Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissing Back Surgery Health Care Coverage Action

(December 4, 2017, 1:52 PM EST) -- DENVER — A woman’s ERISA suit seeking $377,233.50 for multilevel fusion surgery fails, first because the doctor who performed the procedure failed to exhaust administrative remedies and because the insured has not shown that her insurer erred in denying coverage sought by other doctors, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado held Nov. 30 in recommending dismissal of the suit (Rebecca Concilio v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co., No. 16-1863, D. Colo.)....

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