August 10, 2020
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan successfully defeated claims that it overcharged the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe for employee hospital visits, as a federal judge found the insurer did not need to hold health care providers to Medicare-like rates.
April 29, 2019
A federal judge has rejected Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's push for dismissal of a tribe's suit accusing the insurer of overcharging for member and employee hospital visits by failing to take advantage of federal regulations that allow tribes to pay reduced rates.
January 30, 2019
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has urged a federal court to end litigation accusing the insurer of overcharging a tribe for member and employee hospital visits by failing to take advantage of federal regulations that allow tribes to pay reduced rates, saying one claim is time-barred and the others don’t hold up.
January 17, 2018
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday awarded about $213,000 in attorneys' costs and fees to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribe of Michigan, adding to $8.4 million it won from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan over allegations that the insurer charged hidden fees while managing the tribe's employee health care benefits plan.
July 17, 2017
A federal judge ruled Friday that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan owes the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan roughly $8.4 million for charging hidden fees while managing the tribe's employee health care benefits plan, but declined to hand the tribe a win on identical claims related to another plan.