1. The Justice Department wants Humana’s lawsuit challenging a CMS rule that would implement stricter auditing standards on Medicare Advantage plans moved to a different court, then thrown out.
2. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield filed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech subsidiary of unlawfully delaying the introduction of biosimilar competition for ustekinumab.
3. Kraft Heinz voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit against Aetna alleging the payer breached its fiduciary duties and used its role as third-party claims administrator for Kraft’s employee health plan “to enrich itself” to the food manufacturer’s detriment.
4. A proposed class-action complaint accused Humana of using an artificial intelligence tool owned by UnitedHealth Group to wrongfully deny Medicare Advantage members’ medical claims.
5. A Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana policyholder filed a proposed class action lawsuit seeking to block the insurer’s sale to Elevance Health.
