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Pennsylvania Chiropractic Association et al. vs. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association et al.
Case Number:
1:09-cv-05619
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Akerman LLP
- Brooks LeBoeuf
- Burke Warren
- Buttaci Leardi
- Carpenter Lipps
- Dickinson Wright
- DLA Piper
- Eimer Stahl
- Foley & Lardner
- Hogan Lovells
- Jenner & Block
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Lane Powell
- Law Offices of David J. Stetler
- Loeb & Loeb
- Manatt Phelps
- Miller & Chevalier
- Morgan Lewis
- Ogletree Deakins
- Pomerantz LLP
- Reed Smith
- Roeser Tanner
- Saul Ewing
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Stetler & Rotert
- Taylor Colicchio
- Zuckerman Spaeder
Companies
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- BlueCross BlueShield of Massachusetts
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Inc.
- Blue Shield of California
- Empire HealthChoice HMO Inc.
- Florida Blue
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
- Independence Blue Cross Inc.
- Premera Blue Cross
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May 20, 2014
Judge Details ERISA Protections For Blue Cross Clawbacks
An Illinois federal judge on Monday finalized a permanent injunction requiring health insurer Independence Blue Cross to afford Pennsylvania chiropractors with numerous procedural protections when attempting to recoup payments, the latest expansion of Employee Retirement Income Security Act safeguards for health care providers.
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March 28, 2014
Health Insurer Ordered To Alter Payment Notice Process
An Illinois federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of chiropractors accusing Independence Blue Cross of clawing back payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ordering IBC to modify its payment denial notice and appeal procedures.
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December 02, 2013
Blue Cross Says ERISA Doesn't Apply In Chiropractor Feud
Independence Blue Cross squared off with chiropractors accusing its health plans of clawing back payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, arguing that the plaintiffs are not beneficiaries under ERISA, as a bench trial kicked off in Illinois federal court Monday.
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November 08, 2013
Blue Cross Dealt Setbacks In Provider ERISA Benefit Suit
An Illinois federal judge issued a pair of provider-friendly decisions Thursday in litigation from chiropractors accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield Association health plans of clawing back payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ruling the plaintiffs were denied ERISA beneficiary rights.
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July 10, 2013
Health Providers Press For ERISA Shield In Insurance Brawls
Insurance companies are increasingly fighting to claw back allegedly improper payments to health care practitioners, triggering a wave of litigation that has the Obama administration and plaintiffs firms pushing courts to let providers use a federal benefit law to cripple recoupment claims.
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July 03, 2013
Providers Urge Judge To Reform Blue Cross ERISA Policies
Three chiropractic associations have asked an Illinois federal judge to uphold their case against Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, accusing it of breaching the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by retroactively denying benefits, and to require the insurer to change its policies.
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October 12, 2012
Providers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Blue Cross ERISA Row
Health care providers lost their bids for class certification Friday in their suit accusing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of America of breaching the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by retroactively denying benefits, with an Illinois federal judge deciding there were too many individual issues at stake.
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April 24, 2012
Blue Cross Insurers Face Class Cert. Motions In ERISA Suit
Health care providers in several states Tuesday asked a judge to certify classes in litigation accusing various Blue Cross and Blue Shield entities of breaching the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when they retroactively denied benefits.