Almont Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC et al v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. et al

  1. February 27, 2017

    Surgery Centers Lose DQ Bid After 'Being Cute' With Judge

    A California federal judge emphatically rejected surgery centers' second attempt to disqualify a judge overseeing their sprawling litigation alleging UnitedHealth and others owe the clinics for weight-loss surgeries, abruptly ending a hearing Monday after excoriating the centers' attorney for "being cute" and not answering questions.

  2. February 23, 2016

    Doctor Loses Bid For DQ Of Judge In UnitedHealth Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a peer from hearing a case between a former doctor and UnitedHealth over the responsibility of insurers to pay for weight-loss surgeries under employer health plans, saying the ex-doctor's recusal efforts are based on "tortured reasoning."

  3. February 19, 2016

    Records Show US Atty Knows Recusal Rules, Court Told

    A former physician being sued by UnitedHealth as part of larger litigation over whether the insurer must pay for certain surgeries under employee health plans told a California federal court Thursday that he has proof an assistant U.S. attorney knows he must recuse himself from cases before his brother, a federal judge.

  4. February 09, 2016

    UnitedHealth Out Of Ammo To Fight Judge DQ Bid, Court Told

    A former doctor embroiled in litigation with UnitedHealth over the responsibility of insurers to pay for weight loss surgeries under worker health plans told a California federal court Monday that the insurer has no "valid rationale" to respond again to his push for disqualification of a judge.

  5. February 05, 2016

    UnitedHealth Accused Of Deceiving Court In Lap-Band Suit

    An ex-physician being sued by UnitedHealth as part of larger litigation over whether the insurer must pay for certain weight-loss surgeries under employee health plans told a California federal court Friday that the insurer committed fraud on the court when it opposed his attempt to disqualify the judge.

  6. February 03, 2016

    Calif. Judge's Brother No Bother, UnitedHealth Says

    A California federal judge shouldn't be recused from a suit over whether UnitedHealth must pay for lap-band weight loss surgeries under employee health plans because his twin brother, an assistant U.S. attorney, didn't have a role in the government's limited intervention in the case, the insurer said Tuesday.

  7. February 01, 2016

    Ex-Doc Wants Gov't Attys DQ'd In UnitedHealth Lap-Band Suit

    An ex-physician being sued by UnitedHealth as part of larger litigation over whether the insurer must pay for certain weight-loss surgeries under employee health plans asked a California federal court Friday to disqualify and sanction intervening government attorneys, saying they improperly disclosed that he's under investigation for tax evasion.

  8. April 22, 2014

    Surgery Centers Blast United For Nixing Lap-Band Payments

    Ten surgery centers blasted UnitedHealth Group Inc. for systematically refusing to pay for morbidly obese patients' lap-band surgeries even after approving the treatments under their employer-provided health care plans, according to a suit moved to California federal court on Monday.