The new lawsuit, which follows similar litigation filed by AdventHealth and Allegiance Health Management, names Aetna, Elevance Health, Cigna, UnitedHealth Group and Humana as "co-conspirators" in the "MultiPlan cartel."
More than 21 million enrolled in Obamacare plans this year, however, federal regulators are contending with rogue brokers who have signed people up for ACA plans, or switched them into new ones, without their permission.
In its latest update on the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Change Healthcare, the health care tech company confirmed that the attack was perpetrated by a cybercrime group called BlackCat or ALPHV.
The former South Carolina governor, who's now vying to be president, has become well known as one of the ACA's loudest critics, and is making her views known on abortion, vaccine mandates and other health care topics.
The recent cyberattack that compromised data at more than 600 organizations worldwide highlights the need for plan sponsors to become cybersecurity specialists to protect employee data and assets (or lean on expert advice).
For benefits professionals, administering employer sponsored health plans and providing employee participants with access to affordable, quality health care is one of the greatest economic challenges of today — and the foreseeable future.
Many employees use additional apps to do their jobs that their companies do not know about and cannot track. This has caused a huge compliance problem, particularly for regulated financial firms that are obligated to keep records of their business activities, writes contributors Jennifer L. Achilles, Amelia Clegg and Christopher Sicuranza.