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Company: Anthem Blue Cross
Current Parent Company: Elevance Health
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Penalty: $6,000,000
Year: 2013
Date: June 21, 2013
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Anthem Blue Cross agreed to pay $6 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that it unlawfully rescinded coverage of patients after they filed claims.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Los Angeles (CA) City Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
Facility County: Los Angeles
Facility City: Los Angeles
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Indiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
Source of Data: LA settles health insurance lawsuit for $6M, Associated Press, June 21, 2013 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.