Wit et al v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company et al

  1. November 25, 2020

    UnitedHealth Fights 'Game-Changer' ERISA Class Action Loss

    United Behavioral Health is fighting a first-of-its-kind court order to reprocess 67,000 claims after a judge nixed the insurer's guidelines for covering behavioral health treatment, in a case that has huge implications for the future of Employee Retirement Income Security Act class actions over treatment denials.

  2. November 03, 2020

    UnitedHealth Ordered To Reprocess 50K Claims In ERISA Suit

    A UnitedHealth Group Inc. subsidiary must reprocess insurance claims on behalf of a certified class of more than 50,000 plan holders, a California magistrate judge ordered on Tuesday, after finding it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by denying coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatment.

  3. May 06, 2019

    UnitedHealth Seeks To Scuttle 50,000-Member ERISA Class

    United Behavioral Health has asked a California federal judge to break up the 50,000-member class of patients suing it over mental health and substance abuse treatment coverage guidelines that were found to violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.  

  4. March 05, 2019

    Judge Rips UnitedHealth's Shortsighted Behavioral Care Rules

    A UnitedHealth Group unit's internal guidelines for mental health and substance abuse coverage ignored generally accepted standards of care and focused on "crisis stabilization" while leaving patients stranded over the long term, a California federal magistrate judge said Tuesday.

  5. October 16, 2017

    Self-Effacing Judge Asks For Road Map In UnitedHealth Trial

    A California federal magistrate judge overseeing claims that UnitedHealth Group improperly denied coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatment told class members at the start of their bench trial Monday that he's "just some dumb judge" who would need expert testimony on coverage guidelines to give him "a road map" for their case.

  6. September 19, 2016

    UnitedHealth Plan Holders Win Class Cert. In ERISA Suit

    A California federal judge on Monday certified a class of UnitedHealth Group Inc. health plan participants accusing the company of improperly denying mental health and substance abuse treatments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, saying the claims shared common factors worthy of classwide adjudication.

  7. April 29, 2016

    UnitedHealth Says Class Wouldn't Be Efficient In ERISA Suit

    A UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit on Thursday asked a California federal judge not to certify a class of plan holders who say they were improperly denied mental health and substance abuse treatments in violation of ERISA, as each claim would need to be handled on an individual level.

  8. February 09, 2016

    Mom Allowed To Join Mental Health ERISA Suit Against UHC

    A California federal judge on Tuesday allowed a mother, who says her son died after United Behavioral Health refused to cover rehabilitation treatment, to join a proposed class action alleging the company's mental health coverage practices violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  9. January 22, 2016

    United Healthcare Blasts Mom's Bid To Join ERISA Case

    A United Healthcare Inc. unit is urging a California federal court to deny a mother's bid to intervene in a proposed class action alleging wrongly denied coverage for mental health treatment for her son, calling it a "thinly veiled" attempt to become a new plaintiff.

  10. November 19, 2014

    United Health Likely Can't Duck Patients' ERISA Action

    A California federal judge on Wednesday said he'd likely refuse to toss a proposed class action accusing United Behavioral Health of instituting mental health coverage assessments that violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, saying he needs to see more evidence before deciding whether the claims are viable.