On the eve of a months-long jury trial, California and Sutter Health reached a settlement in principle Wednesday to resolve antitrust claims against Northern California’s largest health care provider.
Read moreThe Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Co. sued North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Co. in federal court, claiming it has no duty to indemnify or defend the wholesaler, which is facing 69 opioid lawsuits in Ohio, 56 of which were brought by counties in North Carolina.
Read moreSix dentists’ offices filed separate federal antitrust complaints against Delta Dental Insurance Co. and its affiliates in all 50 states.
Read moreA class claims Nova Southeastern University cost students thousands of dollars by pushing “sham” health insurance from Student Educational Benefit Trust, which “did not process, let alone pay, students’ health insurance claims,” in Broward County Court.
Read moreLawyers for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warned a 10th Circuit panel Wednesday of the consequences of a federal judge’s decision to throw out the department’s budget-neutral approach to designing risk adjustment.
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The number of Americans without health insurance grew by 1.9 million in 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
Read moreStarr Indemnity & Liability Co. asked a federal judge to allow it to rescind aircraft insurance policies if the allegations of embezzlement and bankruptcy fraud are substantiated against attorney Michael Avenatti.
Read moreA class action claims Rabobank placed six-figure home insurance proceeds into noninterest-bearing accounts pending incremental disbursements for construction work after California wildfires, though the state requires the escrow accounts pay at least 2% interest, in Ventura County Court.
Read moreA class action claims Allstate Insurance did not inform policyholders they were entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses for trips to and from medical appointments for treatment of their injuries from car accidents, depriving them of millions of dollars in benefits, in Broward County Court, Florida.
Read moreThe insurance payout in relation to a pair of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crashes that claimed nearly 350 lives will likely be the largest ever, the director of S&P Global Ratings said Tuesday.
Read moreA federal judge denied summary judgment in a class action accusing State Farm Life Insurance of deducting more money than permitted from life insurance policy holders’ “account value.”
Read moreStanford Health Care, a nonprofit, claims Blue Shield of California owes it $14 million for providing medically necessary care, in Santa Clara County Court.
Read moreThe Federal Housing Administration will now back more loans for Americans interested in buying their first condominium, after announcing new guidelines Wednesday for the types of insurable financing.
Read moreThe insurer Humana claims in a federal antitrust complaint that Mallinckrodt raised the price of the anti-inflammatory prescription drug Acthar from $40 a vial to more than $39,000 — “one of the most outrageous price-gouging schemes in the history of American medicine.”
Read moreThe NRA has lost its court bid for access to the state records it claims will show New York Governor Cuomo illegally pressured insurers to cut ties with the group.
Read moreA federal class action claims Aetna Life Insurance violates ERISA by refusing to cover lumbar artificial disc replacement surgery due to false claims that the surgery is “experimental and investigational.”
Read moreHealth care costs for Coloradans buying health insurance through the state’s marketplace are about to drop, thanks to a reinsurance program which received federal approval Wednesday.
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