2nd Circuit Panel Remands Denial Of Benefits Case In Light Of Its Halo Ruling

(January 3, 2017, 3:01 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in a Dec. 21 summary order reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings a case in which a New York federal judge ruled that a health plan beneficiary failed to prove that a health plan fund was arbitrary and capricious in handling her claims for psychiatric treatment, saying that a subsequent Second Circuit ruling may warrant de novo review of the denial of benefits claim (Wendy A. Tedesco v. IBEW Local 1249 Insurance Fund, et al., No. 16-712, 2nd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22866)....