Article: PACIFICARE SUES STATE OVER PROMPT PAY ACT.(Business)

Article: Prompt Pay, Act II: Uncle Sam, Deadbeat; ...
The Washington Post;  April 24, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... government.' I say, `You are the government!' " The Prompt Pay Act, passed in 1982, required the government to pay all ... Office. As a result, a packet of amendments known as Prompt Pay II, with 75 senatorial cosponsors and unexpected presidential ...

Article: Taking issue with Congress. (proposed Postal Prompt ...
Business Credit;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... issues important to NACM members. One of the issues of utmost concern to NACM is the proposed H.R. 1963 - the Postal Prompt Pay Act. This legislation would allow the postmark on the envelope to be proof of timely payment for all bills. The legislation ...

Article: Panel misses intent of prompt pay act. ...
Business Credit;  September 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...On behalf of the Coalition for Prompt Pay, of which NACM was one of the earliest members, I recently ... are dispersed throughout Title 10 of the U.S. Code. The Prompt Pay Coalition generally supports this recommendation. We believe ...

Article: HIPAA could impact state 'prompt pay' laws: 'clean ...
OB GYN News;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON -- State "prompt pay" laws could be affected by the ... American Health Lawyers Association Prompt pay laws require insurers to promptly ... only state that has not enacted any prompt pay laws, said Keith Halleland, a Minneapolis ...

Article: Prompt-pay laws are finally getting teeth
Medical Economics;  January 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Georgia passed one of the toughest prompt-pay laws in the nation. The legislation ... aren't the only ones to discover that prompt-pay laws are no guarantee that the check ... groups and others to add muscle to their prompt-pay laws. Measures range from fines and ...

Article: Getting stiffed no longer needs to be a cost of doing business: ...
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Despite the enactment of new prompt pay legislation in 2003, many health care ... In this regard, Texas's current prompt pay statute is arguably one of the most provider ... and protections offered. Current Texas prompt pay provisions come from two legislative ...

Article: Time for Policymakers to Choose: 'Prompt Pay' ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of either supporting costly Medicare "prompt pay" requirements for pharmacies or postponing ... pharmacists, PBMs, and insurers. 'Prompt pay' has no such support and would undermine ... uploads/2008/06/pcma-doctors-prompt-pay-print-ad-june-2008-c2.pdf ...