Judge Dismisses Suit Claiming Health Insurer’s Payment Policy Violates ACA

Mealey's (November 3, 2017, 1:41 PM EDT) -- BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Anthem Health Plans Inc.’s decision to reimburse insureds rather than a medical provider does not violate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that health care plans cover in-network and out-of-network emergency care, a federal judge in Connecticut held Nov. 1 in dismissing the case (Hartford Healthcare Corp., et al. v. Anthem Health Plans Inc., et al., No. 17-1686, D. Conn.)....