Dismissal Bid Fails In ERISA Suit Against Health Plans’ TPA Over Tax Handling

(August 23, 2024, 3:01 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — Saying, “Many issues in this case present close calls,” a Minnesota federal judge on Aug. 22 denied dismissal of a suit over U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) allegations that a third-party administrator (TPA) collected at least $66.8 million from self-funded health benefit plans without authorization between 2016 and 2020 for a Minnesota provider tax....