Cotiviti to Face Unwanted Call Claims After Acquiring Eliza

Cotiviti Inc. must face claims that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, after it acquired a health-care communications company that had contracted with Highmark BCBSD Health Options Inc. to make automated calls.

Christopher Walker filed a proposed class action against Highmark, alleging that the Medicaid managed care plan called him using an automatic dialer without his permission. Walker then added Cotiviti to the second amended complaint, alleging that the health-care analytics company’s recent acquisition of Eliza Corp., which contracted with Highmark to conduct the telemarketing calls, made Cotiviti liable for the unlawful calls.

Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand of the ...