NU Online News Service, March 30, 2004, 12:30 p.m. EST – A unit of Aetna Inc., Hartford, has agreed to pay Administaff Inc., Houston, $8.25 million to settle a legal dispute over health coverage rates.[@@]
Administaff, a professional employer organization, filed a suit against Aetna’s Aetna Life Insurance Company unit in the U.S. District Court in Houston. Administaff accused Aetna Life of requiring it to accept a retroactive rate increase.
A jury awarded Administaff $15.5 million in October 2003. The court then granted a motion by Aetna to reduce the judgment to $10.6 million, Administaff says.