Collins v. Anthem

The complaint was filed on April 29, 2020, with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs alleged that Anthem (now Elevance), the insurer for their company-sponsored health plan, used overly restrictive clinical coverage criteria to determine whether residential services for mental health treatment were medically necessary. The plaintiffs alleged that Anthem's criteria violated the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

The lead plaintiff was a participant in an ADP employee health plan administered by Anthem. The court certified the class action in March 2024, with nearly 19,000 in . . .