Gary Alexander, et al v. United Behavioral Health

  1. May 06, 2022

    ​​​​​​​UnitedHealth Patients Want Redo In ERISA Reprocessing Case

    UnitedHealth Group Inc. plan participants urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider blocking a pair of California federal court orders requiring the insurer's subsidiary to reprocess claims for mental health and substance use disorder treatments, arguing that the circuit panel's ruling conflicts with state law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  2. July 30, 2021

    UnitedHealth Rule Rewrite Evinces Shift In Mental Health Care

    A UnitedHealth Group unit is almost two years into a court-ordered process of altering how it approaches mental health and substance abuse care, and attorneys say it likely won't be the only insurer facing a reckoning amid a national sea change on support for such treatment.

  3. June 25, 2021

    Patients Defend Landmark Win Over UnitedHealth In 9th Circ.

    A massive class of patients for whom a UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit refused to cover mental health or addiction treatment has asked the Ninth Circuit to uphold its monumental win against the company, which required the insurer to rewrite its coverage guidelines and reprocess 67,000 insurance claims.

  4. June 03, 2021

    UnitedHealth Tells 9th Circ. To Undo 'Punitive' ERISA Ruling

    A UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit urged the Ninth Circuit to unravel a class-wide judgment requiring the insurer to reprocess over 67,000 claims for behavioral health treatment, claiming the lower court's decision was based on improper shortcuts.