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FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION AFFECTING MANAGED CARE LIABILITY
Thomas J. Bond, Esq. The Texas legislature recently enacted the nation's first statutory cause of action to hold health insurers and managed care entities liable for health care treatment decisions.
UNAUTHORIZED INSURER OR APPROVED NONADMITTED INSURER
Alan J. Schmitz, Esq. New technology presents insurers with the opportunity to market products and to provide information to thousands of consumers at once creating national markets where once only regional business was underwritten.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX AND ITS IMPACT ON ALIEN NONADMITTED INSURERS
Two recent developments regarding the United States federal excise tax on premiums ("FET") paid to foreign (that is, alien) insurers may have an enormous impact on the amount of revenues collected each year by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") under 4371 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code").
WASHINGTON, D.C. ADOPTS HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION
Robert 'Skip' H. Myers, Jr., Esq. The District of Columbia has traditionally exercised less regulatory oversight of healthcare than its sister states.(1) However, the regulatory authority of the D.C. Insurance Administration is being enhanced as a result of legislation passed by the D.C. City Council.
COORDINATION OF BENEFITS BY HMO AS SECONDARY PAYOR
William J. Toman, Esq. It is often difficult to determine the obligations of a health maintenance organization as a secondary payor under coordination of benefits ("COB").
THE ARIZONA LIFE AND DISABILITY REINSURER
J. Michael Low, Esq. There is a unique type of insurer that is permitted to hold a Certificate of Authority in the State of Arizona. This type of entity is known as a domestic life and disability reinsurer.
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