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Company: Excellus Health Plans, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: April 17, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: insurance violation
Violation Description: Excellus Health Plans, Inc. was fined $1 million by the Department of Financial Services for violations of New York insurance law after an investigation found that the insurer wrongly denied contraceptive coverage due to internal system and process errors, failed to promptly pay or deny claims, and failed to acknowledge or resolve consumer grievances within time frames required by law.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Department of Financial Services
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: health insurance
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