Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) has ordered the state Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration to determine whether health insurance companies in Missouri are unreasonably delaying payments to health care providers.The department said it has received thousands of complaints this year. Volume for 2009 is six times as high as it was for all of 2006, the department said.Doctors, hospitals and other providers have complained that after treating patients and submitting bills, health insurers are not paying in a timely manner, the department said.Nixon signed an exec...
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