September 13, 2023
The Fourth Circuit said Wednesday it won't review a federal court's ruling granting class certification to about 88,000 health plan participants who accused Aetna of conspiring with an Optum company to pass on administrative fees disguised as medical expenses.
July 07, 2021
Aetna and OptumHealth have asked the Fourth Circuit to rethink its decision reinstating a case accusing the health care companies of disguising administrative fees as medical expenses, saying a three-judge panel's ruling disregarded U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
June 22, 2021
The Fourth Circuit revived litigation Tuesday accusing Aetna and OptumHealth of tricking patients into paying administrative fees disguised as medical expenses, resuscitating several ERISA allegations and handing the woman who sued another chance to turn the case into a class action.