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Article: Blue Cross, Acadian Ambulance spar
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- The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
- Article date:
- February 18, 1997
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has filed suit against the darling of the nation's ambulance business, alleging Lafayette-based Acadian Ambulance & Air Med Services filed faulty claims or improperly billed Blue Cross over the past six years. The bulk of Blue Cross' contention involves Medicare claims, for which Blue Cross is a supplemental provider.
In its suit against Acadian, filed on Dec. 27 in state and federal court in Baton Rouge, Blue Cross is Seeking $2.67 million, plus interest, attorneys' fees and other costs.
Blue Cross has had little to say about the litigation, except for a statement issued by John Maginnis, its vice president of communications and marketing ...