February 27, 2017
A California federal judge emphatically rejected surgery centers' second attempt to disqualify a judge overseeing their sprawling litigation alleging UnitedHealth and others owe the clinics for weight-loss surgeries, abruptly ending a hearing Monday after excoriating the centers' attorney for "being cute" and not answering questions.
February 23, 2016
A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a peer from hearing a case between a former doctor and UnitedHealth over the responsibility of insurers to pay for weight-loss surgeries under employer health plans, saying the ex-doctor's recusal efforts are based on "tortured reasoning."
February 19, 2016
A former physician being sued by UnitedHealth as part of larger litigation over whether the insurer must pay for certain surgeries under employee health plans told a California federal court Thursday that he has proof an assistant U.S. attorney knows he must recuse himself from cases before his brother, a federal judge.
February 09, 2016
A former doctor embroiled in litigation with UnitedHealth over the responsibility of insurers to pay for weight loss surgeries under worker health plans told a California federal court Monday that the insurer has no "valid rationale" to respond again to his push for disqualification of a judge.
February 05, 2016
An ex-physician being sued by UnitedHealth as part of larger litigation over whether the insurer must pay for certain weight-loss surgeries under employee health plans told a California federal court Friday that the insurer committed fraud on the court when it opposed his attempt to disqualify the judge.
February 03, 2016
A California federal judge shouldn't be recused from a suit over whether UnitedHealth must pay for lap-band weight loss surgeries under employee health plans because his twin brother, an assistant U.S. attorney, didn't have a role in the government's limited intervention in the case, the insurer said Tuesday.
February 01, 2016
An ex-physician being sued by UnitedHealth as part of larger litigation over whether the insurer must pay for certain weight-loss surgeries under employee health plans asked a California federal court Friday to disqualify and sanction intervening government attorneys, saying they improperly disclosed that he's under investigation for tax evasion.
April 22, 2014
Ten surgery centers blasted UnitedHealth Group Inc. for systematically refusing to pay for morbidly obese patients' lap-band surgeries even after approving the treatments under their employer-provided health care plans, according to a suit moved to California federal court on Monday.