September 12, 2018
A Houston-area medical center has asked a Texas federal judge to end Aetna's claims in a suit accusing the insurer of underpaying on thousands of medical claims submitted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, arguing two court rulings in favor of the medical center point toward dismissal.
November 06, 2015
Aetna and ConocoPhillips on Thursday told a Texas federal judge that a Houston-area hospital fighting Aetna's $120 million billing fraud and kickback suit already has most of the documents it recently requested the court compel production of, as a result of discovery in two other cases.
November 03, 2015
A Houston-area hospital embroiled in a $120 million billing fraud and kickback suit filed by Aetna on Tuesday asked a Texas federal judge to sanction the insurer and its Andrews Kurth LLP counsel for filing a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations case without first obtaining any supporting proof.
October 03, 2015
Aetna demanded a Houston-area hospital and its attorneys be sanctioned over its "retaliatory" RICO counterclaim in the insurer's $120 million billing fraud and kickback suit, arguing to a Texas federal judge Friday that the claim is unsupported and copies Aetna's complaint.
September 29, 2015
A Houston-area hospital tangled in a $120 million billing fraud and kickbacks dispute with Aetna asked a Texas federal court Monday to compel ConocoPhillips to produce documents on its relationship and service agreements with the insurer, saying they are material to the case.
August 12, 2015
A Houston-area hospital answered Aetna Life Insurance Co.'s $120 million billing fraud and kickbacks suit Tuesday, alleging in turn that the insurer perpetrated a decadeslong scheme against physician-owned, out-of-network providers.
July 27, 2015
A Houston-area hospital and CEO accused of bilking Aetna Life Insurance Co. out of as much as $120 million and offering kickbacks to physicians lost a bid to get rid of Aetna's lawsuit Friday, though a Texas federal judge stayed the trial while other litigation between the parties proceeds.
March 31, 2015
A Houston-area hospital on Monday labeled as "lackluster" Aetna Life Insurance Co.'s response to claims that it is judge-shopping in a $120 million lawsuit over alleged kickbacks and exorbitant billing, telling a Texas federal court that Aetna essentially ignored the bulk of the hospital's claims.
March 27, 2015
Aetna Life Insurance Co. on Thursday told a Texas federal judge a Houston-area doctor-owned hospital is "flat wrong" in claiming the insurer is judge-shopping in a $120 million lawsuit over alleged kickbacks and exorbitant billing.
March 09, 2015
A Houston-area hospital is urging a Texas federal court to ax Aetna Inc.'s $120 million lawsuit over alleged kickbacks and exorbitant billing, saying the complaint parrots allegations in separate litigation and is a transparent attempt at "judge shopping."