New Jersey trial lawyer Eric Katz is a prominent advocate for New Jersey physicians, dentists and other health care providers, and is a senior partner at Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC, a leading New Jersey class action and trial law firm. Mr. Katz represents health care providers and their patients in all types of managed care disputes including, but not limited to, usual, customary and reasonable (“UCR”) disagreements, prompt payment matters, unlawful bundling and downcoding of claims, improper coverage denials, class actions and managed care audits. In just the last few years, Mr. Katz has recovered millions of dollars for his physician clients on UCR and prompt pay issues alone.

A leading New Jersey class action lawyer, Mr. Katz has been appointed lead class counsel in many managed care class actions and recently achieved a landmark $39 million class action settlement on behalf of tens of thousands of New Jersey physicians against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, the largest health insurer in the state, relating to the carrier’s failure to process claims timely and appropriately. Mr. Katz is also one of the first attorneys in the country to obtain class certification against a managed care organization (Oxford Health Plans) in arbitration, and has filed a class action on behalf of patients against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield for its improper denial of benefits to victims of eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia.

Mr. Katz is a certified civil trial attorney, a distinction held by less than 2% of New Jersey attorneys and is often interviewed by the media as a champion of the rights of health care providers and their patients.