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Trustees of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 Connecticut Health Fund et al v. Elevance, Inc. et al
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November 19, 2024
Insurers Urge Arbitration Of Union Fund's ERISA Claims
Elevance Health Inc. and several affiliated health insurers want a Connecticut federal judge to force arbitration of claims brought by a union fund that alleges excessive fees violated benefits law, arguing that the companies were unaware of an arbitration agreement with the plaintiff when they started litigating the early stages of a proposed class action.
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August 02, 2024
4 ERISA Excessive Health Fee Suits To Watch
The Third Circuit will decide whether to revive a suit from MetLife workers alleging their pharmacy benefits were mismanaged, while suits proceed in district court against Wells Fargo and Johnson & Johnson alleging they violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act via high drug costs a pharmacy benefit manager charged workers. Here, Law360 looks at four cases involving claims that employers violated ERISA by charging high healthcare costs — including for prescription drugs — that attorneys are watching.
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July 16, 2024
Union Fund Trustees Say Elevance Usurped Fiduciary Power
The trustees of two union health plans said Elevance Health Inc. and its subsidiaries violated federal benefits law when they overpaid themselves for administrative services and medical providers for patient care, arguing the insurer had significant control over the management of the plans and their assets.
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April 22, 2024
Unions Can Refile Tossed ERISA Suit Against Anthem BCBS
A Connecticut federal judge on Monday threw out a suit against insurers Elevance Health Inc., Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and many of their subsidiaries, but said the trustees of two union health plans who claimed the companies were overpaying administrative and medical costs can try again.
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April 18, 2024
Elevance Units Not Fiduciaries Of Union Plans, Court Told
A lawsuit that two union healthcare funds brought against Elevance Health Inc. and several subsidiaries should be dismissed because it does not plausibly allege that fund money was overspent on medical care and administrative fees, and the defendants did not have fiduciary responsibilities, attorneys told a Connecticut federal judge on Thursday.
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May 16, 2023
Union Fund Trustees Say Anthem Should Face ERISA Suit
The trustees of two union health care funds have asked a Connecticut federal judge to preserve their allegations that Anthem Health Plans Inc. used the funds' money to overpay itself for administrative services and medical providers for patient care while withholding data that would have revealed it was doing so.