Two health systems and a hospital agreed to pay a combined $164 million in 2019 to resolve allegations that they used a religious Employee Retirement Income Security Act exemption they weren't entitled to, according to Bloomberg Law.
Dignity Health's $100 million ERISA class-action settlement was the largest settlement of the year across all industries. A judge has withheld approval of the settlement until the parties rework how attorneys' fees will be paid in the case, according to the report.
