AUSTIN -- Continuing a crackdown on delinquent insurance carriers, the state Thursday fined Aetna $1.15 million for failing to promptly pay doctors and hospitals for services.

This first known decision interpreting the statute clarifies the consequences of an Owner’s failure to properly reject applications for payment. Generally, the Prompt Pay Act applies to private ...

The Massachusetts Legislature passed the state’s Prompt Pay Act 14 years ago to improve the downstream flow of money on most large-scale private construction projects. While the act established ...

The Prompt Payment Act imposes mandatory requirements concerning when contractors are paid and also sets forth time periods for review of payment applications.

Knox County Hospital District in Knox City, Texas, wants the state to tighten prompt payment rules against insurers, according to Insurance Business.

Today’s Law Review is geared to builders. The California Civil Code requires owners to pay general contractors and general contractors to pay subcontractors promptly or face severe consequences ...

U.S. Reps. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) have introduced the Fair Pay to Medicaid Providers Act, which would require Medicaid to reimburse all providers — including ...

ASC cash-pay price structure varies widely The healthcare industry is buzzing about a July 6 article in the Wall Street Journal reporting some hospitals charge the highest rates possible for uninsured ...

Delta Dental of Massachusetts, which has about 2.2 million members, says the move is necessary to attract budget-conscious businesses and consumers amid a slowdown in its growth.

A bankrupt company that analyzed data for firms in prompt pay litigation alleged that before bankruptcy, the Austin lawyer and firm that represented it in a sale whisked its assets away for "zero ...