Congratulations to our Hawaii doctors and medical providers for their recent court victory against the billion-dollar insurance industry! Insurers in Hawaii routinely refuse to pay medical bills, by making excuses such as unilaterally down-coding doctors' bills. Such insurance company profit-fattening practices are driving good doctors out of our state and even out of the practice of medicine. In Orthopedic Associates v. HIG (Haw. Sup. Ct. 12-7-05), the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that auto insurers failed to comply with statutory denial and notice requirements when they "down-coded" tens of thousands of medical bills owed to doctors for treatment arising out of motor vehicle accidents. "Up-coding" tens of thousands of these claims will get our Hawaii providers paid hundreds of thousands of dollars wrongfully withheld. Such payments may also allow the person injured in the related auto accident - whom the auto insurers had wrongfully prevented from making Hawaii's $5,000.00 medical expense tort threshold - to bring claims for their accident-related injuries.
In Honolulu, Hawaii, New Year's Day 2025 was ruined by a massive deadly fireworks explosion that happened at a home in Aliamanu. More that a dozen were injured and six people died from their burn injuries. See, Six people have died due to the Aliamanu fireworks explosion. The legal claims of the families who lost loved ones and the other injury victims will almost be limited by the available insurance coverages. Unfortunately, sometimes even the best personal injury attorneys are unable to get full compensation for accident victims of negligent conduct.
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