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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Federal Court Certifies Class Action Against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana for Improperly Denying Large Dollar Claims

The Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana recently certified a class action against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana for its standard operating procedure of reviewing and denying claims in...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

UnitedHealthcare Must Face State Law Claims in Class Action Suit for AI Driven Coverage Denials of Medicare Advantage Claims

Daytime television inundates American seniors with advertisements for UnitedHealthcare’s (“UHC”) Medicare Advantage Plans. On its website, UHC claims its Medicare Advantage Plans “stand out from the rest,” providing...more

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California Claps Back on Insurer Use of AI to Deny Needed Medical Care Decisions

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California is leading the way in ensuring that determinations of medically necessary health care services are made by licensed physicians and not artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms....more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Holy Smokes: Is Your Tobacco Surcharge Program Compliant?

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A “tobacco surcharge” is part of many employers’ wellness programs, where the employer charges tobacco users higher health insurance premiums than non-tobacco users. A typical tobacco surcharge program will ask an employee if...more

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Reliance on Third-Party “Pricing” Facilitators Under Increasing Antitrust Scrutiny

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In the past year, healthcare systems and providers across the country have filed a series of antitrust lawsuits against MultiPlan Inc. and major US health insurers, alleging a hub-and-spoke conspiracy to fix and reduce...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

AI Litigation Insights - Jeremy Jong, individually and on behalf of similarly situated individuals v. Blue Shield of California

Plaintiff Jeremy Jong filed a putative class-action complaint against Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield), one of the largest medical insurance companies in the United States....more

Hall Benefits Law

Lawsuit Claims UnitedHealthcare Uses AI to Deny Majority of Medicare Advantage Extended-Care Facility Claims

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As the healthcare industry has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in its claims determination process, litigation has ensued. In a recent class action lawsuit, plaintiffs claim that UnitedHealthcare used its...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

CNA Long-Term Care Class Action — Could It Have Long-Term Consequences?

A long-term care insurance class action filed in May 2018 highlights the importance of clearly defined policy language. At dispute in the lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more

Hogan Lovells

Aetna $17.2 Million Breach Settlement Brings Lessons for Handling Health Data

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Aetna will pay almost $17.2 million to settle a federal class action lawsuit stemming from a 2017 mailing that disclosed the HIV status of health plan members. ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Aetna and its Vendor Face Class Action Lawsuit over HIV Disclosure

A Pennsylvania man has filed a class action lawsuit against Aetna Inc., accusing it of violating his privacy rights when the insurer mailed him prescription information in an envelope with a large, clear window that disclosed...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Medicare Secondary Payer Act Class Actions

There have been a substantial number of putative class actions filed recently against insurers involving the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA). These cases are typically filed by assignees of Medicare advantage...more

BakerHostetler

Sixth Circuit Vacates Class Settlement, Finding that Sealed Documents Prevented Objectors from Assessing Settlement’s Fairness

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This summer, the Sixth Circuit rejected class action litigants’ filing of the bulk of their class settlement documents under seal. Shane Grp., Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mich., 825 F.3d 299 (6th Cir. 2016). The Sixth...more

Butler Snow LLP

Sixth Circuit Denies Seal of Approval for Unjustified Filings Under Seal

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Litigants and third parties subpoenaed to produce information in litigation who believe that information that they deem confidential will not ever become part of the public record so long as a discovery protective order is in...more

Carlton Fields

Another One Bites the Dust: Maryland Federal District Court Dismisses Putative Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Standing

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The United States District Court of Maryland recently dismissed a putative class action alleging that CareFirst’s failure to adequately secure the computer hardware storing their customers’ personal information led to two...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Class Certification Improper in Data Breach Case, PA Appellate Court Finds

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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed a trial court's decision denying class certification in a data breach case against two health plans, reversing its own earlier ruling in the same case that the plaintiff did not...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Investors Should Be Aware of an Interesting Blue Cross Antitrust Case

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It was recently reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS), along with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, was sued across all states in a class action brought by two types of plaintiffs. One plaintiff class reflects...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Multiple class action lawsuits filed against Premera Blue Cross for data breach

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Days following Premera Blue Cross’s public announcement that it had experienced a data breach affecting approximately 11 million, it has been sued five times (as of the time of this writing) in proposed class action lawsuits...more

Cozen O'Connor

Another Health Plan Hit By Massive CyberAttack and Class Actions Follow

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Coming fresh off the heels of the Anthem data breach Premera Blue Cross announced on March 17th that it was the victim of a “sophisticated” cyberattack that may have exposed the personal information of approximately 11...more

King & Spalding

Anthem Breach Triggers Lawsuits, Investigations And Heightened Concerns About Healthcare Security Infrastructure

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Anthem, formerly known as WellPoint, announced on Wednesday that its database had been hacked, exposing the personal information of as many as 80 million individuals. According to Anthem, the information accessed included...more

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