State House Government Operations Committee Chairman Martin Daniel, R-Knoxville, requested State Comptroller Justin Wilson audit the health insurer. Mr. Daniel wants an audit to uncover if BCBS of Tennessee is “properly and legally” administering the plan and meeting its fiduciary duties.
BCBS of Tennessee has argued releasing the “extremely competitively sensitive, valuable, confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information” to Mr. Daniels would break antitrust laws.
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