5th Circuit Sends Suit Over Medical Services Rates Back To State Court

(August 17, 2015, 1:42 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 10 ordered a trial court to promptly send a suit over payment of contractually required rates for medical services back to state court because the defendant, who removed the suit to federal court, failed to show that adjudication of the claims requires an interpretation of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan (Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group PA, doing business as Kelsey-Seybold Clinic v. Great-West Healthcare of Texas, Incorporated, No. 14-20506, 5th Cir.; 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 14140)....