February 11, 2020
A $7.5 million settlement over insurer Highmark Inc.'s alleged collusion with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to drive out competitors received preliminary approval Tuesday from a Pennsylvania federal judge.
January 21, 2020
A Pennsylvania federal judge was "troubled" that attorneys could claim almost $6 million of a $7.5 million settlement between Highmark Inc. and the health insurer's customers, asking the plaintiffs' team Tuesday for a brief justifying their costs and fees before granting preliminary approval to the settlement and notifying class members.
December 20, 2019
Highmark Inc. on Friday agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a suit brought by a Pittsburgh hotel owner that the Allegheny County region's largest insurer and largest hospital provider conspired to block small-group insurance plans from the market.
March 01, 2019
A Pittsburgh hotel owner hoping to represent employers allegedly harmed by collusion between Highmark Inc. and the University of Pittsburgh Health System was denied class certification Friday by a Pennsylvania federal judge, who said the parties in the lawsuit improperly skipped a required analysis of an expert witness's methods.
September 19, 2018
Attorneys for insurer Highmark Inc. argued Wednesday that a Pennsylvania federal judge should deny certification to a proposed class action because an expert witness for a Pittsburgh-area hotel chain didn't show her methods for linking higher health care premiums to an alleged "truce" between Highmark and a rival.
May 21, 2018
Highmark Inc. slammed a hotel company's bid for class certification in an antitrust row over allegations the health insurer conspired with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to restrict competition for small-group insurance plans, saying Friday in Pennsylvania federal court the company failed to identify an "ascertainable" class.
August 15, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Tuesday that Highmark Inc.'s efforts to win state approval for its allegedly inflated small-group health insurance rates could not shield it from potential liability in a class action claiming it conspired with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to exclude competitors from the market.
September 21, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied on relevancy grounds a bid by a Wexford, Pennsylvania, tavern to force health insurer Highmark Inc. to hand over data on the rates it charged in a proposed antitrust class action accusing Highmark of inflating its prices.
March 18, 2016
Highmark Inc. said Thursday that a special master got it wrong and handing the company an unfair burden when it recommended the insurer turn over years of details about its pricing rates to a hotel chain in a proposed antitrust class action accusing the insurer of inflating its prices.
March 03, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday recommended that an insurer turn over the details about its pricing rates to a hotel chain leading a proposed class action that accused it and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center of inflating the price of small group insurance plans.