LIFEBRITE HOSPITAL GROUP OF STOKES, LLC v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA

  1. January 13, 2025

    Blue Cross Can't Skirt NC Hospital's Defamation Claims

    A local hospital can pursue some of its defamation claims against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina in a suit alleging the health insurer wrongly denied millions of dollars in reimbursements and falsely accused the facility of fraud, a federal judge ruled Monday.

  2. November 29, 2023

    BCBS Accuses NC Hospital Of Hiding Lab Info In Fraud Suit

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has demanded that a hospital and its laboratory hand over a raft of testing and screening information the insurer says the hospital billed but did not perform.

  3. August 10, 2023

    Blue Cross Can Subpoena Lab Exec's Atty In Fraud Suit

    A North Carolina federal judge has ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina can subpoena an attorney who represented a hospital group that's suing the insurance giant over a breach of contract, rejecting an argument that the attorney is protected because previous testimony from the lab's founder waived attorney-client privilege.