PHI Health, LLC v. Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
S.D. Ind. · Updated
Summary
An air ambulance provider sued Anthem Insurance Companies and dozens of health and welfare plans it administers in the Southern District of Indiana on September 15, 2026. The docket lists the cause as enforcement of an arbitration award. No ruling has issued. The Seventh Circuit, which covers Indiana, is separately considering whether providers may sue to enforce IDR awards.
Timeline of rulings
- S.D. Ind.
Complaint filed with two exhibits; case assigned to Judge James Patrick Hanlon. No ruling yet.
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Why it matters
It is a multi-plan IDR award-enforcement suit filed in the Seventh Circuit while that court considers PHI's consolidated appeal against HCSC on the same question, and after the Second Circuit held the No Surprises Act creates no private right of action to enforce awards.
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