May 20, 2014
An Illinois federal judge on Monday finalized a permanent injunction requiring health insurer Independence Blue Cross to afford Pennsylvania chiropractors with numerous procedural protections when attempting to recoup payments, the latest expansion of Employee Retirement Income Security Act safeguards for health care providers.
March 28, 2014
An Illinois federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of chiropractors accusing Independence Blue Cross of clawing back payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ordering IBC to modify its payment denial notice and appeal procedures.
December 02, 2013
Independence Blue Cross squared off with chiropractors accusing its health plans of clawing back payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, arguing that the plaintiffs are not beneficiaries under ERISA, as a bench trial kicked off in Illinois federal court Monday.
November 08, 2013
An Illinois federal judge issued a pair of provider-friendly decisions Thursday in litigation from chiropractors accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield Association health plans of clawing back payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ruling the plaintiffs were denied ERISA beneficiary rights.
July 10, 2013
Insurance companies are increasingly fighting to claw back allegedly improper payments to health care practitioners, triggering a wave of litigation that has the Obama administration and plaintiffs firms pushing courts to let providers use a federal benefit law to cripple recoupment claims.
July 03, 2013
Three chiropractic associations have asked an Illinois federal judge to uphold their case against Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, accusing it of breaching the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by retroactively denying benefits, and to require the insurer to change its policies.
October 12, 2012
Health care providers lost their bids for class certification Friday in their suit accusing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of America of breaching the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by retroactively denying benefits, with an Illinois federal judge deciding there were too many individual issues at stake.
April 24, 2012
Health care providers in several states Tuesday asked a judge to certify classes in litigation accusing various Blue Cross and Blue Shield entities of breaching the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when they retroactively denied benefits.