Antitrust Lawsuit Acupuncturists/Chiropractors/Doctors vs American Specialty Health Price Fixing

Strongly against this proposal, I will reject to be provider if it pass. It is seriously ignore acupuncture’s professional value and will be harmful for US acupuncture services

ASH ruines patient and health care providers relationships.

Should be a non profit company

STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PETITION!

Ash doesn’t care patients’ health. They just care how much money they can earn.

I disagree!！

Please stop ASH. It’s not fair and discriminating. Thank you.

ASH shouldn’t taken over blue shields claim. This is boycotting.

We did great job! Using acupuncture to reduce pain, inflammation! We save patients’ life belonged your knowledge, then you divided don’t pay for the service or lower pay for the service. It is fare? We must learn conventional and Chinese medicine do you think it is easy to get the level?

I don’t agree American Specialty Health (ASH) engaged in the process of price fixing by denying fare-and-reasonable compensation for medically necessary services and for discounting fees to prices that are far below what is usual-and-customary in the fair marketplace.

ASH treats acupuncturist very poorly by paying way too low to them. Not fair!

We are not only fighting for the $$$ but also more important of our RIGHT, PROFESSIONALISM, and RESPECT. Plus, thousand of practitioners come to join the medical industry in the future ………… Please connect to this web page and file complaints against ASH's monopoly as well -- California Dept. of Managed Health Care (DMHC) Provider Complaint Against Plan http://www.dmhc.ca.gov/FileaComplaint/ProviderComplaintAgainstaPlan.aspx#.VHDpmCN0zIU

ASH’s practice harms patients and acupuncture profession.

ASH only pay for acupuncture $40.00/session, in WI state. it is way too low

ASH has been price gauging healthcare practices that are considered “complementary” or “alternative”. For myself and many of my peers, we refuse to be considered lowly while many of our patients are coming to us as a primary care practitioner. We are the ones that regard the patients’ red flags and give guidance when they can’t get an appointment with their PCPs within weeks of their needing an appointment. We are the ones that spend more than 10 minutes with a patient to fully comprehend their health issues. We should be compensated accordingly.

The rate Blue Shield pays to acupuncturists is too low. ASH pays much lower to acupuncturist than market price. It’s very unfair for acupuncturist.

I feel my practice has been harmed by ASH.

It’s totally wrong and it is impossible to take insurance and make a living with these prices. The billing is complicated and the approval process takes a lot of time and the pay has gone in 20 years from $33-$44 via ASH and that is completely wrong. It doesn’t pay for education, it doesn’t pay for overhead. It’s horrible. I will quit taking insurance if this is the way it goes. I cannot afford to live on what they pay.

ASH has no right to cut our insurance payment!

Against ASH fixing fee