News & Analysis as of

Physicians Insurance Litigation

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Providers Keep Singing the Blues About Unfair Reimbursement Rates But Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Change Its Tune

After more than a decade of litigation and more than $5 billion in settlements, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (“BCBSA”) and its affiliate insurance companies (the “BCBS Entities”) appear to be up to their old tricks....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Federal Court Permits MultiPlan Antitrust MDL to Proceed: Court Upholds Federal and State Antitrust and Consumer Protection...

On June 3, 2025, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a sweeping ruling in In re MultiPlan Health Insurance Provider Litigation, largely denying motions to dismiss...more

ArentFox Schiff

Dispute Not Resolved: BCBSGA Sues Providers for Alleged Misuse of NSA Arbitration Process

ArentFox Schiff on

On May 27, Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. (BCBSGA) filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Georgia US District Court, alleging that a group of health care providers, along with their third-party...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What is the Status of Discovery of an Expert Witness Relationship?

In Wirley v. Central Florida Young Men’s Christian Association, 228 So.3rd 18 (Florida, 2017), the Supreme Court ruled disclosure of a financial relationship between a party, a plaintiff’s attorney and an expert, is no longer...more

Cozen O'Connor

Recent Bad Faith Cases Regarding Reasonableness of Medical Treatment

Cozen O'Connor on

In two recent cases, the courts showed substantial deference to patients’ treating physicians in determining the reasonableness of medical treatment. This deference appears to reflect a reluctance of courts to decide what...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Michael P. V. BCBS Of Texas

K&L Gates LLP on

In this week’s episode, Gary Qualls discusses a recent case decided in the Western District of Louisiana, which highlights how the application of the arbitrary and capricious standard as applied to payor coverage...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Webinar] Navigating New Risks and Litigation Challenges Facing Payors in the COVID-19 Context and Beyond - May 13th, 12:00 pm -...

What will the post-pandemic world look like? What risks and challenges will it raise and how to navigate the new litigation landscape? These are the most relevant questions amid the pandemic. To respond to them and provide...more

Carlton Fields

Through the Looking Glass: Damages “Warts” Wreck Injunction Class

Carlton Fields on

Mirror, mirror on the class, are damages what you really asked? The Eleventh Circuit reversed an interlocutory order certifying an injunction class, rejecting the plaintiffs’ ploy “to lop off all the damages-based warts...more

Robinson+Cole Massachusetts Appellate Blog

Appeals Court: No Bad Faith For An Insurer’s Legitimate Exercise Of A Contractual Right Or Its Settlement Within The Policy Limit...

In a Rule 1:28 decision applying New Hampshire law, the Appeals Court affirmed the entry of summary judgment dismissing a doctor’s suit accusing her professional liability insurer of improper settlement of a claim without her...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Insurer Liable Though Physician Skips Med Mal Trial

Lancet Indemnity’s $1 M med mal policy had a standard clause requiring the insured, Dr. Ishtiaq Malik, to cooperate and assist Lancet and appointed counsel in investigating and defending claims. But when the family of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Third Cir. Holds Hospitals May Sue Health Insurers Directly

Before September 11 the Third Circuit Court of Appeals had been out of step with its sister federal circuits when it came to the right of hospitals, physicians and other health providers to sue health insurers that failed to...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Court of Appeals of Michigan: Trial Court’s Incorrect Instruction on the Definition of Bad Faith Did Not Require Reversal

Tibble v. Am. Physicians Capital, Inc., No. 306944, 2014 WL 5462573 (Mich. Ct. App. Oct. 28, 2014). The Michigan Court of Appeals holds that although the trial court erred when it defined “bad faith” for the jury, the...more

12 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide