January 04, 2023
A Connecticut federal judge substantially trimmed an Aetna plan participant's proposed class action against the insurance giant Wednesday, ruling that he couldn't bring federal benefits law class claims that the company illegally limited coverage for medical services he didn't receive.
July 14, 2022
Aetna Life Insurance Co. urged a Connecticut federal court to toss a proposed class action for lack of standing filed by a Yale University health plan beneficiary who alleged the insurer violated federal benefits laws by using overly restrictive medical necessity guidelines when it denied coverage for physical therapy.
March 15, 2022
A federal judge in Connecticut on Tuesday revived a proposed class action alleging Aetna Life Insurance Co. violated federal benefits laws when it denied coverage for a Yale health plan beneficiary's physical therapy using an overly restrictive definition of medical necessity for treatment.
March 19, 2021
Aetna Life Insurance Company Inc. convinced a Connecticut federal court to toss a proposed class action challenging the insurer's refusal to pay for a Yale health plan beneficiary's physical therapy, unswayed by his argument that Aetna was too restrictive when deciding what constituted "medically necessary" treatment.
October 09, 2019
Aetna Life Insurance Co. is violating federal benefits law by being stingy when it comes to covering physical therapy and taking an overly narrow view of what qualifies as "medically necessary," according to a proposed class action filed in Connecticut federal court.