensed name, and the health plan type.
Access Dental Plan     N\A    Dental
ACN Group of California, Inc.     OptumHealth Physical Health of California    Chiropractic
Aetna Dental of California Inc.     N\A    Dental
Aetna Health of California, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
AIDS Healthcare Foundation     Positive Healthcare    Full Service
Alameda Alliance For Health     N\A    Full Service
American Healthguard Corporation     Centaguard Dental Plan    Dental
American Specialty Health Plans, Inc.     ASHP    Chiropractic
Arcadian Health Plan, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Arta Medicare Health Plan, Inc.     Arta    Full Service
Association Health Care Management, Inc.     Family Care    Discount Plan
Avante Behavioral Health Plan     N\A    Psychological
BASIC CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH PLAN     N\A    Chiropractic
Blue Cross of California     Anthem Blue Cross    Full Service
Bravo Health Insurance Company, Inc.     N\A    Pharmacy
California Benefits Dental Plan     N\A    Dental
California Dental Network, Inc.     N\A    Dental
California Physicians' Service     Blue Shield of California    Full Service
Care 1st Health Plan     Care 1st Dental Plan    Full Service
CareMore Health Plan     N\A    Full Service
Central Health Plan of California, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Chinese Community Health Plan     N\A    Full Service
Choice Physicians Network, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Cigna Behavioral Health of California, Inc.     N\A    Psychological
Cigna Dental Health of California, Inc.     N\A    Dental
Cigna HealthCare of California, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Coastal Dental, Inc.     N\A    Discount Plan
Community Dental Services     Smilecare    Dental
Community Health Group     N\A    Full Service
CONCERN: Employee Assistance Program     N\A    Psychological
ConsumerHealth, Inc.     Bright Now! Dental, Newport Dental Plan    Dental
Contra Costa County Medical Services     Contra Costa Health Plan    Full Service
County of Los Angeles-Dept of Health Srvcs.     Community Health Plan    Full Service
County of Ventura     Ventura County Health Care Plan    Full Service
Dedicated Dental Systems, Inc.     N\A    Dental
Delta Dental of California     N\A    Dental/Vision
Dental Benefit Providers of California, Inc.     Dental Choice of CA Inc., Optum Health Dental    Dental
Dental Health Services     N\A    Dental
EASY CHOICE HEALTH PLAN, Inc.     EZ CHOICE HEALTH PLAN, Inc.    Full Service
Envision Insurance Company     N\A    Pharmacy
EYEXAM of California, Inc.     N\A    Vision
First Dental Health (New Dental Choice)     N\A    Discount Plan
FirstSight Vision Services, Inc.     N\A    Vision
For Eyes Vision Plan, Inc.     N\A    Vision
Fox Insurance Company     N\A    Pharmacy
GEMCare Health Plan, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Golden State Medicare Health Plan     Golden State Medicare Health Plan    Full Service
Golden West Health Plan, Inc.     Golden West Dental & Vision Plan    Dental/Vision
Great-West Healthcare of California, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Health and Human Resource Center     Horizon Health EAP - Behavioral Services    Psychological
Health Net of California, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Heritage Provider Network, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Holman Professional Counseling Centers     N\A    Psychological
Honored Citizens Choice Health Plan, Inc.     Citizens Choice Healthplan    Full Service
Human Affairs International of California     HAI, HAI-CA    Psychological
Humana Health Plan of California, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Inland Empire Health Plan     IEHP    Full Service
Inter Valley Health Plan     N\A    Full Service
Jaimini Health Inc.     Primecare Dental    Dental
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.     Kaiser Foundation/Permanente Med. Care Prog    Full Service
Kern Health Systems     N\A    Full Service
Landmark Healthplan of California, Inc.     N\A    Chiropractic
Liberty Dental Plan of California, Inc.     Personal Dental Services    Dental
Local Initiative Health Authority For L.A. County     L.A. Care Health Plan, L.A.Care Plan de Salud    Full Service
Magellan Health Services of California-EmployerSvc     N\A    Psychological
Managed Dental Care     N\A    Dental
Managed Health Network     N\A    Psychological
March Vision Care, Inc.     N\A    Vision
Max Vision Care, Inc., A Prof. Optometric Corp     N\A    Vision
MD Care, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Medcore HP     Medcore    Full Service
Medical Eye Services, Inc.     N\A    Vision
Molina Healthcare of California     American Family Care, Molina Medical Center    Full Service
Monarch Health Plan     N\A    Full Service
NEAS Western Division, Inc.     NEAS F: Robert T. Dorris & Associates    Psychological
On Lok Senior Health Services     N\A    Full Service
Orange County Health Authority     Caloptima F: Orange Prevention and Treatment    Full Service
PacifiCare Behavioral Health of California Inc.     N\A    Psychological
PacifiCare of California     Secure Horizons, Health Plan of America (HPA)    Full Service
Partnership HealthPlan of California     N\A    Full Service
Premier Health Plan Services, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
PRIMECARE Medical Network, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
SafeGuard Health Plans, Inc.     T: MetLife    Dental/Vision
San Francisco Community Health Authority     N\A    Full Service
San Joaquin County Health Commission     The Health Plan of San Joaquin    Full Service
San Mateo Health Commission     Health Plan of San Mateo    Full Service
San Miguel Health Plan     N\A    Full Service
Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Auth     CenCal Health    Full Service
Santa Clara County     Valley Health Plan; Santa Clara Valley Med Ct    Full Service
Santa Clara County Health Authority     Santa Clara Family Health Plan    Full Service
Santa Cruz-Monterey-Merced Managed Med. Care Comm.     Central California Alliance for Health    Full Service
Scan Health Plan     N\A    Full Service
Scripps Health Plan Services, Inc.     N\A    Full Service
Sharp Health Plan     N\A    Full Service
SilverScript Insurance Company     N\A    Pharmacy
Sistemas Medicos Nacionales, S.A.de C.V.     Simnsa Health Care    Full Service
U. S. Behavioral Health Plan, California     N\A    Psychological
UDC Dental California, Inc.     United Dental Care of California, Inc.    Dental
United Concordia Dental Plans of CA, Inc.     N\A    Dental
Universal Care     HMO California    Full Service
ValueOptions of California, Inc.     N\A    Psychological
Vision First Eye Care, Inc.     N\A    Vision
Vision Plan of America     N\A    Vision
Vision Service Plan     N\A    Vision
VisionCare of California     Sterling Visioncare    Vision
WATTSHealth Foundation, Inc.     UHP Healthcare    Full Service
WellCare Prescription Insurance, Inc.     WellCare Health Plans, Inc.    Pharmacy
Western Dental Services, Inc.     Western Dental Plan, Beauchamp FamilyDental    Dental
Western Health Advantage     N\A    Full ServicecCedars sinai medical center billing.