Becker's Healthcare June 12, 2024
From Kraft Heinz suing Aetna for alleged mismanagement of employee claims data to Elevance Health being sued by contracted labor unions for reportedly restricting claims data access, certain third-party health plan administrators are being forced to answer the big questions from companies they contract with, like: “Where’s my data?”
This legal trend is not something that Christin Deacon, principal owner at VerSan Consulting, thinks is going away soon.
Ms. Deacon previously served as New Jersey’s deputy attorney general and special assistant counsel to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
“We’ve gotten to a point for employers where the cost of health coverage for their employees has gotten so high and grown sort of drastically over the last few years...