October 09, 2025
Aetna has agreed to pay a class of health plan members up to $55,000 each to resolve their suit alleging their coverage claims for lumbar disk replacement surgeries were wrongfully denied, amounting to a deal worth millions of dollars, according to a California federal court filing.
July 27, 2023
A California federal judge refused to decertify a class of health plan participants who alleged Aetna systematically denied insurance coverage for lumbar artificial disc replacement surgeries, finding the rationale for certification in the case wasn't altered by a recent Ninth Circuit decision.
December 05, 2022
Aetna reached a deal to put an end to its insurance plan beneficiaries' class action claims over the insurer's refusal to cover lumbar disk replacement surgeries, according to a filing in California federal court.
June 14, 2021
A California federal judge has granted class status to a suit brought by Aetna insurance plan beneficiaries who say the insurer classified lumbar disc replacement surgery as experimental and violated federal benefits law by refusing to cover it.
August 08, 2019
Aetna Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action accusing it of systematically denying coverage for a degenerative lumbar disc disease surgery that it classified as experimental and investigational, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.