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Unnatural Deselection: Fired health plan doctors are seeking due process- California Lawyer

Henry Fenton was quoted in Loren Stein’s California Lawyer article “Unnatural Deselection: Fired health plan doctors are seeking due process,” which discussed physicians’ efforts to fight back against unwarranted terminations. The article cited Henry’s landmark Potvin v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. case., in which the Second District Court of Appeal ruled that managed health care plans could not drop doctors from provider panels without affording them due process.

“[Potvin] was totally dedicated to his patients and supremely honest and straightforward,” Henry said. “A lot of doctors would’ve just given up with the expense and difficulty of the case. He wouldn’t.”

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