Judge Expands Discovery In Class’s ACA Lactation Insurance Coverage Challenge

Mealey's (May 1, 2018, 9:25 AM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — Class action plaintiffs’ discovery requests seeking evidence of how an insurer created and negotiated deals for in-network provider lists and how it coded claims bear directly on whether its coverage of lactation consultant complied with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), a federal judge in Iowa held April 17 in sustaining objections to a magistrate judge’s discovery order (Jillian York, et al. v. Wellmark Inc., et al., No. 16-627, S.D. Iowa)....