Mo. Blues' status at issue: state judge finds for-profit conversion a violation.(Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri)

Modern Healthcare | January 6, 1997| | Copyright

In a resounding victory for consumer advocates and state regulators, a Missouri judge has ruled that the state's largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan violated its legal status when it moved most of its business into a new for-profit subsidiary two years ago.

The ruling by county Circuit Judge Thomas Brown III permits the state insurance director to take sanctions against St. Louis-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, up to and including dissolution.

This is believed to be the first court ruling that addresses tim legality of converting a ...

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