Health Net Health Plan of Oregon is specifically targeted in the lawsuit. The physicians claim the insurer discriminated against them by not covering certain services within the scope of a naturopathic physician’s license. The physicians further allege the insurer placed an annual limit on reimbursable office visits to naturopathic physicians, while not imposing a limit on office visits to other medical providers, according to the report.
The physicians claim Health Net’s discriminatory practices are a violation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requirements that mandate for non-discriminatory healthcare.
Health Net spokesman Brad Kieffer told the Portland Business Journal the company had not seen the complaint and could not comment.
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