Heidi Gutierrez is a legal professional whose name appears on defense filings in the federal RICO lawsuit Community Insurance Company v. HaloMD, LLC, et al., pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. In the Heidi Gutierrez HaloMD lawsuit references circulating online, she is not a party to the case. She signed the certificates of service on motions filed for defendants Alla LaRoque and Scott LaRoque, who are named alongside HaloMD and several affiliated companies in a suit brought by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.1CourtListener. Community Insurance Company v. HaloMD LLC
What Her Name Appears On
Gutierrez signed the certificate of service on the LaRoque defendants’ motion to dismiss, filed November 10, 2025, and on the reply brief in support of that motion, filed January 15, 2026.2Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Defendants Alla LaRoque et al. Motion to Dismiss3Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Defendants Alla LaRoque et al. Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss The signature blocks on those filings list attorneys from Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel of record for the LaRoques. The documents do not identify Gutierrez’s firm affiliation or professional title beyond her role as the filer of the certificates.
She is not named as a defendant or plaintiff in the Ohio case, does not appear on HaloMD’s corporate leadership page,4HaloMD. About Us and is not mentioned in the amended complaints filed in either the Ohio case or the related California litigation.
The Ohio Case Against HaloMD and the LaRoques
The lawsuit (Case No. 1:25-cv-00388) was filed on June 10, 2025, by Community Insurance Company, doing business as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The named defendants are HaloMD, LLC; Alla LaRoque; Scott LaRoque; MPOWERHealth Practice Management, LLC; Evokes, LLC; Midwest Neurology, LLC; One Care Monitoring, LLC; and Value Monitoring, LLC.5Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Community Insurance Company v. HaloMD LLC et al.
Anthem’s amended complaint, filed September 19, 2025, describes the defendants as the “LaRoque Family Enterprise” and alleges they flooded the federal Independent Dispute Resolution process under the No Surprises Act with thousands of billing disputes they knew were ineligible for arbitration.6Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Community Insurance Company Amended Complaint The complaint brings claims under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the Ohio Corrupt Activity Act, the Ohio Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and ERISA, plus state-law claims for civil conspiracy and fraudulent misrepresentation.
According to Anthem, the defendants submitted false attestations about dispute eligibility, inflated payment demands beyond providers’ own billed charges, and used automation to file large volumes of cases at once. The insurer alleges the conduct produced over $25 million in improper arbitration awards, roughly $15 million of it tied to what it calls fraudulently inflated payment offers.7Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Community Insurance Company Original Complaint Anthem is seeking damages, restitution, a declaration that the arbitration awards are unenforceable, and an order vacating them.
Scott and Alla LaRoque have “vigorously” disputed the claims across all the lawsuits filed against them, according to reporting by STAT.8STAT News. No Surprises Act Loophole Profits Scott LaRoque, MPOWERHealth, Alla LaRoque, HaloMD Alla LaRoque is the founder and president of HaloMD; Scott LaRoque is the founder and CEO of MPOWERHealth Practice Management and holds ownership interests in HaloMD through LFF Holdings Groups Ltd. Co. and Scalla Investments, LLC.9Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company Amended Complaint
Where the Case Stands
All defendant groups moved to dismiss the amended complaint in November 2025. Anthem filed its opposition in December 2025, and the defendants replied in January 2026, which is where Gutierrez’s second certificate of service comes in.5Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Community Insurance Company v. HaloMD LLC et al. No ruling on the motions to dismiss has been issued.
The defendants have filed several notices of supplemental authority pointing the Ohio court to dismissals in parallel cases. Chief among them is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas v. HaloMD, LLC, dismissed with prejudice on May 22, 2026, on the ground that the No Surprises Act bars judicial review of arbitration awards and that the insurer’s claims were an “impermissible collateral attack” on those awards.10Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Defendants Fourth Notice of Supplemental Authority The defendants have also cited dismissals from Florida, Pennsylvania, and California.11Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Defendants Third Notice of Supplemental Authority Anthem disputes that any of these rulings control its claims. The case was reassigned to Judge Douglas R. Cole as of June 8, 2026; the reason for the reassignment is not publicly detailed.5Georgetown Law Litigation Tracker. Community Insurance Company v. HaloMD LLC et al.
What Gutierrez Is Not Connected To
Gutierrez’s name does not appear in the separate Anthem Blue Cross v. HaloMD case filed July 7, 2025, in the Central District of California, which was dismissed on April 9, 2026, and is now on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.12STAT News. HaloMD No Surprises Act Lawsuit Blue Cross California Her documented involvement is limited to the certificates of service on two filings for the LaRoque defendants in the Ohio matter. Beyond that procedural role, the public court record and the company materials reviewed here do not attach her to HaloMD’s operations, ownership, or executive leadership.