Chipps v. Humana Health Insurance Co. of Florida
Chipps v. Humana Health Insurance Co. of Florida: After six years of litigation and a four-week jury trial examining Humana’s internal documents and abrupt termination of its managed care program for 100 catastrophically ill children in Florida in complete violation of its own policies and procedures, the jury awarded the Chipps family more than $1.03 million in compensatory and $78.5 million in punitive damages. This landmark lawsuit uncovered widespread fraud at Humana, including the payment of bonuses to physicians and nurses based on the number of medical claims they denied each month.
Gillig v. United Healthcare
Philip Gillig’s family and doctors spent over a two-month period attempting to gain HMO authorization for specialized care, antibiotic treatment, surgery, and hospitalization. Their attempts failed due to United Healthcare employees’ refusal to return calls and their misconduct in sending calls to a voicemail system at United Healthcare that they knew was “full” and could […]