January 20, 2026
Elevance Health agreed Tuesday to settle claims from three dozen registered nurses, assigned to evaluate insurance claims, that they were denied overtime pay, bringing an early close to a bench trial that kicked off in Georgia federal court last week.
January 12, 2026
Elevance Health Inc. said Monday that claims it violated labor law by denying overtime pay to registered nurses evaluating insurance claims are "preposterous," as a Georgia federal bench trial kicked off over a suit from nearly 40 nurses alleging they were stiffed on years of pay.
April 29, 2024
Insurance company Anthem asked a Georgia federal judge to grant it a quick win in an unpaid overtime suit and to decertify a class of nurses, saying it had properly classified the nurses as overtime-exempt and that they fit multiple exemptions to federal overtime laws.
February 06, 2023
A Georgia federal judge on Monday certified a class of medical management nurses for Anthem Cos. Inc. in their suit alleging the health insurer did not pay them overtime wages, ruling the nurses' duties were similar enough to warrant certification.
March 09, 2022
A former nurse with health insurer Anthem has asked a federal judge to certify a Fair Labor Standards Act collective of salaried nurses who say they should have been paid overtime while conducting the company's medical necessity reviews in Georgia, dating back to November 2018.
November 30, 2021
Health insurer Anthem overworked its employees and did not pay them the overtime they are owed under law, according to a proposed collective action a former nurse for the company filed Monday in Georgia federal court.