MultiCare Files Suit Against Optum, Change Healthcare For Unpaid Claims
Becker's Hospital Review
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Contributed by: Kate Gamble
Summary
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is suing Optum and Change Healthcare, alleging that Change owes the system at least $1.2 million in outstanding claims.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 27 in Washington federal court, alleges that Change “consistently failed to provide the required coding and billing services” for MultiCare’s anesthesia operations at its Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Wash.
MultiCare said that in late 2023, it began contacting Change to discuss persistent issues with the timeliness and accuracy of its billing services. By early 2024, Change allegedly failed to timely submit or process about $1.6 million in claims. Half of those claims had passed their claim submission or payment windows and could no longer be recovered.
