Law360, New York (September 10, 2012, 9:03 PM ET) -- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and its licensees including Highmark Inc. were hit with a $66.5 million suit Monday by a diagnostic testing firm accusing them of undermining competition through conspiratorial tactics including denying coverage for certain heart monitoring and testing device services.
In a complaint filed in Pennsylvania federal court, LifeWatch Services Inc., which makes a mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry device that provides information about heart rhythm abnormalities and other information for patients with heart problems, claims the Blue Cross plans do not cover services...