IN RE: Multiplan Health Insurance Provider Litigation

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Case Number:

1:24-cv-06795

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

367 Personal Injury: Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly

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March 27, 2025
Feds Allowed To Weigh In On MultiPlan Pricing MDL

The federal government will be allowed to appear in multidistrict antitrust litigation targeting MultiPlan's out-of-network reimbursement rates to offer input on the legal framework for analyzing claims involving the joint use of algorithms, a practice it says poses "a growing threat" to free market competition.
March 12, 2025
Judge Says Hospital Orgs.' Input Not Needed In Multiplan MDL

The Illinois federal judge handling multidistrict litigation targeting Multiplan's out-of-network reimbursement rates has rejected two hospital organizations' bid to weigh in as he considers whether he should dismiss the case.
March 11, 2025
Hospital Orgs. Say MultiPlan Must Not Duck Price-Fix Claims

Hundreds of American hospitals are "on the brink of collapse" and letting MultiPlan and a host of insurers who have been accused of conspiring to underpay out-of-network providers off the hook will not improve matters, two groups that represent thousands of hospitals have told the court.
March 04, 2025
Health Providers Fight To Keep MultiPlan Pricing MDL Alive

Healthcare providers targeting MultiPlan and several major insurers with horizontal price-fixing claims argued Monday an Illinois federal judge should let their multidistrict litigation proceed because the defendants simply constructed a "strawman" to convince him to toss it.
January 21, 2025
DACA Health Coverage, Gilead IP Deal And PBM Insulin Case

Several state attorneys general are looking to defend immigrants' Affordable Care Act coverage, while a group of pharmacy benefit managers failed to oust the FTC's Democratic members from a case alleging collusion to inflate insulin prices. Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at the cases and decisions that shaped the industry over the last week.
January 17, 2025
MultiPlan Wants Antitrust Claims Over Pricing Tools Tossed

MultiPlan and several major insurance companies urged an Illinois federal court to toss claims that they schemed to fix reimbursement rates, saying the pricing tools at issue do not hurt the healthcare providers that are bringing the case.
November 04, 2024
MultiPlan Judge Raises Eyebrows At Attys' Biz Flight Billing

Counsel leading multidistrict litigation over Multiplan's pricing tools quickly revised their plans Monday for attorneys who take longer flights for the case, after an Illinois federal judge questioned why certain travelers received special treatment "arguably on the class's dime."
September 23, 2024
Edelson, Susman, Berger To Lead MultiPlan Collusion MDL

An Illinois federal judge on Monday tapped a team of lawyers from Edelson PC, Susman Godfrey LLP and Berger Montague PC to take the lead for plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation accusing MultiPlan and a host of insurers of colluding through the use of the data firm's pricing tools to systematically underpay out-of-network providers.