Health Care

JORDEN BURT attorneys have substantial experience providing litigation and counseling services in the health care industry. Our lawyers regularly represent health, disability and long-term care insurers in individual and class action litigation, as well as in administrative proceedings before state insurance departments, state attorneys general, and federal regulatory bodies. Our experience in health care litigation includes matters of bad faith claims, defense of putative class actions, ERISA plan fiduciary liability litigation, claims regarding improper policy design, and proceedings alleging improper claims practices and determinations. In addition, our lawyers aid clients in developing and securing regulatory approval for new health and disability insurance products. JORDEN BURT's health care practice provides comprehensive, business-focused solutions to our clients' litigation and regulatory challenges.

As recognized experts in the health care industry, JORDEN BURT attorneys are sought after as contributors to numerous publications, scholarly works and practitioner's guides. Three of our partners co-author the Handbook on ERISA Litigation, published by Wolters Kluwer Law and Business, and two of our partners are contributing authors to the treatise Managed Care Litigation, published by BNA books.

Litigation Updates

Florida Federal Court Declares Health Insurance Mandate Unconstitutional and Voids Entire Law

Publications

Shapiro, Robert, "Making Sense of Medical Loss Ratios under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," Navigating Health Care Reform: A Practical, Affordable, Readable Guide, ALI-ABA, 2011.