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December 30, 2020 After nearly eight years of litigation, on Monday, Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a complaint by LifeWatch Services Inc. against Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and five plan administrators alleging that Blue Cross violated federal antitrust laws in a conspiracy to deny coverage of LifeWatch’s telemetry monitor products.
At least 30 Blue Cross insurance plans for more than 10 years have abided by a policy that denies coverage of telemetry monitors, devices that detect changes in cardiac rhythm. “The insurers reached this decision despite multiple medical studies concluding that telemetry monitors are effective and, in some cases, superior to other cardiac monitoring devices,” the court explained.
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AHIP protests repeal of antitrust exemptions for health insurers Consumer Reports hails passage as being good for providers who feel pressured into contract terms that benefit insurers.
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The Senate on Tuesday voted to amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act, a move that, if signed into law by President Trump as expected, would restore antitrust laws to the business of health insurance.
The House passed the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act on September 21.
The McCarran–Ferguson Act currently exempts the business of health insurance from federal antitrust and competition laws and leaves regulation under state control.
The reform of the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 would ensure that health insurers are subject to the same federal antitrust laws as other industries, according to proponents.
Congress passes Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act
e-mailPrintShare ADA-supported bill repeals McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption for health insurance companies December 22, 2020 By Jennifer Garvin
Washington The Senate on Dec. 22 voted to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption for health insurance companies by passing HR 1418, the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act.
The House passed the bill on Sept. 21. At press time, President Donald J. Trump was expected to sign the bill into law.
The ADA has been a “longtime advocate of this bill that would reform the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 to ensure that health insurance companies are subject to the same federal antitrust laws that nearly all other industries must comply with in the U.S.,” the Association wrote in an email to dental leaders.