RICO, ERISA Claims Rejected In Health Plan’s Suit Against Brokers, Administrators

(May 15, 2018, 10:18 AM EDT) -- OMAHA, Neb. — Claims that various health insurance brokers and other entities misrepresented plan compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and created a scheme to shift risk to the plan and insureds while illegally inflating their own revenue support some of plaintiffs’ Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim, but not their racketeering claim, a federal judge in Nebraska held May 1 (Central Valley AG Cooperative, et al. v. Anasazi Medical Payment Solutions Inc., et al., No. 17-379, D. Neb.)....