Health Insurer Says Removed Florida State Law Claims Clearly Implicate ERISA

Mealey's (January 10, 2018, 1:13 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — An inpatient medical provider’s suit invokes third-party beneficiary rights stemming from an ERISA plan and is completely preempted regardless of its state law origin, an insurer told a federal judge in Florida on Jan. 8 (Premier Inpatient Partners LLC, et al. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc., No. 17-3000, M.D. Fla.)....