Rebecca Smith, et al v. UnitedHealth Group Inc., et al

  1. July 08, 2024

    UnitedHealth's Cross-Plan Offsetting Affirmed By 8th Circ.

    The Eighth Circuit affirmed Monday a Minnesota federal judge's decision to toss a suit from patients insured by UnitedHealth Group alleging a billing practice known as cross-plan offsetting violated federal benefits law, finding the lower court properly concluded the patients hadn't sufficiently established injury.

  2. March 14, 2024

    8th Circ. Questions Patient Standing In ERISA Claims Dispute

    An Eighth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Thursday of reviving a suit from patients insured by UnitedHealth Group alleging a billing practice known as cross-plan offsetting violated federal benefits law, with judges questioning whether the patients sufficiently established injury.

  3. March 01, 2024

    4 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In March

    The Biden administration will urge the Fifth Circuit to preserve preventive services requirements in the Affordable Care Act, the Eighth Circuit will dive into an insurer's payment practices, and the Eleventh Circuit will hear Home Depot workers' bid to revive their 401(k) suit.

  4. August 29, 2023

    UnitedHealth Used Plans As 'Piggybanks,' 8th Circ. Told

    Participants in UnitedHealth plans urged the Eighth Circuit to revive a suit challenging the insurer's withholding of funds from certain health plans to offset other plans' overpayments to providers, arguing that a trial court incorrectly held they weren't harmed by UnitedHealth's use of plans as "personal piggybanks."