Alston & Bird secured a favorable judgment on behalf of UnitedHealth Group in Texas district court, ordering the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to recalculate UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage ratings for the 2025 plan year and “immediately publish the recalculated star ratings in the Medicare Plan Finder.”
The lawsuit, filed by UnitedHealth subsidiaries, alleged that CMS wrongfully considered a phone call in lowering UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage ratings. The win was featured in in The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week.
The Alston & Bird team representing UnitedHealth was led by partners Dan Jarcho and Bill Jordan and included partner Jared Slade (Litigation); partner Kelley Barnaby (Health Care Litigation); and senior associate CJ Frisina (Health Care).