On May 7, 2019, our law firm filed a case against The Anthem Companies, Inc. (“Anthem”) in the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of Nurse Medical Management (“NMM”) utilization reviewers. The Named Plaintiff seeks unpaid overtime pay on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated nurses who worked for Anthem, or for one of its subsidiaries, in Tennessee. The Complaint alleges that NMMs were paid a salary and did not receive any overtime compensation for overtime hours worked as a result of Anthem’s unlawful practice of classifying them as exempt, salaried employees.

This case was filed as a collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). The Plaintiffs seek unpaid overtime compensation and double damages.

To learn more about this case, feel free to contact the case clerk, Tommy Navarre, at (612) 256-3238 or tnavarre@nka.com.

This case is entitled Canaday, et al. v. The Anthem Companies, Inc., Court File No. 1:19-cv-01084 (Western District of Tennessee)

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Case Updates

September 3, 2020

The Anthem Companies Case Update

Earlier this year, the Court rejected our request to send notice of lawsuit to utilization review nurses who worked for Anthem anywhere in the country and instead, limited our potential collective group to utilization review nurses who worked for Anthem in Tennessee, the state where our lawsuit is filed. We sent notice to Tennessee workers in the spring, and the deadline to join has since passed. We disagree with the Court’s ruling and believe that our case should include workers across the country. The Court permitted us to file a petition for permission to appeal the decision that limited our collective to Tennessee workers to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Our petition for permission to appeal was granted, and the Court of Appeals has given us a briefing schedule to submit written arguments regarding whether our collective can include utilization review nurses across the country or only those in Tennessee.

Our opening brief is due October 13, and Anthem’s response brief is due November 12. In the meantime, the case is paused until the Court of Appeals makes a ruling.

As always, please reach out with any questions and let us know if your contact information changes. We will continue to update you on the progress of this appeal.

August 23, 2019

The Anthem Companies, Inc. Update

The Court recently held a scheduling conference with the parties on August 8, 2019. The parties discussed waiting to enter specific deadlines in the case until after the Court decides our motion for conditional class certification. That motion will ask the Court to order Anthem to provide us with a list of all utilization review nurses who may be eligible to make a claim for their overtime pay.

Attorneys

• Rachhana T. Srey
• Caitlin L. Opperman

Staff

• Tommy Navarre
• Sam Pingree