October 03, 2019
A Texas federal judge has tossed a suit alleging Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by not properly paying for out-of-network services, finding a Texas hospital didn't have the authority to pursue claims for allegedly breaching patients' health plans.
February 07, 2019
A San Antonio hospital urged a Texas federal judge to reject Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama's argument that a contract provision bars the hospital from suing to recoup allegedly underpaid claims, because the insurer waited too long to make that argument.
October 15, 2014
Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and Health Care Service Corp. on Tuesday urged a Texas federal judge not to let hospitals revive underpayment allegations that have previously been thrown out for lacking specifics, saying the providers are trying to embark on an impermissible "fishing expedition."
September 23, 2014
A Texas federal judge on Monday granted a request from two hospitals to voluntarily dismiss claims of negligent representation and failure to provide information in a suit brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act alleging underpayment by several Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers.
June 02, 2014
Several Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers across the country pushed a Texas federal judge on Friday to nix a $66 million lawsuit from two Texas hospitals over alleged underpayments, saying the hospitals haven't provided the court with any facts to bolster their claims.
October 02, 2012
Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers across the country on Monday asked a federal judge to toss a $66 million lawsuit from two Texas hospitals over alleged underpayments, saying they'd been improperly lumped together and subjected to excessively vague accusations of wrongdoing.
May 24, 2012
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia Inc. withheld payments for health services after claiming they would be covered, two hospitals allege in a suit seeking at least $55 million in damages that was removed to Texas federal court Wednesday.