DOL, Big TPA Say They Agree In Principle To Settle Claim Adjudication Case

( October 21, 2024, 12:04 PM EDT) -- MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the third-party administrator (TPA) of hundreds of self-funded employee welfare benefit plans told a Wisconsin federal court on Oct. 18 that they reached an unspecified agreement in principle to settle the case the DOL filed over adverse benefit determinations regarding hospital emergency services claims and urinary drug screening claims....