Molina Healthcare Sued In Class Action Lawsuit For Stealing Pay From Doctors

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May 15. 2018

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[This is a follow up to the boycott I called for last year against Molina Healthcare (I Do Not Recommend Using Molina Healthcare Who Are Cutting Corners And Killing Patients In The Process and BOYCOTT: Molina Healthcare Stock Downgraded And CEO Sells 15,000 Stocks Cashing Out $1,000,000 and Remember To Switch From Molina Healthcare This Enrollment Period and Molina Healthcare Posts $612 Million In Losses, Loses Two Big Contracts And A Lawsuit Against The Government].

Molina Healthcare has been hit with more lawsuits. A class action lawsuit was filed in California against Molina Healthcare for stealing doctors' pay. The theft of doctors' pay occurred under ObamaCare, where companies like Molina agreed to pay more to physicians who provided medical care in the poorest and neediest areas of America. These doctors were to be paid higher Medicaid rates under the ObamaCare law. However, Molina took the government's money and cheated doctors out of their pay.

The main plaintiff in the case is Dr. Manuel Figueroa, who is a member of the Associated Hispanic Physicians of Southern California. The lawsuit revealed doctors in low income areas are not being properly paid by Molina. As stated previously on this site, countless medical offices in America do not accept Molina Health insurance, as they are known for not paying their bills.

Molina has been sued by many hospitals in America for non-payment of bills, despite the fact the government paid Molina the money to cover said costs. This is what happens when a health insurance company is more concerned about showing profits for the stock market than they are about patients' health.  

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MahanyLaw Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Molina Healthcare

January 3, 2017 - Hispanic Doctors, Law Firm Accuse Molina Healthcare Company of Stealing Pay from Physicians (Milwaukee) The fraud recovery lawyers at MahanyLaw filed a class action lawsuit on December 30th against Molina Healthcare of California. This is the second major class action case filed in 2016 by the firm. According to the complaint, Molina Healthcare cheated hundreds, if not thousands of doctors, of their proper pay. The case is filed on behalf of all doctors in California who may have been underpaid.

Affordable Care Act Gives Pay Boost to Doctors that Care for the Poor

A key provision of the Affordable Care Act gave a bump in pay to those physicians who served the neediest and poorest populations. The law gave a two year pay bump for these public service minded doctors. Instead of paying them at the very low Medicaid rates (called Medi-Cal in California), the law allows doctors to be paid at the higher Medicare rates. Congress did this to insure doctors would continue to serve low income patients.

Hispanic Lives Matter Impetus Behind Lawsuit

The named Plaintiff in the case is Dr. Manuel Figueroa, a member of the Associated Hispanic Physicians of Southern California. The suit was filed after the advocacy group Hispanic Lives Matter approached Brian Mahany and asked him to assist the group of California doctors who were being underpaid. The Hispanic Physicians group says that Molina Healthcare is pocketing their money. And the apparent wage theft isn’t limited to Dr. Figueroa and other doctors who are members of the Associated Hispanic Physicians group. Dr. Figueroa and his group believe that thousands of doctors who serve low income patients aren’t being properly paid.

In filing the lawsuit, firm founder Brian Mahany said, “Molina Health has pocketed millions of dollars belonging to hard working physicians. Ironically, the doctors who are serving the poorest and most vulnerable populations are the ones not getting paid. Hard working doctors that treat Latino patients shouldn’t be treated as second class citizens. Nor should their patients.

With annual revenues of over $14 billion, Molina can easily afford to pay its providers what the law requires. By not paying doctors who provide services to Medicaid and Medi-Cal patients, Molina is endangering the patients it is supposed to serve. Why would any physician want to accept a Medicaid patient if they are getting shortchanged on their pay? Some doctors have been waiting since 2013 to get paid!”

Molina Healthcare Lawsuit Filed as a Class Action

The lawsuit was filed as a class action. It is filed on behalf of all doctors in California who have been shortchanged by Molina. Molina Healthcare has thousands of employees nationwide and revenues of over $14 billion per year. The company operates in 14 other states including NY, Texas, Ohio, South Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Puerto Rico, Washington, Missouri and New Mexico.

Mahany says the firm is actively investigating Molina’s business practices in those states and urge physicians who feel they were underpaid to contact him. Nurses, billing clerks and others with knowledge of other wrongdoing at the company are also urged to call. MahanyLaw is proud to partner with Hispanic Lives Matter and pursue those that would cheat doctors and other healthcare providers. The folks most affected by the lawsuit are those public service minded doctors who choose to care for the most vulnerable of our citizens...

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