Frederick Nitta News Today

A Kailua-Kona judge on Friday ruled that contract terms and conditions the state’s largest health insurer imposes on doctors and patients are “unconscionable” and “unenforceable.”

Extensively quoting an AMA-Hawaii Medical Association brief, state’s top court rules higher Medicaid primary care rate doesn’t hinge on specialty.

Hilo attorney Ted Hong filed the civil suit Jan. 21 in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of Dr. Frederick Nitta, the Hawaii County Medical Society, and patient Charlene Orcino against Hawaii Medical Services Association and HMSA's Board of Directors. The suit seeks unspecified damages from HMSA- which was Hawaii's top-earning company in 2018 with $3.2 billion in...

Hilo attorney Ted Hong filed the civil suit Jan. 21 in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of Dr. Frederick Nitta, the Hawaii County Medical Society, and patient Charlene Orcino against Hawaii Medical Services Association and HMSA's Board of Directors. The suit seeks unspecified damages from HMSA- which was Hawaii's top-earning company in 2018 with $3.2 billion in...

New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices and sensors to lightweight aircraft and electric vehicles.